The Digital Ark: Early Modern Collections of Curiosities in England and Scotland, 1580-1700
Cicero's Villa at Tusculum
Tusculum (Settlement), Latium (Region), Italy
View Larger MapDescription of institution: The exact site of Cicero's villa, where he wrote the "Disputationes Tusculanæ" and other works, is a matter of learned controversy. In the opinion of some it occupied the present site of the monastery of Grottaferrata; others hold that it was near the modern Villa Rufinella. A more probable opinion is that it stood on the knoll above Grottaferrata.