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XIII.—Antiquarian Researches at Civita Laviniaa

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 January 2012

John Savile Lumley
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Before offering a description of the interesting, although as yet incomplete, results of the excavations which I undertook last year at Civita Lavinia at the suggestion of my friend Mr. Pullan, and which I am still carrying on there, I will briefly recapitulate such particulars of the topographical position and historical notices of the ancient city of Lanuvium, which formerly occupied the site of our present researches, as are necessary for the appreciation of my subject.

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Research Article
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Archaeologia , Volume 49 , Issue 2 , 1886 , pp. 367 - 381
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Copyright © The Society of Antiquaries of London 1886

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a “Lavinia” is a mis-spelling of “La Vigna,” the name given to the medieval “civita,” which, after centuries of ruin, grew up on the site of the ancient Lanuvium,—a name derived from the culture of the surrounding district, which had in the interval become, and still continues, famous for its vineyards. The above correct spelling may be read in Cramer's Map of Ancient Italy, Oxford, 1825, and in many maps in common use at Rome about the same period. It requires special notice, because the error has produced confusion between Lanuvium and Lavinium, and so led to useless discussions.