John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 801

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It was probably, as is remarked Dict. G. ‘Pomptinae Paludes,’ some part of the Pontine marshes. The marshes are formed chiefly by the stagnation of the waters of the Ufens and Amasenus (ib.). Serv. says others read ‘Asturae,’ the name of an island and river near Circeii: but the elision would be unheard of, and even if we should adopt the other form of the word, ‘Sturae,’ there is no reason to suppose that there was any marsh of the name.

John Conington. P. Vergili Maronis opera. P. Vergili Maronis Opera. The works of. Virgil. , with a Commentary by John Conington, M.A. and Henry Nettleship, M.A. London. Whittaker and Co., Ave Maria Lane;. George Bell and Sons, York Street, Covent Garden. 1876.

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