Saturnia
1.
An ancient name of Italy. (See
Italia;
Saturnus.)
2.
Now Saturnia, formerly called Aurinia; an ancient town of Etruria, said to have been
founded by the Pelasgians, was situated in the territory of Caletra, on the road from Rome to
Cosa, about twenty miles from the sea (Pliny ,
Pliny H.
N. iii. 52).
3.
See
Saturnius.