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Called Antium in ancient times, it was the capital of the Volsci people until it was conquered by the Romans in the year 468 BC. The patrician Coriolanus was exiled to Antium (where Shakespeare sets several scenes in his tragedy), and at Antium found himself at the head of the Volscian forces. After the last unsuccessful revolt, it was razed and colonized in 338 BC; the beaks of the ships of Antium decorated the tribune in the Roman forum that became known because of their presence as the tribuna rostrata. During the Social War, Antium took the side of Lucius Cornelius Sulla, and so was sacked by the troops of Gaius Marius, in 87 BCCenturies: 2nd century BC 1st century BC 1st century Decades: 130s BC 120s BC 110s BC 100s BC 90s BC 80s BC 70s BC 60s BC 50s BC 40s BC 30s BC Years: 92 BC 91 BC 90 BC 89 BC 88 BC 87 BC 86 BC 85 BC 84 BC 83 BC 82 BC Events Lucius Cornelius Cinna is electe.

Afterwards, at the end of the Roman republic, Antium became a preferred maritime residence of the patrician Romans, just within reach of a day's travel, just far enough to be insulated from the riots and tumults of Rome. When CiceroFor other uses see Cicero (disambiguation Marcus Tullius Cicero ( January 3, 106 BC December 7, 43 BC) was an orator and statesman of Ancient Rome, and is generally considered the greatest Latin prose stylist. Biography Cicero was born in Arpinum and caug returned from exile, it was at Antium that he reassembled the battered remains of his libraries, where the scrolls would be secure. Leading Romans built magnificent seaside villas. Mecenus had a villa at Antium; both Emperor CaligulaGaius Julius Caesar Germanicus ( August 31, AD 12 January 24, AD 41), also known as Gaius Caesar or Caligula was the third Roman emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, ruling from AD 37 to 41. Known for his extremely extravagant, eccentric, and sometimes and NeroThis article deals with the Roman emperor Nero. For other meanings, see Nero (disambiguation . Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus ( December 15, 37 AD June 9, 68 AD), born Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus was the fifth and last Roman Emperor of the Julio were born in Antium; the ruins of the latter's villa can still be seen today. The Fanciulla d'Anzio , the Borghese Gladiator ( Louvre Museum) and the Apollo Belvedere in the Vatican were all discovered in the ruins of villas at Anzio.

Of the villas, the most famous was the Villa of Nero at Antium which extended along the coast of the Capo d'Anzio some 800 meters of seafront. Nero razed the former villa on the site, where Augustus had received a delegation from Rome to acclaim him Pater patriae ("Father of his Country") to rebuild on its foundations a villa on a more imperial scale, which was used by each Emperor in turn, up to the Severans.

Anzio is also notable as the site of an Allied forces landing ( Operation ShingleOperation Shingle ( January 22, 1944), during the Italian Campaign of World War II, was an Allied amphibious landing against Axis forces in the area of Anzio and Nettuno, Italy. The operation was commanded by General John P. Lucas and was intended to outf) and ensuing four-month battle ( Anzio Campaign) during World War II. The Commonwealth Anzio War Cemetery and Beach Head War Cemetery are located here. Finally, the battle of Anzio is depicted in the film of Pink Floyd's The Wall.