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AVGOUSTA VAGIENI (Ancient city) ITALY
Augusta Vagiennorum (Augousta Bagiennon, Ptol.; an inscription, Orell.
76, has Aug. Bag. for Augusta Bagiennorum), the chief city of the Ligurian tribe
of the Vagienni, is mentioned both by Pliny and Ptolemy, and the former speaks
of it as a place of importance. (Plin. iii. 5. s. 7; Ptol. iii. 1. § 35.) But
though the name would lead us to suppose that it was a colony of Augustus, we
have no account of its foundation, nor do ancient authors afford any clue to its
position. It was placed by D'Anville at Vico, near Mondovi; but a local antiquarian,
Durandi, has satisfactorily proved that some Roman ruins still visible near Bene
(a considerable town of Piedmont, situated between the valleys of the Tanaro and
the Stura, about 12 miles from the site of Pollentia) are those of Augusta Vagiennorum.
They comprise the remains of an aqueduct, amphitheatre, baths, and other buildings,
and cover a considerable extent of ground. The name of Bene is itself probably
only a corruption of Bayienna, the form of the ancient name which is found in
documents of the middle ages. (Durandi, Dell' Augusta de' Vagienni, Torino, 1769;
Millin, Voy. en Piemont, vol. ii. p. 50.)
This text is from: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) (ed. William Smith, LLD). Cited July 2004 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
GENOVA (Town) LIGURIA
The modern Genoa, a thriving commercial town in Liguria, situated
at the extremity of the Ligurian Gulf (Gulf of Genoa), and subsequently a Roman
municipium. For some time during the Second Punic War it was held by Mago, the
Carthaginian. The place had no political importance before the Middle Ages, when
it was called Janua.
This text is cited Oct 2002 from The Perseus Project URL below, which contains interesting hyperlinks
ALBA POMPEIA (Ancient city) LIGURIA
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