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See also:CONCORDIA (mod. Concordia Sagittaria) , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Venetia, in See also:Italy, 16 ft. above See also:sea-level, 31 M . W. of See also:Aquileia, at the' junction of roads to See also:Altinum and See also:Patavium, to Opitergium (and thence either to Vicetia and See also:Verona, or Feltria and Tridenturn), to See also:Noricum by the valley of the Tilaventus (Tagliamento), and to Aquileia . It was a See also:mere See also:village until the See also:time of See also:Augustus, who made it a See also:colony . Under the later See also:empire it was one of the most important towns of Italy; it had a strong See also:garrison and a factory of missiles for the See also:army . The See also:cemetery of the garrison has been excavated since 1873, and a large number of important See also:inscriptions, the See also:majority belonging to the end of the 4th and the beginning of the 5th centuries, have been discovered . It was taken and destroyed by See also:Attila in A.D . 452 . Considerable remains of the ancient town have been found—parts of the See also:city walls, the sites of the See also:forum and the See also:theatre, and probably that of the arms factory . The See also:objects found are preserved at Portogruaro, 14 m. to the N . The see of See also:Concordia was founded at an See also:early See also:period, and transferred in 1339 to Portogruaro, where it still remains . The See also:baptistery of Concordia was probably erected in 1 too . See Ch . Hiilsen in Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopiidie, iv . (See also:Stuttgart, 1901) 830 . (T . |
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