Cereatae
Ancient city · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.671, 13.487
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: Roman town and birthplace of Gaius Marius
History
Cereatae, later distinguished as Cereatae Marianae, was a Roman-era municipium located in the region of Latium adiectum, in central Italy. It is chiefly known as the ancestral home of the Roman general Gaius Marius, from whom it derives its distinguishing epithet Marianae.