Rudiae

Rudiae (Rusce ['Ruʃe] in the local dialect; Ῥοδίαι in ancient Greek) was a former human settlement in late 9th or early 8th centuries BCE. It is presently an archaeological park beside the San Pietro in Lama that runs south-west from the city of Lecce. The place was identified as the former home of the poet Ennius by the Renaissance Humanist, Antonio de Ferraris.[1]

  1. ^ Pietro Napoli-Signorelli, Vicende della coltura nelle due Siclie dalla venuta delle colonie straniere sino a nostri giorni, 2nd edition, Naples 1810, vol.1, pp.406-7 and ff