FREGELLAE, an ancient town of Latium on the Via Latina, I I m. W.N.W. of Aquinum, near the left branch of the Liris. It was destroyed by the Samnites a little before 33o B.C., and in 328 B.C. a Latin colony was established there. It continued faithful to Rome ; by breaking the bridges over the Liris it interposed an obstacle to Hannibal in 212 B.C., and it was a native of Fregellae who headed the deputation of the non-revolting colonies in 209 B.C. It flourished owing to its command of the crossing of the Liris, and to its position in a fertile territory, and here a revolt against Rome broke out in 125 B.C. It was captured by treachery and destroyed; but in 124 Fabrateria Nova was founded 3 m. to the S.E. on the opposite bank of the Liris, and a post station Fregellanum (mod. Ceprano) grew up ; Fregellae itself, however, continued to exist as a village even under the empire. The site is about 2 m. E. of Ceprano, but the remains are very scanty. See G. Colasanti, Fregellae, storia e topografia (Igo6).