Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Ponto

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Zeugis, Zeugitāna Regio

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Ponto

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A large flat-bottomed boat used in ferrying cattle, soldiers, or passengers over a river

Ponto. (Roman Painting.)

(B. C. iii. 29).

2.

A floating bridge or pontoon (Gell. x. 25). For illustrations, see Pons, pp. 1298, 1299.

Harry Thurston Peck. Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898.

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