Editing Abruzzo (section)

==Toponymy==
The name ''Abruzzo'', according to the most accredited hypothesis first proposed by Renaissance historian [[Flavio Biondo]] in ''Italia Illustrata'', derives from ''Aprutium'' as a popular evolution of ''(ad) Praetutium'', meaning "land of the [[Praetutii]]", an ancient [[Italic peoples|Italic]] people that lived in the area of present-day [[Teramo]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.comuni-italiani.it/13/|title=Italy Guide: Abruzzo Region|work=Comuni-Italiani.it|access-date=20 January 2014|archive-date=17 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217005917/http://en.comuni-italiani.it/13/|url-status=live}}</ref> According to other hypotheses, the name could also derive from ''abruptus'' (Latin for "steep" or "precipitous").<ref>{{cite book|last=Palma|first=Niccola|title=Questioni Apruzzesi Risolute|year=1837|location=Teramo|page=79}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Egli|first=Johann Jakob|title=Nomina geographica|year=1893|location=Leipzig|page=5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Everett-Heath|first=John|author-link=John Everett-Heath|title=Concise Dictionary of World Places Name|edition=4|publisher=[[Oxford University Press]]}}</ref>

In the 1273 {{ill|Treaty of Alife|it|Diploma di Alife}}, King [[Charles I of Anjou]] divided the [[Justiciarate]] of Abruzzo (''Giustizierato d'Abruzzo'') into two territories along the [[Pescara river]]: ''[[Abruzzo Citeriore]]'' (nearer Abruzzo) and ''Abruzzo Ulteriore'' (further Abruzzo); from then on, the region was also known by the plural name ''Abruzzi''.