Labici orLabicum orLavicum[1] (Latin:Lăbīcī orLăbīcum) was an ancient city ofLatium, in what is now centralItaly, lying in the territory of the modernMonte Compatri, about 20 km SE fromRome, on the northern slopes of theAlban Hills.[2] Exact location of the original city is however disputed.[citation needed]
It occurs among the thirty cities of theLatin League, and it is said to have joined theAequi and theVolsci in 419 BC and to have been stormed by the Romans in 418 BC. After this it does not appear in history, and in the time ofCicero andStrabo was almost entirely deserted if not destroyed. Traces of its ancient walls have been noticed. Its place was taken by therespublica Lavicanorum Quintanensium, the post-station established in the lower ground on theVia Labicana, a little SW of the modern village ofColonna, the site of which is attested by various inscriptions and by the course of the road itself.[2]
Julius Caesar had a villa near here.[3][4]
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