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See also:HISPELLUM (mod. See also:Spello, q.v.) , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Umbria, See also:Italy, 3 M . N. of See also:Fulginiae, on the road between it and Perusia, 1030 ft. above See also:sea-level . It does not appear to be mentioned before the See also:time of See also:Augustus, who founded a See also:colony there (Goiania Julia Hispellurn) and extended its territory to the springs of the See also:Clitumnus, which had originally belonged to the territory of See also:Mevania . It received the name of Flavia See also:Constans by a rescript of the See also:emperor See also:Constantine, a copy of which on a See also:marble tablet is still preserved at See also:Spello . The See also:gate by which the town is entered is ancient and has three portrait statues above it; two other See also:gates and a See also:part of the See also:city See also:wall, built of rectangular blocks of See also:local See also:limestone, may still be seen, as also the ruins of what is possibly a triumphal See also:arch (attributed to Augustus) and an See also:amphitheatre, and perhaps of a See also:theatre, See also:close to the See also:modern high-road, outside the town . (T . |
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