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In 338 BC Antium became a [[Roman colony]]: Rome gave the citizenship to the Antiates, and the surviving native inhabitants would have been able to register themselves in the new colony.<ref>Livy, viii. 14.</ref> Which, in 317 BC, obtained from the [[Roman Senate]] own [[Roman magistrate|magistrates]] to have lows: a [[Municipium|municipal]] order.<ref>Livy, ix. 20.</ref>
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[[Cicero]] inform us that the Roman colony had ''duovires'',<ref>''[[Epistulae ad Atticum]]'', ii. 6.</ref> and ''quaestores'' were also present as magistrates.<ref name=":2" />
With the expansion of [[Roman Republic]] Antium was just far enough away to be insulated from the riots and tumults of Rome. The Romans built magnificent seaside villas there and when Cicero returned from exile, it was at Antium that he reassembled the battered remains of his libraries, where the scrolls would be secure. Remains of Roman villas are conspicuous all along the shore, both to the east and to the northwest of the town.<ref name="EB1911" /> [[Gaius Maecenas]] also had a villa. Many ancient masterpieces of sculpture have been found there: the ''[[Fanciulla d'Anzio]]'', the ''[[Borghese Gladiator]]'' (in the [[Louvre]]) and the ''[[Apollo Belvedere]]'' (in the [[Vatican Museums|Vatican]]) were all discovered in the ruins of villas at Antium.
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