ALMA
ALMA,
ALMUS (
Ἄλμα,
D. C. 4.30; Aurel. Vict.
Epitom. 38,
Probus ; Eutrop. ix. Vopiscus,
Probus, 18), a mountain in Lower Pannonia, near Sirmium.
The two robber-chieftains Bato made this mountain their stronghold during the Dalmatian insurrection in A.D. 6-7. (
Dict. of Biogr. art.
Bato.) 11; was planted with vines by the emperor Probus about A.D. 280-81, the spot being probably recommended to him by its contiguity to his native town of Sirmium.
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