Trebula Mutusca
Trebula Mutusca (also spelled Trebula Mutuesca or simply Mutuscae) was an ancient city of the Sabines. It is located at Monteleone Sabino, a village about 3 km to the east of the Via Salaria.
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| Alternative name | Trebula |
|---|---|
| Location | Monteleone Sabino |
| Region | Latium |
| Coordinates | 42°13′39.61″N 12°52′7.14″E |
| History | |
| Periods | Ancient Roman to High Medieval |
Pliny mentions both Sabine cities named Trebula: Trebulani qui cognominantur Mutuscaei, et qui Suffenates. As this seems to have been much the more important of the two Trebula (the other being Trebula Suffenas), it is probably that meant by Strabo, who mentions Trebula without any distinctive adjunct but in conjunction with Eretum. The Liber Coloniarumn also mentions a "Tribule", municipium which is probably the same place. Martial also alludes to Trebula as situated among cold and damp mountain valleys, but it is not certain to which he refers.
Virgil speaks of Mutusca as abounding in olives (oliviferaeque Mutuscae), which is still the case with the neighbourhood of Monteleone Sabino, and a village near it consequently bears the name of Oliveto.
Several inscriptions have also been found here, some of which bear the name of its people, Plebs Trebulana, Trebulani Mutuscani, and Trebulani Mut..
The archaeological museum at Monteleone Sabino contains many exhibits particularly from the temple.