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City in Venetia between the mouths of the Po and Adige, today c. 25 km from the sea, in antiquity one of the most important harbours on the Adriatic (hence the name A.: Str. 5,1,8), especially for the import of Greek and Oriental products; but already at the time of Strabo (ibid.) linked with the sea via a 12 km long canal (Hecat. FGrH 1 fr. 90: Ἀδρία (Adría); Just. Epit. 20,1,9: Adria, graeca urbs; Str. 5,1,8; Ptol. 3,1,26: Ἀτρία (Atría); Liv. 5,…