Satricum
Ancient city · Italy
- Abandoned
- unknown
- Founded
- —
- Population
- —
- Coordinates
- 41.513, 12.755
Why it was abandoned
🏛️ Ancient ruins
Detected automatically from the text: ancient town of Latium approximately 60 km SE of Rome
History
Satricum, was an ancient town of Latium vetus, situated on the right bank of the Astura River approximately 60 km (37 mi) southeast of Rome. It lay in a low-lying region south of the Alban Hills, at the northwestern edge of the Pontine Marshes, and was directly accessible from Rome by a road running roughly parallel to the Via Appia.