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John Conington, Commentary on Vergil's Aeneid, Volume 2, P. VERGILI MARONIS, line 716 (search)
Nursia, called frigida from its
situation in the midst of mountains, is
mentioned several times both in early
and later history. Shortly before the
time of the composition of the Aeneid
its inhabitants were punished by Octavianus
for their conduct during the Perusian
war (Dict. G.). There is a difficulty
about Hortinae classes, as the town
of Horta stood on the Etruscan side of
the Tiber, and the adj. would naturally be
Hortanus (Dict. G. Horta). Possibly
there may be some confusion with the Fortineii,
who are enumerated by Dionys. 5.
61 among the cities of the Latin league, and
are identified by some with the Hortenses,
perhaps the people of Ortona, mentioned
in Pliny's list (3. 5 &c.), of the extinct
communities of Latium. Comp. foedus,
hoedus, fordus, hordus &c. This
would agree with the mention of the
populi Latini here, and would not be inconsistent
with the occurrence of Allia in
the next line. Populi Latini seems used
very loosely, as we can hardly suppose that
Virg. means to i
C. Suetonius Tranquillus, Divus Vespasianus (ed. Alexander Thomson), chapter 1 (search)