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'''Cures''', a [[Sabine]] town between the left bank of the [[Tiber]] and the [[Via Salaria]], about 26 m. from [[Rome]]. According to legend, it was from Cures that [[Titus Tatius]] led to the [[Quirinal]] the Sabine settlers, from whom, after their union with the settlers on the [[Palatine Hill|Palatine]], the whole Roman people took the name [[Quirites]]. It was also renowned as the birthplace of [[Numa]], and its importance among the Sabines at an early period is indicated by the fact that its territory is often called simply '''alter Sabinus'''. At the beginning of the imperial period it is spoken of as an unimportant place, but seems to have risen to greater prosperity in the 2nd century. It appears as the seat of a bishop in the 5th century, but seems to have been destroyed by the [[Lombards]] in 589 AD. The site consists of a hill with two summits, round the base of which runs the Fosso Corese: the western summit was occupied by the [[necropolis]], the eastern by the citadel, and the lower ground between the two by the city itself. Excavations from 1874 up until 1877 revealed a temple, forum, baths, etc.
==Sources==
*[[Thomas Ashby]] in ''Papers of the British School at Rome'', iii. 34. (T. As.)
*{{1911}}
[[Category:Sabines]]
[[Category:589 disestablishments]]
[[it:Cures Sabini]]