place
Alba
Alban
also: Albana
The Alban hills near Rome, source of a grape Catius says is best cured by smoking.
Reading notes
- The Secular Hymn §53-56 Alban
Alba Longa, the mother-city of Rome founded by Aeneas' son; the 'Alban axes' stand for Roman sovereignty.
- The Odes §3.23 Alban
The 'Alban grasses' where the sacrificial victim is fattened.
- The Odes §4.1 Alban lakes
By the Alban lakes Paullus will set Venus in marble under a citron roof.
- The Odes §4.11 Alban wine
A jar 'past its ninth year' readied for the feast of Maecenas's birthday.
- The Satires §2.4 The Alban grape
A grape of the Alban hills near Rome, best preserved, Catius says, by smoke-curing.