See also:

• MONS (Flemish Bergen)

MONS See also:

• MONS MASSICUS

MASSICUS  , a See also:

• MOUNTAIN (0. Fr. montaigne; popular Lat. montanea, an adjectival form from the classical mons, montis, whence Eng. " mount," a form usually used along with the name of an individual mountain, e.g. Mt Everest)
• MOUNTAIN, THE (La Montagne)

mountain See also:

• RIDGE (a word. common to many Teutonic languages, meaning " back," whether of a man or an animal, cf. German Rucke)
• RIDGE, WILLIAM PETT (1864- )

ridge of See also:

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

ancient See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the territory of the See also:

• AURUNCI

Aurunci, and on the border of See also:

• CAMPANIA

Campania and See also:

• LATIUM

Latium adjectum—attributed by most authors to the latter . It projects See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west from the volcanic See also:

• SYSTEM

system of Rocca Monfina (see SUESSA AURUNCA) as far as the See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea, and separates the See also:

• LOWER

lower course of the Liris from the See also:

• PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain of Campania . It consists of See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone, with a superstratum of pliocenic and volcanic masses, and was once an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island; its highest point is 2661 ft. above sea-level . It was very famous for its See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine in ancient times . There was just See also:

• ROOM

room along the See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast for the road to pass through ; the pass was guarded by the Auruncan See also:

• TOWN

town of Vescia (probably on the mountain See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side), which ceased to exist in 314 B.C. after the defeat of the Ausones, but See also:

• LEFT

left its name to the spot . Its successor, Sinuessa, on the coast, a station on the Via See also:

• APPIA, VIA

Appia, was constructed in 312 B.C., and a See also:

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

colony was founded there in 295 B.C . It is not infrequently mentioned by classical writers as a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in which travellers halted . Here See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil joined See also:

• HORACE [QuINTus HORATIUS FLACCUS] (65-8 B.C.)

Horace on the famous See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey to Brundusium . See also:

• DOMITIAN (Thus FLAVIUS DOMITIANUS)

Domitian considerably increased its importance by the construction of the Via Domitiana, which left the Via Appia here and ran to See also:

• CUMAE (Gr. Kb/.m)

Cumae and See also:

• PUTEOLI (mod. Pozzuoli, q.v.)

Puteoli, and it was he, no doubt, who raised it to the position of colonia Flavia . The town was destroyed by the See also:

• SARACENS

Saracens, but some ruins of it are still visible two See also:

• MILES, NELSON APPLETON (1839— )

miles See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north-west of the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• VILLAGE

village of Mondragone . The See also:

• MINERAL

mineral springs which still rise here were frequented in antiquity .