Trebula (Greek: Τρήβουλα) or Trebula Suffenas or Trebula Suffenes, was an ancient city of the Sabines, one of two bearing the name Trebula (the other being Trebula Mutusca) – Pliny being the only author who mentions both places: Trebulani qui cognominantur Mutuscaei, et qui Suffenates.[1]
Location
editIts site is most likely be at or near Ciciliano,[2] where most of the inscriptions referring to the city have been found, and possibly near Passo della Fortuna, a frazione of Ciciliano.[3][4]
It is probable that the Tribula (Τρίβολα) of Dionysius, mentioned by him among the towns assigned by Varro to the Aborigines (Dionys. i. 14) is the same as the Trebula Suffenas of Pliny. In this case we know that it could not be far from Reate.
The Tabula Peutingeriana depicts Treblis in sector 5B1, on the route between Praeneste and Carsulis.[5]
References
edit- ^ Pliny, Natural History, Liber III, 107.
Latin Wikisource has original text related to this article: Naturalis Historia/Liber III.
- ^ Lily Ross Taylor, Trebula Suffenas and the Plautii Silvani, Memoirs of the American Academy in Rome, Vol. 24 (1956), pp. 7+9-30, University of Michigan Press https://doi.org/10.2307/4238637
- ^ Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), Map 43 & notes.
- ^ Ashby, Thomas (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 27 (11th ed.). p. 234.
- ^ Peutinger map as a seamless whole, in color, with overlaid layers, by Richard Talbert
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1857). "Trebula". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 2. London: John Murray. p. 1225.