AMERIA (mod. AMELIA), Umbria, about 65m. N. of Rome on the Via Amerina (which diverged from the Via Cassia, passing through Castellum Amerinum, probably mod. Orte, where it crossed the Tiber). It has a fine position, 1,332ft. above sea-level, and still retains considerable remains of the city wall with jointed polygonal blocks of limestone. Roman remains include a large ten-chambered water reservoir. The lofty campanile of the cathedral was erected in Io5o. Ameria is alluded to as a flourish ing place, with a fertile territory extending to the Tiber, by Cicero in his speech in defence of Sextus Roscius Amerinus.