Anzio

Anzio is a metropolis and comune on the coast of the Lazio vicinity of Italy, approximately 51 kilometres south of Rome. Well acknowledged for its seashore harbour placing, it's miles a fishing port and a departure point for ferries and hydroplanes to the Pontine Islands of Ponza, Palmarola and Ventotene. The town bears brilliant historical significance because the site online of Operation Shingle, a vital touchdown by the Allies throughout the Italian Campaign of World War II. In ancient instances, Antium turned into the capital of the Volsci human beings until it changed into conquered by the Romans.

In some versions of Rome's foundation fantasy, Antium turned into founded by means of Anteias, son of Odysseus. In 468 BC Antium become captured by means of the Roman consul Titus Quinctius Capitolinus Barbatus following a warfare commenced by way of the Volsci, and a Roman colony turned into planted there the following year. Three Roman ex-consuls were appointed as commissioners to allocate the lands amongst Roman colonists.