# Fregenae > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fregenae > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fregenae.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregenae > Source revision: 1345069930 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Frazione in Lazio, Italy Fregene Frazione Aerial view of Fregene Fregene Location of Fregene in Italy Coordinates: 41°51′11″N 12°11′36″E / 41.85306°N 12.19333°E / 41.85306; 12.19333 Country Italy Region Lazio Metropolitan city Rome (RM) Comune Fiumicino Elevation 4 m (13 ft) Population (2012)[1] • Total 6,445 Demonym Fregenini Time zone UTC+1 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+2 (CEST) Postal code 00054 Dialing code 06 **Fregenae** ([Italian](/source/Italian_language): *Fregene*) was a maritime town of ancient [Etruria](/source/Etruria), situated between [Alsium](/source/Alsium) and the mouth of the [Tiber](/source/Tiber).[2][3] The modern **Fregene** is an Italian hamlet (*[frazione](/source/Frazione)*) of [Fiumicino](/source/Fiumicino), in the [Metropolitan City of Rome Capital](/source/Metropolitan_City_of_Rome_Capital), [Lazio](/source/Lazio). As of 2012 its population was of 6,445.[1] ## History ### Ancient Fregenae [Livy](/source/Livy) mentions Fregenae among the *coloniae maritimae* (xxxvi. 3); and there is every reason to suppose that it was established at the same time with Alsium, in 245 BCE, and that we should read Fregenae for Fregellae in [Velleius Paterculus](/source/Velleius_Paterculus),[4] where he speaks of the foundation of these two colonies.[5] This is confirmed by the Epitome of the 19th book of Livy, where, though Alsium is not mentioned, the foundation of Fregenae is coupled with that of [Brundusium](/source/Brundusium), which Velleius refers to the following year.[6] No subsequent notice of it occurs in history: its marshy and unhealthy situation[7] probably prevented its rising to prosperity; and, after the construction of the [Portus Augusti](/source/Portus_Augusti) on the right bank of the Tiber, it seems to have gradually sunk into insignificance. Hence, though its name is found in Strabo, Pliny, and the Itineraries, it is not noticed by [Rutilius](/source/Rutilius_Claudius_Namatianus) in his description of the coast of Etruria, and no ruins now mark the site. But the distances given in the Itinerary of 9 M.P. from Alsium, and the same from Portus Augusti at the mouth of the Tiber, enable us to fix its position with certainty at a spot now called *Fregene* in the *[comune](/source/Comune)* of [Fiumicino](/source/Fiumicino).[8] ### Modern Fregene The modern town was created in 1928 as part of a large [drainage](/source/Drainage) project along the coasts of Lazio, near [Maccarese](/source/Maccarese), to create a sea resort. From the 1970s Fregene grew as part of the urban expansion of [Rome metropolitan area](/source/Rome_metropolitan_area). Until 1992 It was part of the municipality of [Rome](/source/Rome), when Fiumicino was created as an independent municipality.[9] ## Geography Fregene is located on [Tyrrhenian coast](/source/Tyrrhenian_Sea), 31 km in north of [Fiumicino](/source/Fiumicino), near [its international airport](/source/Leonardo_da_Vinci-Fiumicino_Airport) and the villages of [Maccarese](/source/Maccarese), [Focene](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Focene&action=edit&redlink=1) and [Passo Oscuro](/source/Passo_Oscuro). It is 24 km far from [Ladispoli](/source/Ladispoli), 42 from [Rome](/source/Rome) and 55 from [Civitavecchia](/source/Civitavecchia). Nearest railway station is [Maccarese-Fregene](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Maccarese-Fregene_railway_station&action=edit&redlink=1) on [Rome-Pisa line](/source/Pisa%E2%80%93Livorno%E2%80%93Rome_railway). ## See also - [Arrone River](/source/Arrone_(river)) - [Rome-Fiumicino Airport](/source/Leonardo_da_Vinci-Fiumicino_Airport) ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-a_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-a_1-1) [Population of Fiumicino and its *frazioni*](http://www.comune.fiumicino.rm.gov.it/il-comune/il-comune-in-cifre)(in Italian) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20170225210814/http://www.comune.fiumicino.rm.gov.it/il-comune/il-comune-in-cifre) 2017-02-25 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** [Strabo](/source/Strabo) v. p. 226; [Pliny](/source/Pliny_the_Elder) iii. 5. s. 8; *[Antonine Itinerary](/source/Antonine_Itinerary)* p. 300. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** Quilici, L., S. Quilici Gigli. ["Places: 422930 (Fregenae)"](https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/422930). Pleiades. Retrieved November 25, 2016.{{[cite web](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Cite_web)}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list ([link](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:CS1_maint:_multiple_names:_authors_list)) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** i. 14. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-Nibby1849_5-0)** Antonio Nibby (1849). [*Analisi storico-topografico-antiquaria della carta de' dintorni di Roma*](https://archive.org/details/analisistoricot01nibbgoog). Tip. delle Belle arti. pp. [279](https://archive.org/details/analisistoricot01nibbgoog/page/n285)–. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Velleius Paterculus](/source/Velleius_Paterculus) *l. c.*; Livy *Epit.* xix., where the reading Fregenae is supported by the best MSS., though the old editions have Fregellae. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** Alluded to by [Silius Italicus](/source/Silius_Italicus), viii. 475. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-8)** [Talbert, Richard](/source/Richard_Talbert), ed. (2000). "Map 43". [*Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World*](/source/Barrington_Atlas_of_the_Greek_and_Roman_World). Princeton University Press. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-0-691-03169-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-691-03169-9), with accompanying Map-by-Map Directory. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-9)** (in Italian) [History and territory of the municipality of Fiumicino](http://www.comune.fiumicino.rm.gov.it/il-territorio/storia-arte-e-cultura) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20121019205929/http://www.comune.fiumicino.rm.gov.it/il-territorio/storia-arte-e-cultura) 2012-10-19 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine) - This article incorporates text from a publication now in the [public domain](/source/Public_domain): [Smith, William](/source/William_Smith_(lexicographer)), ed. (1854–1857). *[Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography](/source/Dictionary_of_Greek_and_Roman_Geography)*. London: John Murray. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Fregene](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Fregene). Authority control databases: Geographic Pleiades --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fregenae](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregenae) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fregenae?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.