place
the Aventine
also: Auentinum
The Aventine hill at Rome, twice seized in arms by the plebs during their secessions; Memmius recalls it as the symbol of won liberty.
Reading notes
- The Jugurthine War §31 the Aventine
The hill twice seized in arms by the plebs during their secessions from the patricians; for Memmius the emblem of liberty won and now endangered.