Peltuinum was a

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town of the

Vestini () were an Italic tribe who occupied the area of the modern Abruzzo (central Italy), included between the Gran Sasso and the northern bank of the Aterno river. Their main centres were ''Pitinum ''(near modern L'Aquila), ''Aufinum ''(Ofena), ''Pe ...

, on the ancient

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, 20 km east of

L'Aquila L'Aquila ( , ) is a city and ''comune'' in central Italy. It is the capital city of both the Abruzzo region and of the Province of L'Aquila. , it has a population of 70,967 inhabitants. Laid out within medieval walls on a hill in the wide valle ...

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, between the modern-day settlements of

Prata d'Ansidonia Prata d'Ansidonia is a ''comune'' and town in the province of L'Aquila, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy. References See also * Castel Camponeschi *Peltuinum Peltuinum was a Roman town of the Vestini, on the ancient Via Claudia Nova ...

and Castelnuovo. It was apparently the chief town of that portion of the Vestini who dwelt west of the main Apennine chain. Remains of the town walls, of an

amphitheatre An amphitheatre (British English) or amphitheater (American English; both ) is an open-air venue used for entertainment, performances, and sports. The term derives from the ancient Greek ('), from ('), meaning "on both sides" or "around" and ...

, of a temple and of other buildings still exist. The city was the birthplace of

Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (Peltuinum c. AD 7 – 67) was a popular Roman general, brother-in-law of the emperor Caligula and father-in-law of Domitian. The emperor Nero, highly fearful of Corbulo's reputation, ordered him to commit suicide, which ...

, a Roman general from the age of

Nero Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( ; born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; 15 December AD 37 – 9 June AD 68), was the fifth Roman emperor and final emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, reigning from AD 54 un ...

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{{Authority control Populated places established in the 1st century BC Roman sites of Abruzzo Former populated places in Italy Roman towns and cities in Abruzzo Prata d'Ansidonia San Pio delle Camere