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A coeval 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'', on G. Ghini (edited by), ''Lazio e Sabina 7'' (atti del Convegno, Roma, 2010), Roma, Edizioni Quasar, 2011.</ref> or the town on a hill near Nettuno to the east, and the port over the mouth of the river Loricina.<ref name=":1" />
The settlement of Roman Antium was certainly present in the area of the Capo d'Anzio (in particular, a presumed extensive town since the mid-republican age,<ref>T. De Haas, G. Tol, P. Attema, ''Investing in the colonia and ager of Antium'', on Daniele Malfitana, Jeroen Problome, John Lund (edited by), «Facta: a journal of roman material culture studies», Pisa-Roma, Fabrizio Serra, vol. V, 2011. </ref> the imperial 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
== History ==
=== Volscian Antium ===
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