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See also:MEVANIA (mod. Bevagna)
, an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Umbria, on the See also:river See also:Clitumnus and on the Via See also:Flaminia, 8 m
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W.S.W. of See also:Forum Flaminii, and 5 m
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W. of Fulginium (See also:Foligno), 738 ft. above See also:sea-level
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There are remains of a See also:temple near the See also:north See also:gate, and of an See also:amphitheatre built into the See also:modern houses
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The wails, which have disappeared, were, according to See also:Pliny (Hist
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Nat. See also:xxxv
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173), built of unbaked bricks
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In 310 B.C. the See also:consul See also:Fabius See also:broke the Umbrian forces here; but other-See also:wise it is not mentioned until the 1st See also:century A.D
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In 69 the See also:army of See also:Vitellius awaited here the advance of See also:Vespasian
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Its pastures near the river and its See also: The churches of S . Michele Arcangelo and S . Nicolo are Romanesque buildings of the 12th century . |
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