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Tusculo (in Italian) | |
Location | Frascati, Province of Rome, Lazio, Italy |
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Region | Latium |
Coordinates | 41°47′54″N 12°42′39″E / 41.79833°N 12.71083°E |
Type | Settlement |
History | |
Abandoned | 1191 AD |
Periods | Ancient 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]