place
Cingulum
also: Cingulum
A hill-town in Picenum founded and fortified by Labienus at his own expense; reported held for Pompey at the opening of the civil war in January 49 BC, though it soon went over to Caesar.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 7.11 §1 Cingulum
A hill-town in Picenum that Labienus had founded and fortified at his own cost; the dispatch quoted here reports it held for Pompey at the very start of the war, though Caesar soon took it. Cicero quotes a Pompeian bulletin word for word.