Lanuvium (more frequently Lanivium in Imperial Roman times, later Civita Lavinia, modern Lanuvio)'s an ancient city of Latium, some 32 km southeast of Rome, a little southwest of the Via Appia. Lanuvium was situated on an isolated hill projecting south from the main mass of the Alban Hills, and commanding an extensive view over the low country between it and the sea. According to the legend, it was founded by Diomedes, or by one Lanoios, an exiled from Troy. The first documented traces of the se… (More on Lanuvium)