See also:

• VASTO (anc. Histonium)

VASTO (anc. Histonium)  , a fortified See also:

• TOWN

town of the Abruzzi, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• CHIETI

Chieti, situated high on an See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive-clad slope, about a mile from the Adriatic, 32 M. See also:

• DIRECT

direct S.E: by E. of Chieti and 131 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from See also:

• ANCONA
• ANCONA, ALESSANDRO (1835– )

Ancona, 525 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 . (1901), 10,090 (town); 15,542 (See also:

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

commune) . It is surrounded by See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval walls, and commands See also:

• FINE

fine views extending to the Tremiti Islands and See also:

• MONTE

Monte See also:

• GARGANO, MONTE (anc. Garganus Mons)

Gargano . The churches of S . Pietro and S . Giuseppe have See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic facades . There is a medieval See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle . The municipal buildings contain a collection of See also:

• ROMAN

Roman antiquities and See also:

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

inscriptions . There are manufactures of earthenware, woollen See also:

• CLOTH

cloth and See also:

• SILK

silk; but the inhabitants are chiefly employed in the culture of the olive and in fishing . The See also:

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

ancient Histonium was a town of the See also:

• FRENTANI

Frentani, and an Oscan inscription of the See also:

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

period of its See also:

• INDEPENDENCE
• INDEPENDENCE, DECLARATION OF
• INDEPENDENCE, WAR OF

independence speaks of censors there, probably See also:

• OFFICERS

officers of the whole community of the Frentani (see R . S .

See also:

• CONWAY (Conwy, or Aberconwy)
• CONWAY, HENRY SEYMOUR (1721-1795)
• CONWAY, HUGH
• CONWAY, MONCURE DANIEL (1832–1907)
• CONWAY, SIR WILLIAM MARTIN (1856– )

Conway, See also:

• ITALIAN

Italian Dialects, i . 208, • See also:

• CAM (CAO), DIOGO (fl. 1480-1486)

Cam-See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, 1897) . Though hardly mentioned in See also:

• HISTORY

history, it was a flourishing municipal town under the Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, as is shown by the numerous inscriptions found there . One of these mentions its Capitolium or See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple of See also:

• JUPITER

Jupiter, See also:

• JUNO

Juno and See also:

• MINERVA

Minerva . It See also:

• LAY

lay on the See also:

• LINE

line of the ancient road which prolonged the Via See also:

• FLAMINIA, VIA

Flaminia to the S.E., and reached the See also:

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

coast here after having passed through Anxanum' (See also:

• LANCIANO (anc. Anxanum)

Lanciano) . It was, and still is, subject to severe earthquakes . (T .