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The Latin-volscian<ref name=":0" /> town stood in the Capo d'Anzio (modern Anzio), on a higher ground and somewhat away from the shore, though it extended down to it. This was defended by a deep ditch, which can still be traced, and by walls, a portion of which, on the eastern side, constructed of rectangular blocks of tufa, was brought to light in 1897.<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911|inline=y|wstitle=Antium|volume=2|page=147}}</ref> The Latin colony of 467 BC, of which it will be said later, would be installed alongside the Latin-volscian oppidum.<ref name=":1" />
A port town, Caenon, was the port under the control of Antium (which did not have a natural harbour of its own):<ref>Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) William Smith "Antium"; The Topography of Rome and Its Vicinity By Sir William Gell, 1846, "Antium"; Handbook for Travellers in Central Italy by John Murray, 1843, "Nettuno", p. 534.</ref> according to alternative theories, the port of Caenon would be located in the Capo d'Anzio,<ref name=":2">G. Lugli, ''Saggio sulla topografia dell'antica Antium'', Roma (1940). </ref> or the port town very north of it,<ref>G. Cifani, A. Guidi, A. M. Jaia, ''Nuove ricerche nel territorio di Colle Rotondo ad Anzio'', in G. Ghini (a cura di), ''Lazio e Sabina 7'' (atti del Convegno, Roma, 2010), Roma, Edizioni Quasar, 2011
The settlement of Roman Antium was certainly present in the area of the Capo d'Anzio (for example, the colony and the great harbour of [[Nero]]), but a parallel agricultural settlement, with the same name, was likely to be in the same position as modern Nettuno since the colony of 338 BC; so from 60 AD the ''colonia'' ''Antium'' of Nero in the Capo d'Anzio would coexist with a supposed more ancient ''civitas Antium'' in Nettuno, which in the 4th century AD would be the only real town:<ref name=":1" /> <ref>L. Ceccarelli, F. Di Mario, F. Papi ''et al'', ''Atlante storico ambientale Anzio e Nettuno'', Roma, De Luca (2003), pp. 94-96, 160-161.</ref> a thesis that has found some perplexities<ref>B. Cacciotti, ''Testimonianze di culti orientali ad Antium'', in B. P. Benetucci (curator), ''Culti orientali tra scavo e collezionismo'', Roma, Artemide (2008).</ref> or an opposition.<ref>H. Solin, ''Arctos: Acta Philologica Fennica'', vol. 36, Helsinki (2002), pp. 210-211.</ref>
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