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Aquileia
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[1] The modern Aquileia, northern Italy

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The present-day town of A. in upper Italy, between  Natiso and Alsa (Plin. HN 3,126), c. 10 km from the Adria (Str. 5,1,8). The name is more likely to be derived from a river name (Zos. 5,29,4) than from an ea…

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Heucke, Clemens (Munich) and Dietz, Karlheinz (Würzburg), “Aquileia”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 21 May 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e130570>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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