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Albunea  

Stephen J. Harrison

Online publication date:
Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Geography, Latin Literature, Roman Myth and Religion
Albunea, sulphurous spring and stream near *Tibur with a famous waterfall, and its homonymous nymph (cf. Hor. Carm. 1. 7. 12), classed as a *Sibyl by *Varro (Lactant. Div. Inst. 1. 6. 12) ... More

Hyginus (4) Gromaticus  

Brian Campbell

Online publication date:
Mar 2016
Subject:
Ancient Geography, Latin Literature
To Hyginus Gromaticus has been mistakenly ascribed an incomplete treatise On Camp Fortifications (so named in the 16th cent.), which discusses the methods for siting military camps, measuring the ... More

itineraries  

Nicholas Purcell

Online publication date:
Dec 2015
Subject:
Ancient Geography, Latin Literature
The terrestrial equivalent of *periploi, sequential lists of settlements, way-marks, or posting-stations, often with distances between them. As a genre, they originated with the Roman practice of ... More

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