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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)
him by the cities of that province, with this inscription: "To the honest Tax-farmer."The inscription was in Greek, kalw=s telwqh/santi He afterwards turned usurer amongst the Helvetii, and there died, leaving behind him his wife, Vespasia Polla, and two sons by her; the elder of whom, Sabinus, came to be prefect of the city, and the younger, Vespasian, to be emperor. Polla, descended of a good family, at Nursia,In the ancient Umbria. afterwards the duchy of Spoleto; its modern name being Norcia. had for her father Vespasius Pollio, thrice appointed military tribune, and at last prefect of the camp; and her brother was a senator of praetorian dignity. There is to this day, about six miles from Nursia, on the road to Spoletum, a place on the summit of a hill, called Vespasize, where are several monuments of the Vespasii, a sufficient proof of the splendour and antiquity of the family. I will not deny that some have pretended to say. that Petro's father was a native of Gallia Transpad