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Posted by hbee4  --  NAME: Anna on 03/17/02 at 8:10 PM Subject:   Re: sulmone In Reply to: sulmone posted by albert on 12/06/01 at 2:52 PM: : My family comes from the town of Prezza in Abruzzo. Sulmone is the "big town" nearest the paese. I am interested in finding out some history, specifically how it came to be names Sulma in the time of Ovid, a name which suggests the Biblical King Solomon, or the word shalom. thanks.>>>>>I have the official explanation from the city of Sulmona itself: according to tradition, ancient Sulmo was founded by Solimo Frigio, one of Aeneas' companions. Ovid later immortalized the town with the words "Sulmo mihi patria est" - Sulmona is my fatherland! Follow Ups: inquietud agustin solimo   Posted at: 08/18/03 (0 replies) inquietud agustin solimo   Posted at: 08/18/03 (0 replies) Re: sulmone Agata Aleksandra Sulma   Posted at: 01/05/03 (0 replies) Re: sulmone albert   Posted at: 03/19/02 (1) Re: sulmone Lauren Sulmone   Posted at: 01/13/04 (0 replies)