Lavinium

Ten miles northwest of Rome was the Vii, an Etruscan city, and about the same distance southeast was Alba Longa.

Nearly the same distance directly south of Rome on the coast was Lavinium, and east-northeast of Rome was Tiber.

Neighboring to Alba Longa were Tusculum and the Alban Lake.

The Pomptine Marses were near the coast, in the southern part of Latium.

Hence, the first settlements were made on the hills, which also could be easily fortified.

The first town established was Alba.

Around this sprung up other towns, as Lanuvium, Auruncia, Tusculum, Tibur, Praeneste, Laurentum, Roma, and Lavinium.

These towns, thirty in number, formed a confederacy called the Latin Confederacy, and chose Alba to be its head.

Ten miles northwest of Rome was the Veii, an Etruscan city, and about the same distance southeast was Alba Longa.

Nearly the same distance directly south of Rome on the coast was Lavinium, and east-northeast of Rome was Tiber.

Neighboring to Alba Longa were Tusculum and the Alban Lake.

The Pomptine Marshes were near the coast in the southern part of Latium.

Hence the first settlements were made on the hills, which also could be easily fortified.

The first town established was Alba.

Around this sprung up other towns, as Lanuvium, Auricia, Tusculum, Tiber, Praeneste, Laurentum, Roma, and Lavinium.

These towns, 30 in number, formed a confederacy called the Latin Confederacy, and chose Alba to be its head.