place
Aventinus
the Aventine
also: Auentinum
One of the seven hills of Rome, long left outside the sacred boundary (pomerium); a site of plebeian secession.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §13.8 Aventine
One of Rome's hills, long left outside the pomerium; a site of plebeian secession and of Remus's ill-omened auspices.