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See also:CLASTIDIUM (mod. Casteggio) , a See also:village of the Anamares, in Gallia Cispadana, on the Via See also:Postumia, 5 M . E. of Iria (mod . See also:Voghera) and 31 M . W. of Placentia . Here in 222 B.C . M . See also:Claudius See also:Marcellus defeated the Gauls and won the spolia opima; in 218 See also:Hannibal took it and its stores of See also:corn by treachery . It never had an See also:independent See also:government, and not later than 190 B.C. was made See also:part of the See also:colony of Placentia (founded 219) . In the Augustan See also:division of See also:Italy, however, Placentia belonged to the 8th region, Aemilia, whereas Iria certainly, and See also:Clastidium possibly, belonged to the 9th, See also:Liguria (see Th . See also:Mommsen in Corp . Inscrip . See also:Lat. vol. v .
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The remains visible at Clastidium are scanty; there is a See also:fountain (the See also:Fontana d'Annibale), and a See also:Roman See also:bridge, which seems ,to have been constructed of tiles, not of See also: |
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