See also:

• TORTONA (anc. Dertona)

TORTONA (anc. Dertona)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and episcopal see of See also:

• PIEDMONT (Ital. Piemonte; Low Lat. Pedemons and Pedemontium)

Piedmont, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• ALESSANDRIA

Alessandria, from which it is 14 M . E. by See also:

• RAIL

rail, on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Scrivia, at the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• FOOT

foot of the See also:

• APENNINES (Gr. 'A1T- vvLvos, Lat. Appenninus—in both cases used in the singular)

Apennines, 394 ft. above 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-level . Pop . (19or), 11,308 (town); 17,419 (See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune) . See also:

• TORTONA (anc. Dertona)

Tortona is on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main See also:

• LINE

line from See also:

• MILAN
• MILAN (Ital. Milano, Ger. Mailand, anc. Mediolanum, q.v.)

Milan to See also:

• GENOA (anc. Genua, Ital. Genova, Fr. GPnes)

Genoa; from it a main line runs to Alessandria, a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch to Castelnuovo Scrivia, and a See also:

• STEAM
• STEAM (0. Eng. steam, vapour, smoke, cf. Du. steam; the origin is unknown)

steam See also:

• TRAMWAY

tramway to See also:

• SALE
• SALE, GEORGE (c. 1697-1736)
• SALE, SIR ROBERT HENRY (1782—1845)

Sale . Its fortifications were destroyed by the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French after See also:

• MARENGO

Marengo (1799); the ramparts are now turned into shady promenades . The See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, erected by See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip II., contains a remarkably See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• SARCOPHAGUS (Gr. vapsorg yos, literally " flesh-eating," from vapt, flesh, ¢ayeiv, to eat)

sarcophagus of the See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian See also:

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

period . See also:

• SILK

Silk-See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, tanning and See also:

• HAT

hat-making are the See also:

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

chief See also:

• INDUSTRIES

industries; and there is some See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in See also:

• WINE (Lat. vinum, Gr. oivos)

wine and See also:

• GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain . Dertona, which may have become a Roman See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony as See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early as the 2nd See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century B.C. and-certainly did so under See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus, is spoken of by See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo as one of the most important towns of See also:

• LIGURIA

Liguria . It stood at the point of divergence of the Via See also:

• POSTUMIA, VIA

Postumia (see LIGURIA) and the Via Aemilia, while a branch road ran hence to See also:

• POLLENTIA (mod. Pollenzo)

Pollentia . A number of See also:

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

ancient See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions and other See also:

• OBJECTS

objects have been found here . In the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages Tortona was zealously attached to the Guelphs, on which See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account it was twice laid See also:

• WASTE (O. Fr. wast, guast, gast, gaste; Lat. vastus, vast, desolate)

waste by See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick See also:

• BARBAROSSA ("Redbeard")

Barbarossa, in 1155 and 1163 .

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