Bovillae

Bovillae was an ancient Latin town in Lazio, central Italy, currently part of Frattocchie frazione in the municipality of Marino.

The horsemen met Augustus's dead body at Bovillae on its way to Rome, and in 16 AD the shrine of the family worship was dedicated anew[1] and yearly games in the circus instituted, probably under the charge of the sodales Augustales, whose official calendar has been found here.

It may be that Bovillae took the place of Alba Longa as a local centre after the destruction of the latter by Rome, which would explain the deliberate choice of a strategically weak position.

[2] Remains of the circus built there by Tiberius in 14 AD in honor of Augustus can still be seen at 41°45′27″N 12°37′18″E / 41.7574993°N 12.621679°E / 41.7574993; 12.621679 (Bovillae) (use satellite image sites e.g., Wikimapia), and of an octagonal mausoleum, on the edge of the Via Appia.

There were once also a theatre and a schola actorum ("actor's school"), identified by an inscription found in the neighbourhood, and, probably, a temple dedicated to Veiovis, a divinity associated to the gens Iulia.