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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 157 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIRMIO  , a promontory at the

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southern end of the Lacus Benacus (
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Lake of
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Garda), projecting 2i M. into the lake . It is celebrated from its connexion with
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Catullus, for the large ruins of a
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Roman
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villa on the promontory have been supposed to be his
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country
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house . A
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post-station bearing the name Sirmio stood on the high-road between Brixia and
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Verona, near the southern
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shore of the lake . On the shore below is the little
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village of Sermione, with
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sulphur
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baths .

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