It is likely identifiable with the
Lucretili Mons mentioned by
Horace as visible from his Sabine farm, and probably identical with the
Mons Lucretius mentioned in the
Liber Pontificalis, which speaks of
possessio in territorio Sabinensi quae cognominatur ad duas casas sub monte Lucretio in the time of
Constantine. The name
ad duas casas is supposed to survive in the chapel of the
Madonna della Casa near
Rocca Giovane, and the Mons Lucretilis is generally (and rightly) identified with
Monte Gennaro, a limestone peak high, which forms a prominent feature in the view northeast of
Rome. Excavations on the supposed site of Horace's farm were begun in September 1909. ==References==