Latins (Italic tribe)
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The Latins (Latin: Latini), sometimes known as the Latians, were an Italic tribe which included the early inhabitants of the city of Rome. From about 1000 BC, the Latins inhabited the small region known to the Romans as Old Latium (Latium Vetus), that is, the area between the river Tiber and the promontory of Mount Circeo Template:Convert SE of Rome.
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- Dio Cassius Roman History (c. AD 250)
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus Roman Antiquities (c. 10 BC)
- Homer Iliad (c. 800 BC)
- Livy Ab urbe condita (c. AD 20)
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