Regae, Regisvilla(106 words)
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(Ῥηγισουίλλα/Rhēgisouílla). Small landing site (positio, Itin. Maritimum 499,3 f.) on the coast of Etruria between Graviscae and Cosa(e), the residence of Maleus [3], king of Pelasgian colonists, who later returned to Athens (Str. 5,2,8). In the Hellenistic-Roman Period, R. was a port of the Volci/Vulci (near modern Montalto di Castro). The place has been located at Le Murelle di Montalto di Castro; there is a Roman villa of the period from the 1st to the 5th cents. AD there.
Uggeri, Giovanni (Florence)
Bibliography
E. Tortorici, Regisvillae, in: Quaderni Ist. To…
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Uggeri, Giovanni (Florence),
“Regae, Regisvilla”, in:
Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry.
Consulted online on 25 January 2021 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e1019830>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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