Ardea, Lazio
| Ardea | |
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| Comune | |
| Comune di Ardea | |
The church of St. Peter.
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| Coordinates: 41°37′N 12°33′E / 41.617°N 12.550°E | |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lazio |
| Province / Metropolitan city | Rome |
| Frazioni | Banditella, Nuova Florida, Castagnetta, Castagnola, Centro Regina, Nuova California, Colle Romito, Lido dei Pini, Marina di Ardea, Rio Verde, Tor San Lorenzo, Tor San Lorenzo Lido, Montagnano. |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Luca Di Fiori (PdL) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 50 km2 (20 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 37 m (121 ft) |
| Population (30 September 2015) | |
| • Total | 49,978 |
| • Density | 1,000/km2 (2,600/sq mi) |
| Demonym(s) | Ardeatini |
| Time zone | CET (UTC+1) |
| • Summer (DST) | CEST (UTC+2) |
| Postal code | 00040 |
| Dialing code | 06 |
| Patron saint | St. Peter the Apostle |
| Saint day | June 29 |
| Website | Official website |
Ardea (IPA: /ar'dɛa/ or /'ardea/) is an ancient town and comune in the Metropolitan City of Rome, 35 kilometres (22 miles) south of Rome and about 4 kilometres (2 miles) from today's Mediterranean coast.
The economy is mostly based on agriculture, although, starting from the 1970s, industry has had an increasingly important role.
Ardea is one of the most ancient towns in western Europe, founded about in the 8th century BC was the capital of the Rutuli, mentioned in the Aeneid.
After the Roman conquest, Ardea was most often mentioned in connection with the Via Ardeatina, one of the consular roads, to which it gave its name. Columella owned a farm there.
In 509 BC Lucius Tarquinius Superbus, the king of Rome sought unsuccessfully to take the town by storm, and then commenced a siege of the town. However the siege was interrupted by the revolution which resulted in the overthrow of the king and the establishment of the Roman republic. One of the leaders of the revolution, Lucius Junius Brutus, came to the camp of the Roman army at Ardea and won the army's support for the revolution.
In 443 BC the Volscians laid siege to Ardea. The siege was soon broken by Roman troops under the leadership of Marcus Geganius Macerinus.
During the Second Punic War, it was one of the few cities that refused military support to Rome, and, after the Roman victory, was deprived of its autonomy. In the 3rd-2nd centuries BC it decayed until, in the Imperial Age, it was scarcely populated at all. The 1st century agricultural writer Columella possessed estates there.
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