Latitudinarian
a party in the Church of England, about the middle of the 17th century, who, wearied by the fierce religious disputes of the time, aimed at a broad or comprehensive system which might reconcile the contending parties, or at least diminish the vehemence of their controversies. They were attached to Episcopacy, but were prepared to welcome as brethren those who believed in other forms of church government.
LATIUM (lā'shi-um), a considerable division of Central Italy deriving its name from the city Latium, said to have been founded by King Latinus, 1240 в. c.
Æneas, according to the legend, settled here with a colony of Trojans, 1181 B. C., and the new colonists and aboriginal inhabitants, having united into one nation under his government, were known as the Latins. They formed a confederacy of towns, with Alba Longa at their head; and after the destruction of that town by the Romans, 665 B. C., the whole territory was reduced to subjection. The Latins rebelled 502 в. c. and a treaty was concluded between them and the Romans 493 в. c., by which their independence was acknowledged, and an alliance concluded between the two powers. They joined other states against Rome, and the last war waged against them commenced 340 B. C., and terminated 338 B. c., in the defeat of the Latins, after which time they ceased to exist as an independent people. The Roman franchise, 91 в. c., bestowed upon all people of Italy who were allies of Rome.