Road station
Nomento
(near Mentana) (Barrington) · La Mentana (Miller)
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Nomento is Nomentum, near Mentana, an old Latin town said to have been founded from Alba Longa and linked with Rome by the Via Nomentana. Its vineyards were famous: the poet Martial had a small farm here and praised its wine, and Ovid and Seneca owned villas nearby too. On the map, though, its roads are muddled: the road from Eretum is only hinted at by a small hook, while the line on to Tibur should probably not be there at all.