Aventine Hill | |
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One of the seven hills of Rome | |
Latin name | Collis Aventinus |
Italian name | Aventino |
Rione | Ripa |
People | Ancus Marcius, Lucius Vorenus, Lucius Opimius, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Naevius, Pope Sixtus III |
Events | Aventine Secession (494 BC), Aventine Secession (20th century) |
Ancient Roman religion | Temples to Diana, Ceres, Liber and Libera, Bona Dea. |
The Aventine Hill (/ˈævɪntaɪn, -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.