The Italic Sanctuary of Monte Torre Maggiore and the Sky

The Italic Sanctuary of Monte Torre Maggiore and the Sky

(Amelia Carolina Sparavigna, 2017 ©, available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2887082 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2887082) The sanctuaries on mountain peaks along the Apennine Chain were very common for the Italic people. One of them is the sanctuary on the Monte Torre Maggiore, 1120 m height over the plain occupied by Terni, the ancient Interamna Nahars.