Tusculum

Tusculum
Tusculo (in Italian)
Archaeological park of Tusculum
Tusculum is located in Italy
Tusculum
Shown within Italy
LocationFrascati, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy
RegionLatium
Coordinates41°47′54″N 12°42′39″E / 41.79833°N 12.71083°E / 41.79833; 12.71083
TypeSettlement
History
Abandoned1191 AD
PeriodsAncient Roman to High Medieval

Tusculum is a ruined Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy.[1] Tusculum was most famous in Roman times for the many great and luxurious patrician country villas sited close to the city, yet a comfortable distance from Rome (notably the villas of Cicero and Lucullus).[2]

  1. ^ Ellis Cornelia Knight (1805). Description of Latium: Or, La Campagna Di Roma. Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme. pp. 163–.
  2. ^ The Villa and Tomb of Lucullus at Tusculum, George McCracken, American Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 46, No. 3 (Jul. - Sep., 1942), pp. 325-340