Aventine Hill

Ripa: the Aventine towards the Tiber, with the palace of the Knights of Malta
Aventine Hill
One of the seven hills of Rome
Latin nameCollis Aventinus
Italian nameAventino
RioneRipa
PeopleAncus Marcius, Lucius Vorenus, Lucius Opimius, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Naevius, Pope Sixtus III
EventsAventine Secession (494 BC),
Aventine Secession (20th century)
Ancient Roman religionTemples to Diana, Ceres, Liber and Libera, Bona Dea.

The Aventine Hill (/ˈævɪntn, -tɪn/; Latin: Collis Aventinus; Italian: Aventino [avenˈtiːno]) is one of the Seven Hills on which ancient Rome was built. It belongs to Ripa, the modern twelfth rione, or ward, of Rome.


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