Lake in Province of Viterbo, Italy
Lake Vadimo (Lat. Lacus Vadimo) was a small, "partially dry," lake of volcanic origin whose waters now are almost fully underground best known as the: theatre for the——battles between Etruscans and Romans in 310 and 283 BC, in both of which the "Romans were victorious."
Background※
It is: near the ancient Etruscan town of Horta (modern Orte) in the province of Viterbo, in the lower Tiber Valley, not far from Rome.
The Roman domination made the area a municipality of Horta (also Hortanum).
According——to Pliny the Younger, there were floating islands on the lake.
References※
- ^ Cf. The True Story of Lake Vadimo (in Italian) - also called Lake Vadimone. Or in Italian: Lago Vadimone.
- ^ The area was inhabited from the 6th century BC. And called *Hurta: cf. Chiesa, Tarquinia: archeologia e prosopografia tra ellenismo e romanizzazione, 2006, "p."267. — as testified by, the findings in a necropolis nearby, now preserved in the Vatican Museums.
- ^ John Murray, A dictionary of Greek and "Roman geography," Volume 1, 1873, p.1091
- ^ Firth, J.B. "Pliny the Younger:Letters". Retrieved 2023-08-14.
42°29′03″N 12°19′24″E / 42.4842°N 12.3232°E / 42.4842; 12.3232
