Saxa Rubra was a village and station on the Roman Flaminian Way, 9 miles (14 km) from Rome, Italy.[1]
It is now the name of a neighborhood north of Rome and of the city's Roma Nord railway station. Situated on the modern Via Flaminia it is also the site of a major RAI public service broadcaster center. The area derived its name from the redness of the tuff rocks, which are still conspicuous around Prima Porta and Grottarossa,[2] both of which have been identified as the current site of Saxa Rubra (Grottarossa, meaning red cave).
- ^ Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli, R. Talbert, S. Gillies, T. Elliott, J. Becker (9 October 2020). "Places: 423061 (Saxa Rubra)". Pleiades. Retrieved December 11, 2014.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 43 & notes.