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 | | LAVINIUM, an ancient town of Latium, on the so-called Via Lavinatis (see LAURENTINA, VIA), 19 M. of Rome, the modern PRATICA, situated 300 ft. above sea-level and 21 M. from the sea-coast. |
 | | The citizens of Lavinium were known under the empire as Laurentes Lavinates, and the place itself at a |
 | | The site of the ancient Lavinium, no less than 300 ft. above sea-level and 22 M. inland, is far healthier than the low-lying Laurentum, where, except in the immediate vicinity of the coast, malaria must have been a dreadful scourge. |
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