TI´NIA
TI´NIA (
Τενέας:
Timia), a small river of Umbria, falling into the Tiber, a few miles below Perusia.
The name is given by the ancient geographers to the affluent of the Tiber (one of the first tributaries which that river receives), but at the present day the stream called the
Timia loses its name after its junction with the
Topino, a more considerable stream. Four small rivers indeed bring down their united waters to the Tiber at this point: 1, the
Maroggia, which rises between
Todi and
Spoleto, and brings with it the waters of the
Clitunno, the ancient CLITUANUS; 2, the
Timia, which joins the Clitumnus near Mevania (
Bevagna); 3, the
Topino, which descends from the Apennines near
Nocera, and turns abruptly to the NW., after receiving the waters of the
Timia; and 4, the
Chiascio, which joins the
Topino from the N. only 3 miles from the point where it falls into the Tiber. Though thus augmented from various quarters the Tinia was always an inconsiderable stream. Pliny speaks of it as navigable with difficulty even for boats, and Silius Italicus calls it “Tiniae inglorius humor.” (
Sil. Ital. 8.452;
Plin. Nat. 3.5. s. 9;
Strab. v. p.227.)
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