Etymologically proposed Albanum / Castra Albana is the same as being proposed for Alba Longa, whose location is not known with certainty, but placed in a medieval tradition of urban core areas of modern Albano Laziale .
To ime mesta velja za hipotezo da gre za najbolj zanesljiv koren v indoevropskem *alb / *alp kaže na visoko mesto; Mons Albanus (zdaj Monte Cavo), v tem primeru, je bilo središče čaščenja in skupni pašnik (compascuo).