Remains of Roman villas are conspicuous all along the shore, both to the east and to the northwest of the town. [9] Barbarian incursions in the 6th century put an end to its existence as a residential bishopric. [6], In 468 BC Antium was captured by the Roman consul Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus following a war started by the Volsci, and a Roman colony was planted there the next year. Along the coast are numerous remains of Roman villas. Free movement is limited to the narrow coastal strip on either side and can be controlled by carefully positioned enemy defences in the mountains and foothills. The Beach Head War Cemetery is located 5 Kilometre north on the No207 Road. The sea is encroaching slightly at Anzio, but some kilometres farther north-west the old Roman coast-line now lies slightly inland (see Tiber). Antium was asked to contribute emergency troops for the Roman war against the Aequi, however the force of 1,000 troops from Antium arrived too late to help.[8]. With the expansion of Rome it was just far enough away to be insulated from the riots and tumults of Rome. Anzio is a coastal town 70 kilometres south of Rome. Near the ruins of the Villa of Nero, in scenic position near the beach, lies the military sanatorium of the Italian army, one of the most important works of Florestano Di Fausto, built in 1930–33. In 493 BC the Roman consul Postumus Cominius Auruncus fought and defeated two armies from Antium and as a result captured the Volscian towns of Longula, Pollusca and Corioli (to the north of Antium). Well known for its seaside harbour setting, it is a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands of Ponza, Palmarola, and Ventotene. Three Roman ex-consuls were appointed as commissioners to allocate the lands (triumviri coloniae deducendae) amongst Roman colonists. In the Middle Ages Antium was deserted in favour of Nettuno, which maintained the legacy of the ancient city. Ferries and hydrofoils connect Anzio to Ponza. The Volscian Antium stood on higher ground and somewhat away from the shore, though it extended down to it. This article is about the city. In 1857 Pope Pius IX founded the modern municipality (comune) of Anzio, with the boundaries of Nettuno being redrawn to accommodate the new town. The Julian and Claudian emperors frequently visited it; both Emperor Caligula and Nero were born in Antium. At the end of the 17th century Innocent XII and Clement XI restored the harbour, not on the old site but to the east of it, with the opening to the east, a mistake which leads to its being frequently silted up; it has a depth of about 5 metres (16 ft). [9], Of the famous temple of Fortune (Horace, Od. In February 1944 American soldiers (the U.S. Fifth Army) were surrounded by Germans in the caves of Pozzoli for a week, suffering heavy casualties. It did neither. Nero also founded a colony of veterans and built a new harbour, the projecting moles of which still exist. [11] The railway line also stops in the stations of Padiglione, Lido di Lavinio, Villa Claudia, Marechiaro, Anzio Colonia to the north of Anzio. For other uses, see, Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial, Learn how and when to remove this template message, "Superficie di Comuni Province e Regioni italiane al 9 ottobre 2011", "Popolazione Residente al 1° Gennaio 2018", "60 anni di Gemellaggio tra Anzio e Bad Pyrmont", "Gemellaggio dal 2019 tra Anzio e la città di Caen", Illustrated reconstruction of Nero's Villa, Memorials and cemetery from the World War Two battles at Anzio at the, Illustrated article on the Battle of Anzio at Battlefields Europe, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Anzio&oldid=982850477, Municipalities of the Metropolitan City of Rome Capital, Mediterranean port cities and towns in Italy, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference, Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, Short description is different from Wikidata, Articles containing Italian-language text, Pages using infobox settlement with image map1 but not image map, Articles lacking in-text citations from September 2017, Articles with Italian-language sources (it), Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz area identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WORLDCATID identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 10 October 2020, at 19:10. (Also see "When the Tigers Broke Free".). 35) no remains are known. Anzio and Nettuno are also notable as sites of an Allied forces landing and the ensuing Battle of Anzio during World War II.
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