Amiternum
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Amiternum, a traditional settlement of the Sabines, is an ancient Sabine prefecture, former bishopric and Latin catholic titular see in the central Abruzzo region of modern Italy at 9 km from L'Aquila. Amiternum was the birthplace of the historian Sallust (86 BC).