LACINIUM (anc. geog.), a noble promontory of the Brutii in Italy, the south boundary of the Sinus Tarentinus and the Adriatic; all to the south of it being deemed the Ionian Sea: it was famous for a rich temple of Juno, surnamed Lacinia, with a pillar of solid gold standing in it; which Hannibal intending to carry off, was, according to Cicero, dissuaded by a dream. Now Gato delle Colonne, from the columns of Juno's temple still standing on the north-east coast of the Calabria ultra.