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390 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 20
hese and the Senones were nations of Cisalpine Gaul. The Boii emigrated originally from Transalpine Gaul, by the Penine Alps, or the Pass of Great St. Bernard. They were completely subdued by Scipio Nasica in B.C. 191, when he destroyed half of their population, and deprived them of nearly half of their lands. They were ultimately driven from their settlements, and established themselves in the modern Bohemia, which from them takes its name. The Senones, who had taken the city of Rome in B.C. 390, were conquered and the greater part of them destroyed by the Consul Dolabella in B.C. 283. have disappeared, of whom there were 112 tribes according to Cato; as also the Senones, who captured Rome. (16.) The PadusThe Po, which rises in Monte Viso in Savoy. descends from the bosom of Mount Vesulus, one of the most elevated points of the chain of the Alps, in the territories of the Ligurian VagienniAlready mentioned in C. 7 of the present Book., and rises at its source in a manner that well me
218 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 20
ght for its sinuosities; and it receives from the Apennines and Alps not only several navigable rivers, but immense lakes as well, which discharge themselves into its waters, thus conveying altogether as many as thirty streams into the Adriatic Sea. Of these the best known are the following—flowing from the range of the Apennines, the Jactus, the TanarusThe Tanarus is still called the Tanaro. The Trebia, now the Trebbia, is memorable for the defeat on its banks of the Romans by Hannibal, B.C. 218. The Incia is the modern Enza or Lenza, the Tarus the Taro, the Gabellus the Secchia, the Scultenna the Panaro, and the Rhenus the Reno., the Trebia which passes Placentia, the Tarus, the Incia, the Gabellus, the Scultenna, and the Rhenus: from the chain of the Alps, the SturaThe Stura still has the same name; the Orgus is the modern Orco. The streams called Duriæ are known as the Dora Baltea and the Dora Riparia; the Sessites is the Sesia, the Ticinus the Tessino, the Lambrus the Lambro, the
82 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 20
d Forodruentinorum. Forum Cornelii, said to have been so called from the Dictator Sylla, occupied the site of the modern town of Imola. The poet Martial is said to have resided for some time in this town., Forum Cornelî, Forum Licinî, the FaventiniThe people of Faventia, now Faenza. Pliny, B. xix. c. i., speaks of the whiteness of its linen, for the manufacture of which it was celebrated. At this place Carbo and Norbanus were defeated with great loss by Metellus, the partisan of Sylla, in B.C. 82., the FidentiniThe people of Fidentia. The present Borga di San Donnino stands on its site, which is between Parma and Placentia, fifteen miles from the former city., the Otesini, the PadinatesCluver thinks that their town was on the site of the modern Castel Bondino., the Regi- ensesSo named after Æmilius Lepidus. The people of Regium Lepidum, the site of whose town is occupied by the modern Reggio., who take their name from Lepidus, the SolonatesSolonatium is supposed to have had the site
1756 AD (search for this): book 3, chapter 20
ed a conspicuous part in most of the internal wars of the Romans. The modern city of Rimini which stands on its site, still retains two striking monuments of its grandeur; the Roman bridge of marble, which crosses the river Ariminus, erected by Augustus and Tiberius, and a triumphal arch of marble, erected in honour of Augustus. The river Ariminus is now called the Marocchia, and the Aprusa is the Ausa., with the rivers Ariminus and Aprusa. Next comes the river RubicoA papal decree, issued in 1756, declared the river Lusa to have been the ancient Rubicon, but the more general opinion is that the Pisatello, a little to the north of it, has better claims to that honour. On the north bank of the Rubicon a pillar was placed by a decree of the Senate, with an inscription giving notice that whoever should pass in arms into the Roman territory would be deemed an enemy to the state. It is especially celebrated in history by Cæsar's passage across it at the head of his army, by which act he dec
44 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 20
chief place of EtruriaHe probably means only the Etruscan cities north of the Apennines., BrixillumThe modern town of Brescello occupies its site. Here the Emperor Otho put an end to his life on learning the defeat of his troops by Vitellius. It appears to have been a strong fortress in the time of the Lombard kings., MutinaThe modern Modena stands on its site. It was famous in the history of the civil wars after Cæsar's death. Decimus Brutus was besieged here by M. Antonius, in the years B.C. 44 and 43, and under its walls the consuls Hirtius and Pansa were slain. Its vicinity, like that of Parma, was famous for the excellence of its wool., ParmaThis was a Roman colony, which was enlarged by Augustus, and from him received the name of Colonia Julia Augusta. It was called, after the fall of the Western Empire, Chrysopolis or the "Golden City." The modern city of Parma occupies its site., and PlacentiaA Roman colony. The present city of Piacenza stands on its site.. There are also the t
283 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 20
nsalpine Gaul, by the Penine Alps, or the Pass of Great St. Bernard. They were completely subdued by Scipio Nasica in B.C. 191, when he destroyed half of their population, and deprived them of nearly half of their lands. They were ultimately driven from their settlements, and established themselves in the modern Bohemia, which from them takes its name. The Senones, who had taken the city of Rome in B.C. 390, were conquered and the greater part of them destroyed by the Consul Dolabella in B.C. 283. have disappeared, of whom there were 112 tribes according to Cato; as also the Senones, who captured Rome. (16.) The PadusThe Po, which rises in Monte Viso in Savoy. descends from the bosom of Mount Vesulus, one of the most elevated points of the chain of the Alps, in the territories of the Ligurian VagienniAlready mentioned in C. 7 of the present Book., and rises at its source in a manner that well merits an inspection by the curious; after which it hides itself in a subterranean channel un
191 BC (search for this): book 3, chapter 20
n was perhaps on the same site as the modern Villac, on the river Nura., who were anciently surnamed Regiates, and the UrbanatesThe modern city of Ombria probably stands on the site of Urbana, their town, of which considerable remains are still to be seen.. In this district the BoiiThese and the Senones were nations of Cisalpine Gaul. The Boii emigrated originally from Transalpine Gaul, by the Penine Alps, or the Pass of Great St. Bernard. They were completely subdued by Scipio Nasica in B.C. 191, when he destroyed half of their population, and deprived them of nearly half of their lands. They were ultimately driven from their settlements, and established themselves in the modern Bohemia, which from them takes its name. The Senones, who had taken the city of Rome in B.C. 390, were conquered and the greater part of them destroyed by the Consul Dolabella in B.C. 283. have disappeared, of whom there were 112 tribes according to Cato; as also the Senones, who captured Rome. (16.) The Padu