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num\ the river Liquentia rising in the mountains of Opiter- 

 gium^, and a port with the same name, the colony of Con- 

 cordia^; the rivers and harbours of Eomatinum"*, the greater 

 and less Tiliaventum*, the Anaxum*, into which the Varamus 

 flows, the Alsa', and the Natiso with the Turrus, which flow 

 past the colony of Aquileia^ at a distance of fifteen miles 

 from the sea. This is the country of the Carni^, and ad- 

 joining to it is that of the lapydes, the river Timav us ^", the 



* Situate in a marsh or lagiine on the river SUe. It became a Roman 

 colony after Pliny's time, under the Emperor Trajan. Its villas are de- 

 Bcribed by Martial as rivaUing those of Baise. The Emperor Verus died 

 here a.d, 169. The modem village of Altino is a very impoverished 

 place. The Liquentia is now called the Livenza. 



' Now called Oderzo, on the river Montegano, which flows into the 

 Liquenza. The conduct of the people of this place, in the wars between 

 Pompey and Csesar, is mentioned by Lucan, in his Pharsalia, B. iv. 1. 462. 



3 From inscriptions we find that this place was called Colonia Julia 

 Concordia, from which it seems probable that it was one of the colonies 

 founded by Augustus to celebrate the restoration of peace. It rapidly 

 rose into importance, and is often mentioned during the later ages of the 

 Boman Empire, as one of the most important cities in this part of Italy. 

 It is now a poor village, with the same name, and no remains of antiquity 

 beyond a few inscriptions. 



* The Romatinum is the modem Lemene. Pliny seems to imply, 

 (though from the micertainty of the punctuation it is not clear,) that on 

 the R^omatinum there was a port of that name. If so, it would probably 

 occupy the site of the present Santa Margherita, at the mouth of the 

 Lemene. 



* The greater Tihaventum is the modem Tagliamento; andHardouin 

 suggests that the smaller river of that name is the Lugugnana. 



^ This river is supposed to be the same with the modem Stella^ and 

 the Varamus the Revonchi, which joins the Stella. 



7 Now called the Ansa. The Natiso is the modem Natisone, and 

 the Turrus the Torre ; the former flowed past Aquileia on the west, the 

 latter on the east, in former times, but their course is probably now 

 changed, and they fall into the Isonzo, four miles from the city. 



8 The capital of Venetia, and one of the most important cities of 

 Northern Italy. In the year A.D. 452 it was besieged by AttHa, king 

 of the Huns, taken by storm, and plundered and burnt to the. ground. 

 On its site, wliich is very unhealthy, is the modem village of Aquileia, 

 with about 1400 inhabitants. No ytiins of any buildings are visible, but 

 the site abounds with coins, shafts of columns, inscriptions, and other 

 remains of antiquity. 



3 Ptolemy states that Concordia and Aquileia were situate in the di- 

 strict of the Cami. 



10 Still called the Timavo. 



