The Praetutii were an ancient Italic tribe of central Italy. They are thought to have lived around Interamnia (or Interamna), which became modern Teramo...

to be a corruption of Praetutium, or rather of the name of the people Praetutii, applied (as was so often the case in Gaul) to their chief city. Thus...

appears to be derivative of the Latin word Aprutium, in turn from the tribe Praetutii. During the Kingdom of Naples, the region was further divided into four...

Pentri, Carricini and Frentani, and, more generically, Osco-Umbrian Aequi, Praetutii, Vestini, Marrucini, Marsi and Peligni. Considered strong warriors by...

Milan, as well as German and French tourists. In pre-Roman times, the Praetutii tribe had a settlement there. In 3rd century BCE Romans established a...

assimilated) Vimitellarii Vitellenses Opici Umbrians Aequi Hernici Marsi Praetutii (in Ager Praetutianus, their name gave origin to the name of Abruzzo region)...

(civitas optimo iure) in 268 BC. Cornell notes that Rome also conquered the Praetutii. They lived to the east of the Sabines, on the Adriatic coast and were...

was known; in turn, Aprutium perhaps derives from the ancient people of Praetutii, who inhabited the territory in pre-Roman times. Aosta Valley (Valle d'Aosta):...

authentic, the Interamna there meant is probably the well-known town of the Praetutii. The only inland town of importance among the Frentani was Anxanum (Lanciano);...

the medieval period, reconstructing the history of the territory of the Praetutii and the Piceni. Many materials come from caves in the area (Sant'Angelo...