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nuin\ 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 Tiiiaventum^, 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 Timavas^^, the 
^ Situate in a marsh or lagune on the river Sile. It became a Roman 
colony after PHny's time, under the Emperor Trajan. Its viUas are de- 
scribed by Martial as rivalling those of Baise. The Emperor Yerus died 
here A.D. 169. The modern village of Altino is a very impoverished 
place. The Liquentia is now called the Livenza. 
2 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 Caesar, is mentioned by Lucan, in his Pharsalia, B. iv. 1. 462. 
3 Erom 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 
Roman 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 modern Lemene. Pliny seems to imply, 
(though from the uncertainty of the punctuation it is not clear,) that on 
the Romatinum 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. 
5 The greater Tiliaventum is the modern Taghamento ; and Hardouin 
suggests that the smaller river of that name is the Lugugnana. 
6 This river is supposed to be the same with the modern Stella, and 
the Yaramus the Revonchi, which joins the Stella. 
7 Now called the Ansa. The Natiso is the modern 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 Yenetia, and one of the most important cities of 
Northern Italy. In the year a.d. 452 it was besieged by Attila, king 
of the Huns, taken by storm, and plundered and burnt to the ground. 
On its site, which is very unhealthy, is the modern village of Aquileia, 
with about 1400 inhabitants. No ruins of any buildings are visible, but 
the site abounds with coins, shafts of columns, inscriptions, and other 
remains of antiquity. 
9 Ptolemy states that Concordia and Aquileia were situate in the di- 
strict of the Carni. 
10 StiU caUed the Timavo. 
