Antium

The city dates back to pre-Roman times, when it was called Antium, but if the name Anzio sounds familiar to you it's probably because it was an important landing site for the Allies during World War II.

Italy Travel Guide 2008

He returns to Antium, the Volsci capital, with a peace treaty; the Volsci general Aufidius, unimpressed by this latest shift of allegiance, has him killed on the spot, and the play ends.

April Books 3) From One To Zero: A Universal History of Numbers, by Georges Ifrah nickbarnes 2009

When we reached Antium, the weather was inclement, with squalls of rain blowing in off the sea.

CONSPIRATA ROBERT HARRIS 2010

Okay, no, he wasn't playing music to soothe the savage fire - some accounts put him in Antium at the time.

July 18th, 2008 madkestrel 2008

Syria and his oracle, and of the fortunes of Antium, in terms which distinctly imply that they all still subsisted in his time.

A Philosophical Dictionary 2007

By the way, still writing as one of a certain age, I am sure we were taught at school that the story of Nero fiddling while Rome burned was a base canard (or anas vilis) promulgated by Suetonius to butter up Hadrian by dissing his predecessors, as Nero was at Antium (literally alibi) at the time.

Fiddling while Rome burned 2006

Scene: Rome and the neighbourhood; Corioli and the neighbourhood; Antium.

The Tragedy of Coriolanus 2004

At the sight of his mother, wife and children throwing themselves at his feet in supplication, Coriolanus relented, withdrew his troops from the border of Rome, and retired to Aufidius 'home city of Antium.

The Tragedy of Coriolanus 2004

For it was said that some targets sweated blood; that at Antium, when they reaped their corn, many of the ears were filled with blood; that it had rained redhot stones; that the

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

There was a man of Antium, called Tullus Aufidius, who, for his wealth and bravery and the splendor of his family, had the respect and privilege of a king among the Volscians, but whom Marcius knew to have a particular hostility to himself, above all other Romans.

The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003