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 | | It was probably in 82 B.C. that the city was removed from the hill-side to the lower ground at the Madonna dell Aquila, and that the temple of Fortune was enlarged so as to include much of the space occupied by the ancient city. |
 | | From an inscription found in 1907 it appears that Sulla delegated the foundation of the new colony to M. Terentius Varro Lucullus, who was consul in 73 B.C. Under the empire Praeneste, from its elevated situation and cool salubrious air, became a favorite summer resort of the wealthy Romans, whose villas studded the neighborhood. |
 | | Excavations made, especially since 1855, in the ancient necropolis, which lay on a plateau surrounded by valleys at the foot of the hill, and of the town, have yielded important results for the history of the art and manufactures of Praeneste. |
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