Ferentino

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Ferentino is a town and comune in Italy, in the province of Frosinone, Lazio, 65km southeast of Rome. It is situated on a hill 400 m above sea-level, in the Monti Ernici area. Ferentinum was a town of the Hernici; it was captured from them by the Romans in 364 BC and took no part in the rising of 306 BC. The inhabitants became Roman citizens after 195 BC, and the place later became a municipium. It lay just above the Via Latina and, being a strong place, served for the detention of hostages.