1. aventine - Noun
2. aventine - Adjective
3. Aventine - Proper noun
Pertaining to Mons Aventinus, one of the seven hills on which Rome stood.
A post of security or defense.
Source: Webster's dictionaryA fire of 36 AD seems to have started in a basket-maker's workshop under the stands, on the Aventine side; the emperor Tiberius compensated various small businesses there for their losses. Source: Internet
Early life Little is known of Pope Eugene's early life other than that he was a Roman from the Aventine and was known for his holiness, gentleness, and charity. Source: Internet
In 204 BC, a new "greek-style" cult to Ceres and Proserpina as "Mother and Maiden" was imported from southern Italy, along with Greek priestesses to serve it, and was installed in Ceres' Temple on Rome's Aventine Hill. Source: Internet
Routledge, 2003. pp. 162, 169. A temple within the Aventine was consecrated in 495 BC. Source: Internet
Mann, pg. 118 The Roman Forum had become a battleground, and the confusion prevented Lucius from travelling to the Aventine Hill to ordain the abbot of San Saba on 20 January 1145. Source: Internet
Aventine Northshore has 246 units comprised of one-, two- and three bedroom luxury apartment homes. Source: Internet