Matilica

Matilĭca, ae, f.,

• a city in Umbria, the modern Matelica, Front. de Colon. p. 100 Goes.
• —Hence, Matilĭcātes, ĭum, m., the inhabitants of Matilica, Plin. 3, 14, 19, § 113.

Mātilica, ae, f., Stadt in Umbrien, j. Matelica, Gromat. vet. 240, 8 u. 257, 1. – Dav. Mātilicātēs, ium, m., die Einw. von Matilika, die Matilikaten, Plin. 3, 113.

Mātĭlĭca, æ, f. , ville dʼOmbrie : Grom. 240, 8 || -cās, ātis, de Matilica ; pl. m. , habitants de Matilica : Plin. 3, 113.

MATILICA

MATI´LICA (Eth. Matilicas,--ātis: Matilica), a municipal town of Umbria, situated in the Apennines, near the sources of the Aesis, and close to the confines of Picenum. It is mentioned both by Pliny and the Liber Coloniarum, of which the latter includes it among the Civitates Piceni.T owards the close of the Roman Empire it appears as an episcopal see, included in the province then termed Picenum Suburbicarium.( Plin. Nat. 3.14. s. 19; Lib. Colon. p. 257; Bingham's Eccl. Antiq. book ix. ch. 5.4.) Matilica is still a considerable town, and retains the ancient site as well as name.

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MATILICA (Matélica) Umbria, Italy.

A municipium on the upper Aesis; under Rome it was inscribed in the tribus Cornelia. Little is known of it historically or archaeologically, and the site is still occupied by a thriving community. A few antiquities from the area are kept in the Museo Piersanti.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

EAA 4 (1961) 927-28 (G. Annibaldi).

L. RICHARDSON, JR.