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  PICENUM - LoveToKnow Article on PICENUM
At the end of the 2nd century A.D. the north-eastern portion of Umbria was divided from the rest and acquired the name Flaminia, from the high road.
For the time it remained united with Umbria for administrative purposes, but passed to Picenum at latest in the time of Constantine, and acquired the name of Flaminia et Picenum Annonarium, the main portion of Picenum being distinguished as Suburbicarium.
When the exarchate of Ravenna was founded the part of Picenum Annonarium near the sea became the Pentapolis Maritima, which included the five cities of Ariminum, Pisaurum, Fanum Fortunae, Sena Gallica and Ancona.
69.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PI/PICENUM.htm   (516 words)

  
 AUXIMUM - LoveToKnow Article on AUXIMUM
Picenum, and strongly fortified in 174 B.C. The walls erected at that period, of large rectangular blocks of stone, still exist in.
Pompey was its patron, and intended that Caesar should find resistance here in 49 B.C. I~ appears to have been a place of some importance in imperial times, as inscriptions and the monuments of its forum (the present piazza) show.
In the 6th century it is called by Procopius the chief town of Picenum, Ancona being spoken of as its harbour.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /A/AU/AUXIMUM.htm   (160 words)

  
 Virtual Rome | West | Italia | Picenum et Aemilia
Picenum underwent conquest by the Romans in 268, and was distributed among ROman settlers by the Flaminian Law (232).
Cnaeus Pompeius Strabo, who had put down the rebellion in Picenum, was a native of the territory, in which his family possessed great estates and numerous adherents.
Under Augustus it constituted one of the regions of Italy, but c 200 AD was joined to northeast Umbria (Flaminia) to form the district or province of Flaminia et Picenum, later divided into two parts, Annonaria and Suburbicaria, assigned respectively to the two administrative dioceses of Italy that bore those names.
www.magellannarfe.com /virtualrome/west/italia/picenum   (348 words)

  
 Picenum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Picenum was a town and region of ancient Roman Italy.
Picenum was the birthplace of such notables as Pompey the Great and his father Pompeius Strabo.
It was situated in what is now the region of Marche in modern Italy.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Picenum   (84 words)

  
 Pompeius Strabo - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gnaeus Pompeius Strabo (died 87 BC), whose cognomen means "Squinty", is often referred to in English as Pompey Strabo to distinguish him from Strabo the geographer.
Pompeius Strabo was a Roman from the rural Italian district of Picenum, that lay between the Apennines and the Adriatic.
After his consulship and the war, Strabo retired to Picenum with all of his veteran soldiers.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gnaeus_Pompeius_Strabo   (274 words)

  
 Youth and Early Career   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Cnaeus Pompeius was born on 29 September 106 B.C. in the rural, northern region of Picenum.
That he was of a somewhat provincial background tained him throughout his political career as he competed against the most powerful patricians of Roma: a career which was compromised by the lack of a long senatorial pedigree.
After Sulla's death Pompey was viewed as the most serious threat to the Republic by the senators who must have been terrified of him as a warlord with kingly ambitions: he was a skillful general who had twice refused to disband his armies.
idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /westcivi/youth_and_early_career.htm   (1158 words)

  
 Data: Radimice to Ruteni - The Ethnohistory Project
+ Picenum & to conform to (53-27) and (224-44).
Also Picenum + Campagna, Picenum, C & SC I + Picenum & Samnium + Etruria up to Arnus (Arno) R, Ager Gallicus, & S I + Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Start date to conform to (901-35); end Malta + N I up to Alps + Carthago date to conform to (184-6) and (165-56).
Also Picenum + Campagna, Picenum, C & SC I + Picenum & Samnium + Etruria up to Arnus (Arno) R, Ager Gallicus, & S I + Sicily, Corsica, Sardinia, Start date to conform to (184-6) and (165- Malta + N I up to Alps + Carthago 56); end date to conform to (375-1).
life.bio.sunysb.edu /ee/msr/Ethno/gendate9.html   (8326 words)

  
 Deployment of the Roman Legions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Livy reports under 215 that C. Terentius Varro was given the task of holding a levy in Picenum for the defense of that region.
This force ought to be the legion assigned to this region in 214 and not one of the new ones.
But, although the number of legions stationed on the island is not recorded before this date, the successful campaign of T. Manlius Torquatus in the previous year makes it unlikely that one of the new legions would be assigned to the island to augment the Roman forces already stationed there.
www.barca.fsnet.co.uk /rome-legions-deployment.htm   (780 words)

  
 70th Generation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Fluent in Greek and a lifelong and intimate friend of Greek literati, he must have had the normal education of a young Roman nobleman; but his early experience on the staff of his father, Pompeius Strabo, did much to form his character, develop his military capabilities, and arouse his political ambition.
The family possessed lands in Picenum, in eastern Italy, and a numerous body of clients, which Strabo greatly enlarged in the year of his consulship.
A report that he was “missing” in Cinna's army, when it was embarking for the Balkans to deal with Sulla, led to the lynching of Cinna by his troops in 84.
www.boazfamilytree.com /emaceochaid/aqwg20.htm   (2984 words)

  
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The tribe Poblilia was not represented in Picenum, as is shown by L.R. Taylor herself}{\insrsid12063675,}{\cs18\super\insrsid4421879 \chftn {\footnote \pard\plain \s17\ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0 \fs20\lang2057\langfe1049\cgrid\langnp2057\langfenp1049 {\cs18\super\insrsid4421879 \chftn }{\insrsid4421879 Taylor 1960, p.272, 275-276 for the tribes of Picenum \emdash Fabia and Velina.}}} {\insrsid4421879 and therefore her reconstruction cannot stand.
Gabba 1951, p.185-6, n.1.}}}{\insrsid4421879 the smallest of the regions into which Augustus divided Ital y, and considered to be somewhat backward economically, has attracted the attention of scholars mainly in regard to Picene origins or connexions of the prominent Roman families.
To speak only of the imperial house, not only was Hadria in Picenum a distant origin of the Aelii Hadriani (HA, }{\i\insrsid4421879 Hadr.}{\insrsid4421879 1.1), which is p robably of little importance, but also the empress Poppaea Sabina was descended from the Poppaei from Interamnia Praetuttiorum and the Ollii from Cupra Maritima, both towns in Picenum.
users.ox.ac.uk /~ball1674/Picenum.rtf   (6855 words)

  
 Ascoli Piceno --  Encyclopædia Britannica
The ancient centre of the Picenes (early inhabitants of the Adriatic coast), it was conquered in the 3rd century
The ancient centre of the Picenes (early inhabitants of the Adriatic coast), it was conquered in the 3rd century BC by the Romans, who knew it as Asculum Picenum.
An ancient stronghold (Firmum Picenum) of the Picenes (early inhabitants of the coast), it was taken by the Romans in 264 BC and became a colony with full rights in 42 BC.
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9009795   (354 words)

  
 PICENUM - Online Information article about PICENUM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Constantine, and acquired the name of Flaminia et Picenum Annonarium, the See also:
MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat.
main portion of Picenum being distinguished as Suburbicarium.
encyclopedia.jrank.org /PER_PIG/PICENUM.html   (687 words)

  
 PICENUM - Encyclopedia Britannica - PICENUM - JCSM's Study Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
PICENUM - Encyclopedia Britannica - PICENUM - JCSM's Study Center
(R. It was in Picenum, at Asculum, that the Social War broke out in 90 B.C. At the end of the war the district became connected with Pompeius Strabo, and his son Pompey the
At the end of the and century A.D. the north-eastern portion of Umbria was divided from the rest and acquired the name Flaminia, from the high road.
jcsm.org /StudyCenter/Encyclopedia_Britannica/PER_PIG/PICENUM.html   (648 words)

  
 Biography of Titus Labienus, Caesar’s Lieutenant in Gaul
Pompey’s extensive clientage in Picenum must therefore be a factor in evaluating Labienus’ career, especially in view of the events of January 49.
This does not prove that Caesar’s enemies solicited him from the purpose of turning Pompey’s eyes to Italy.[28] But it does show that Pompey did not take part in the negotiations, for it is unlikely that he would have kept his strategy secret from a military man of Labienus’ stature.
The date for the extension of the tribe to Picenum is in question (Taylor, VDRR 64 with note 66).
www.msu.edu /~tyrrell/labienus.htm   (18152 words)

  
 Gnaeus Pompeius   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
106-48 B.C. Cnaeus Pompeius was born on 29 September 106 B.C. in the rural, northern region of Picenum.
That he was of a somewhat provincial background tained him throughout his political career as he competed against the most powerful patricians of Roma: a career which was compromised by the lack of a senatorial pedigree.
Pompey Strabo was elected consul in 89 B.C. He fought first with Marius and then with Sulla in the Civil Wars of 88-87 B.C. At the age of seventeen his son, Gnaeus Pompeius, began to gain a military experience fighting with his father in the Civil Wars.
idcs0100.lib.iup.edu /westcivi/gnaeus_pompeius.htm   (4365 words)

  
 The Umbrians And The Flaminian Way
North of the Sabines and of Picenum, and east of the Etruscans, was Umbria, reaching up the Adriatic seaboard as far north as Ravenna and bisected, at the time we shall visit it, by the Via Flaminia.
One has an instinctive sympathy for the Umbrians because from the time we begin to know them, they are always the under dog in the clash of races, the plaything of circumstances.
Some of the finest early imperial sculptures in the Vatican were found here, including the famous Jupiter of Otricoli, so long thought to represent the Pheidian type of the god.
www.oldandsold.com /articles27/roman-cities-17.shtml   (500 words)

  
 EUROPA - Regional Policy Inforegio
The project wants to highlight the expertise of the promoters of the project and of other partners in the field of local development, social, cultural, tourism and environment policies and cooperation types which have already been experienced with success.
The pilot project is promoted by Public Bodies, categories associations, trade unions no profit organizations and cooperatives which will set up a structure to manage the project through the "Associazione Picenum 2000".
Unemployment rate The unemployment average rate in the area in which the project Picenum 2000 will operate is equal to 12.46% it is higher than the provincial average (10.61%), the regional (11.20%), the national and European ones (11.40%).
europa.eu.int /comm/regional_policy/innovation/innovating/jobs/313_picenum.htm   (385 words)

  
 The populations of the Picenum (from ancient Italic people) --  Encyclopædia Britannica
In historic times, expansion of the eastern Italic peoples placed them firmly along the Adriatic coastal tract corresponding to what is now the Marches region.
Epigraphic and archaeological data give evidence also of the presence in the Picenum (an ancient region between the Apennines and the Adriatic) of the trans-Adriatic Liburni and the pre-Indo-European Asili.
More results on "The populations of the Picenum (from ancient Italic people)" when you join.
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 WSW ITALY NEWS
The other major upset was Lazio's 2-0 loss to Picenum and Italy's former national team captain Antonella Carta (the clash made even more interesting as Lazio's Patrizia Panico and Picenum's Manuela Tesse, Panico's former teammate last season at Lazio, also happen to be roommates in Rome).
Picenum's Antonella Carta, the former captain of the national team, scored one goal in her team's 6-0 victory over Geas.
Antonella Carta's Picenum is slowly inching closer to the top 3 of the championship as it won its home match while Federica D'Astolfo's Foroni (part of the USA'99 squad) fell to Agliana.
www.womensoccer.com /refs/clubs/italyclub-00.html   (11089 words)

  
 Theodor Mommsen History of Rome - The Establishment of the Military Monarchy Page 142   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Everything depended on whether Picenum would hold out until Pompeius should come up to its defence.
The corps in Alba, 3000 strong, and 1500 recruits assembled in Tarracina thereupon laid down their arms, as soon as Caesar's patrols of horsemen appeared; a third division in Sulmo of 3500 men had been previously compelled to surrender.
Pompeius had given up Italy as lost, so soon as Caesar had occupied Picenum; only he wished to delay his embarkation as long as possible, with the view of saving so much of his force as could still be saved.
italian.classic-literature.co.uk /history-of-rome/05-the-establishment-of-the-military-monarchy/ebook-page-142.asp   (468 words)

  
 Italian D.O.C. Wines   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
And the Roman natural historian, Pliny the Elder, spoke of a Picene variety of vine, although he said it was grown on the far side of the Alps.
The wine of Picenum, named for the people who established a flourishing civilization in what is today the Marches, was already known long before the Roman occupation and its reputation firmly established by the time of the Empire.
Produced in numerous communes of the provinces of Ancona, Macerata and Ascoli Piceno, Rosso Piceno's vineyards are situated primarily in the upper hills with altitudes ranging up to 700 meters above sea level, an area dominated by the peaks of the Monti Sibillini.
www.milioni.com /vini/ingd1/579.htm   (485 words)

  
 Casa Vinicola Garofoli - Il Territorio - La Viticoltura   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
The exact origins of viticulture in this region are not historically certain but fossils of Vitis vinifera found in the area, known as Picenum, have been dated to the Iron Age.
And the wines of Picenum were praised by the Romans in many documents.
In recent decades, the appearance of the vineyards of the Marches has changed profoundly.
www.garofolivini.it /GarofoliIng/territorio/viticoltura_i.htm   (411 words)

  
 Francis of Marchia
Finally, the journal Picenum Seraphicum, edited by Roberto Lambertini, promises to be a forum for Marchia studies.
R.L. Friedman, “Francis of Marchia and John Duns Scotus on the Psychological Model of the Trinity,” Picenum Seraphicum 18 n.s.
Schabel, “La dottrina sulla predestinazione di Francesco di Marchia,” Picenum Seraphicum 20 n.s.
plato.stanford.edu /entries/francis-marchia   (3861 words)

  
 The Internet Classics Archive | Marcellus by Plutarch
In the beginning of this war, in which the Romans sometimes obtained remarkable victories, sometimes were shamefully beaten, nothing was done toward the determination of the contest until Flaminius and Furius, being consuls, led large forces against the Insubrians.
At the time of their departure, the river that runs through the country of Picenum was seen flowing with blood; there was a report that three moons had once been seen at Ariminum; and, in the consular assembly, the augurs declared that the consuls had been unduly and inauspiciously created.
The senate, therefore, immediately sent letters to the camp, recalling the consuls to Rome with all possible speed, and commanding them to forbear from acting against the enemies, and to abdicate the consulship on the first opportunity.
classics.mit.edu /Plutarch/marcellu.html   (6746 words)

  
 picenum - OneLook Dictionary Search   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
We found one dictionary with English definitions that includes the word picenum:
Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "picenum" is defined.
PICENUM : 1911 edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica [home, info]
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 Legio VIIII Hispana
After this battle, the soldiers were sent back to Italy to be pensioned off, but in 46, they participated in Caesar's African campaign.
Some veterans were settled in Picenum, others at Histria.
However, they were reenlisted in 41 by Caesar's heir Octavian, who needed it to put an end to Sextus Pompeius' occupation of Sicily, which put the grain supply of Rome into peril.
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 Old Roman World, The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In Umbria, we may mention Sarsina, the birthplace of Plautus; Mevania, the birthplace of Propertius; and Sentinum, famous for the self-devotion of Decius.
In Picenum were Ancona, celebrated for its purple dye; and Picenum, surrounded by walls and inaccessible heights, memorable for a siege against Pompey.
In Campania were Cumae, the abode of the Sibyl; Misenum, a great naval station; Baiae, celebrated for its spas and villas; Puteoli, famous for sulphur springs; Neapolis, the abode of literary idlers; Herculaneum and Pompeii, destroyed by an er
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 Antique, old, rare and historic Maps & Prints of Sienna, Corsica & Ancona, Ortelius, Abraham, Senensis ditionis ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Antique, old, rare and historic Maps & Prints of Sienna, Corsica & Ancona, Ortelius, Abraham, Senensis ditionis accurata descriptio-Corsica-Marcha anconae, olim picenum, Antwerp, Platin, 1603
Title: Senensis ditionis accurata descriptio - Corsica - Marcha anconae, olim picenum
Notes: A very good example in decorative handcolor, a minor printer's crease within the right side.
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