place
Laterium
also: Laterio
An estate of Quintus Cicero in the territory of Arpinum, near the Via Latina, where Cicero stayed during his April 56 BC tour of the family properties.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 4.7 §3 Arpinates about Laterium
Laterium was Quintus Cicero's estate in the territory of Arpinum, the Ciceros' home town. The townspeople (Arpinates) were in an uproar over some matter there, possibly building or water-rights, which 'heeded not' Cicero's own concern.
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 2.5 §4 and to be the day after at Laterium
Laterium and Arcanum (below) were estates of Quintus Cicero near Arpinum, both then being built or improved; Cicero was inspecting the family's properties on his brother's behalf.