MI´NIO
MI´NIO (
Mignone), a small river of Etruria, flowing into the Tyrrhenian sea, between Centumcellae (
Civita Vecchia) and Graviscae, and about 3 miles S. of the mouth of the Marta.
It is a trifling stream, though noticed by Virgil, as well as by Rutilius in his voyage along this coast; but Mela and the Geographer of Ravenna are the only geographical writers who deem it worthy of mention. (
Verg. A. 10.183; Serv.
ad loc.; Rutil.
Itin. 1.279; Mel. 2.4.9; Geogr. Rav. 4.32.)
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