Named Entity Results, Clitumnus (Italy)

Lacus is illustrated by Pliny Ep. 9. 8 (on the source of the Clitumnus): Eluctatusque (fons) facit gurgitem, qui lato gremio patescit purus et vitreus. Serv. says Lacus est quoddam latentis adhuc aquae receptaculum, et dictus lacus quasi lacuna: ex qua erumpens aqua facit fontem: qui cum fluere coeperit alveum facit. Miserantem incommoda nostra gives the reason for Aeneas' prayer, serving also to remind the god of his promise: pulcherrimus expresses Aeneas' gratitude.

air, and Hermus thick with gold, Can match the praise of Italy; nor Ind, Nor Bactria, nor Panchaia, one wide tract Of incense-teeming sand. Here never bulls With nostrils snorting fire upturned the sod Sown with the monstrous dragon's teeth, nor crop Of warriors bristled thick with lance and helm; But heavy harvests and the Massic juice Of Bacchus fill its borders, overspread With fruitful flocks and olives. Hence arose The war-horse stepping proudly o'er the plain; Hence thy white flocks, Clitumnus, and the bull, Of victims mightiest, which full oft have led, Bathed in thy sacred stream, the triumph-pomp Of Romans to the temples of the gods. Here blooms perpetual spring, and summer here In months that are not summer's; twice teem the flocks; Twice doth the tree yield service of her fruit. But ravening tigers come not nigh, nor breed Of savage lion, nor aconite betrays Its hapless gatherers, nor with sweep so vast Doth the scaled serpent trail his endless coils Along the ground, or wr

Only once in his life did he take an active part in military affairs, and then not from any set purpose, but during his journey to Mevania, to see the grove and river of Clitumnus. Mevania, a town in Umbria. Its present name is Bevagna. The Clitumnus is a river in the same country, celebrated for the breed of white cattle, which feed in the neighbouring pastures. Being recommended to recruit a body of Batavians, who attended him, he resolved upon an expedition into Germany. Immediately he drewClitumnus is a river in the same country, celebrated for the breed of white cattle, which feed in the neighbouring pastures. Being recommended to recruit a body of Batavians, who attended him, he resolved upon an expedition into Germany. Immediately he drew together several legions, and auxiliary forces from all quarters, and made every where new levies with the utmost rigour. Collecting supplies of all kinds, such as never had been assembled upon the like occasion, he set forward on his march, and pursued it sometimes with so much haste and precipitation, that the pretorian cohorts were obliged, contrary to custom, to pack their standards on horses or mules, and so follow him. At other times, he would march so slow and luxuriously, that he was c