POMPTINE MARSHES  , a See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• TRACT (from Lat. tractare, to treat of a matter, through Provencal tractat and Ital. trattato)

tract of See also:

• LAND

land in the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, varying in breadth between the Volscian mountains and 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 from lo to 16 m., and extending N.W. to S.E. from See also:

• VELLETRI (anc. Velitrae)

Velletri to See also:

• TERRACINA (Lat. Tarracina, Volsc. Anxur)

Terracina (40 m.) . In See also:

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

ancient days this low tract was fertile and well-cultivated, and contained several prosperous cities (Suessa Pometia, Ulubrae-perhaps the mod . Cisterna—&c.), but, owing to the dying out of the small proprietors, it had already become unhealthy at the end of the Republican See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . Attempts to drain the marshes were made by Appius See also:

• CLAUDIUS
• CLAUDIUS [TIBERIUS CLAUDIUS DRUSUS NERO GERMANICUS]
• CLAUDIUS, MARCUS AURELIUS
• CLAUDIUS, MATTHIAS (174o-1815)

Claudius in 312 s.e., when he constructed the Via See also:

• APPIA, VIA

Appia through them (the road having previously followed a devious course at the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the Volscian mountains), and at various times during the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman period . A See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal ran through them parallel to the road, and for some See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason that is not altogether clear it was used in preference to the road during the Augustan period . See also:

• TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan repaired the road, and See also:

• THEODORIC

Theodoric did the same some four See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years later . But in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages it had fallen into disrepair . Popes See also:

• BONIFACE (Bonifacius)
• BONIFACE, SAINT (680-754)

Boniface VIII., See also:

• MARTIN (Martinus)
• MARTIN, BON LOUIS HENRI (1810-1883)
• MARTIN, CLAUD (1735-1800)
• MARTIN, FRANCOIS XAVIER (1762-1846)
• MARTIN, HOMER DODGE (1836-1897)
• MARTIN, JOHN (1789-1854)
• MARTIN, LUTHER (1748-1826)
• MARTIN, SIR THEODORE (1816-1909)
• MARTIN, SIR WILLIAM FANSHAWE (1801–1895)
• MARTIN, ST (c. 316-400)
• MARTIN, WILLIAM (1767-1810)

Martin V., See also:

• SIXTUS

Sixtus V., and See also:

• PIUS

Pius VI. all attempted to solve the problem, the last-named reconstructing the road admirably . The difficulty arises from the lack of fall in the See also:

• SOIL

soil, some parts no less than so m. from the See also:

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

coast being barely above sea-level, while they are separated from the sea by a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• SAND
• SAND, GEORGE (1804-1876)

sand-hills now covered with See also:

• FOREST

forest, which rise at some points over See also:

• LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo ft. above sea-level . Springs also rise in the See also:

• DISTRICT

district, and the problem is further complicated by the See also:

• FLOOD (in O. Eng. flod, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Flut, Dutch vloed, from the same root as is seen in " flow," " float ")
• FLOOD, HENRY (1732-1791)

flood-See also:

• WATER

water and solid See also:

• MATTER

matter brought down by the 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 torrents, which choke up the channels made . By a See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law passed in 1899, the proprietors are See also:

• BOUND, or BOUNDARY (from O. Fr. bonde, Med. Lat. bodena or butina, a frontier line)

bound to arrange for the safe outlet of the water from the mountains, keep the existing canals open, and reclaim the district exposed to inundation, within a period of twenty-four years . The sum of £280,000 has been granted towards the expense by the See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government .

See T . Berti, Paludi pontine (Rome, 1884) ; R. de la Blanchere, Un Chapitre d'histoire pontine (See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, 1889) . (T .