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PELTUINUM

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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 77 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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PELTUINUM [mod . Civita Ansidonial, a See also:

TOWN

town of the See also:

VESTINI

Vestini, on the Via Claudia Nova, 12 M . E.S.E. of See also:

Aquila . It was apparently the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town of that portion of the Vestini who dwelt See also:

west of the See also:

main Apennine See also:

CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain . Remains of the town walis, of an See also:

AMPHITHEATRE (Gr. 441, around, and O&arpov, a place for spectators)

amphitheatre, and of other buildings still exist .

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