Forum Clodii
FORUM CLODII a town of Etruria, situated (as might be inferred from its name) upon the Via Clodia, known to us chiefly from the Itineraries, but mentioned also by Ptolemy (Ptol. 3.1.50) among the towns of Southern Etruria. The Antonine Itinerary reckons it 32 M.P. from Rome, and the Tab. Peut. places it between Sabate and Blera; but the distances given in the Tabula are confused or corrupt. Hence its position has not been clearly ascertained; it is commonly placed at Oriuolo, about five miles N. of Bracciano (Sabate); but, according to Mr. Dennis, there are no ancient remains at that place, and the point is still doubtful. (Itin. Ant. p. 286; Tab. Peut.; Dennis, Etruria, vol. 1. p. 273.)
[E.H.B]A station near Bracciano on the Via Clodia on the W side of Lake Bracciano. It was seat of a praefectura Claudia Foroclodi by the Augustan period and later an early bishopric. Abundant ancient remains, including many inscriptions, have come to light in agricultural work on the site, and much ancient material is built into the church of San Liberato, but systematic excavations have yet to be undertaken.
BIBLIOGRAPHYA. Pasqui, NSc (1889) 5-9.
L. RICHARDSON, JR.