AEGILIUM INSULA
(Giglio) Etruria, Italy.
Cited by various Latin writers (Caesar, Pliny, Pomponius
Mela, Rutilius Namatianus), the island was inhabited
from the Stone Age into the Roman era. Many discoveries have been made on land and in the sea. Roman
remains are visible at Giglio Porto (Villa Marittima).
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CIL XI, 2643; G. Pellegrini,
NSc (1901)
95-97; P. Raveggi,
NSc (1919) 275-79;
EAA 3 (1960)
895 (G. Maetzke); Bizzarri,
StEtr 33 (1965) 81ff, 515-20; Uggeri & Bronson,
StEtr 38 (1970) 202-5; G. Monaco in
FA, vols. 14 to 20;
StEtr (Rassegna Scavi e scoperte) 28 (1960) to 41 (1973).
G. MONACO