INTERAMNA LIRENAS  , an See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy in the Volscian territory near the See also:

• MODERN

modern Pignataro Interamna, 5 M . S.E. of Aquinum; the additional name distinguishes it from Interamna Praetuttianorum (mod . See also:

• TERAMO

Teramo) and Interamna Nahartium (mod . See also:

• TERNI (anc. Interamna Nahars)

Terni) . It was founded by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans as a Latin See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony in 312 B.C. as a military See also:

• BASE

base in the See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war against Samnium, no fewer than 4000 colonists being sent thither . It was among the Latin colonies which in 209 B.C. refused to See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply further contingents or See also:

• MONEY

money for the Hannibalic war . It became a See also:

• MUNICIPIUM (Lat. munus, a duty or privilege, capere, to take)

municipium with the other Latin colonies, but we hear no more of it—mainly, no doubt, because it See also:

• LAY

lay off the Via See also:

• LATINA, VIA

Latina . See also:

• LIVY [Thus L1v1us] (59 B.C.—A.D: 17)

Livy's description of it as on the Via Latina is not strictly accurate, and cannot be used as an indication that the former course of the Via Latina was through Interamna . The See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city lay on a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill on the N. See also:

• BANK

bank of the Liris, between two of its tributaries, thus lacking natural defences on the N. See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side alone . Many See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions have been found, and there are considerable remains of antiquity . One inscription bears the date A.D . 408, and the site was occupied in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages by a See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle called Terame or Termine .

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