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RICINA , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Picenum, See also:Italy, 3 M . N.W. of the See also:modern See also:Macerata, on the See also:banks of the See also:river See also:Potenza, in a fertile valley . It was probably a See also:municipium until it was refounded by See also:Pertinax and Septimius See also:Severus, after which it See also:bore the name Colonia Helvia Ricina Pertinax, The site is now deserted, but considerable ruins of a See also:theatre and remains of See also:baths and other buildings (all in See also:brickwork of the imperial. See also:period) still exist; also the fragments of an ancient See also:bridge over the Potenza . |
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