Geography
- See also: Latin names of lakes
- Lucrinus Lacus, a lake in Campania
- Albanus Lake, Lake Albano in Lazio, Italy
- Alsietinus Lacus, the ancient name of a lake in Etruria today known as Lake Martignano
- Lacus Curtius, a topographical feature in ancient Rome
- Lacus Juturnae, a spring and man-made religious structure in ancient Rome
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