kinship
• descent from Latinus (Vir.Aen.VII; Livy I.1-2)
language
• Latin (Indo-European language family)
religion
• Iuppiter Latiaris ("of Latium") on the Alban Mount, grove of Diana at Aricia, altars at Lavinium
customs
shared Latin rights
• intermarriage ( ius connubii)
• trade ( ius commercii)
• movement ( ius migrationis)
Latin League
• shared sanctuaries at Alban Mount and Aricia (mod. Ariccia), Lavinium (mod. Pratica di Mare)
• member city-states included Lanuvium (mod. Lanuvio), Tusculum, Tibur (mod. Tivoli), Praeneste (mod. Palestrina), Ardea, Pometia/Satricum (mod. Borgo Montello)
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