place
Tusculum
also: Tusculano
Hill town near Rome where Cicero had a favorite villa, the 'half-free' retreat of his lament to Atticus.
Reading notes
- On Benefits §4.12.3 Tusculum
A hill town southeast of Rome, a fashionable site for the country estates of the wealthy.
- On the Shortness of Life §5.2 Tusculan villa
Cicero's country house at Tusculum near Rome, the 'half-free' retreat of his complaint.