FRATUERTIUM
FRATUERTIUM or
FRATUENTUM, a town of Calabria, mentioned by Pliny (
3.11. s. 16), in conjunction with Soletum and Lupiae. Its municipal existence is confirmed by an inscription on which the Fratuentini are associated with the citizens of Neritum, a town in the same neighbourhood (Lupui,
Iter. Venus, p. 108; Orell.
Inscr. 3108); but its site is unknown.
It seems, however, probable that the. ruins of an ancient city, described by Galateo (
de Situ Tapygiae, p. 96) as existing at
Muro, may be those of Fratuertium.
1 The name is written in the inscription just cited Fratuentum, which is probably the correct form.
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