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ASTURA , formerly an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, now a See also:

peninsula, on the See also:

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

coast of See also:

LATIUM

Latium, See also:

Italy, 7 M. S.E. of See also:

ANTIUM (mod. Anzio)

Antium, at the S.E. extremity of the See also:

BAY

Bay of Antium. The name also belongs to the See also:

RIVER

river which flowed into the See also:

sea immediately to the S.E., at the mouth of which there was, according to See also:

STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo, an anchorage. The See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval See also:

castle of the Frangipani, in which See also:

CONRADIN, or CONRAD THE YOUNGER (1252–1268)

Conradin of See also:

SWABIA, SUABIA

Swabia vainly sought See also:

REFUGE

refuge after the See also:

BATTLE

battle of Tagliacozza in 1268, is built upon the See also:

FOUNDATIONS

foundations of a very large See also:

VILLA

villa, of See also:

OPUS ('O7rois)

opus reticulatum with later additions in See also:

BRICKWORK

brickwork, and with a small See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour attached to it on the See also:

south-See also:

east. Remains of buildings also exist behind the See also:

sand See also:

DUNES

dunes, which possibly See also:

mark the See also:

LINE

line of the channel which separated the island from the mainland, and these may have belonged to the See also:

POST

post-station on the Via See also:

SEVERIANA, VIA

Severiana. As far as can be seen at See also:

PRESENT

present, there are remains of only one villa on the island itself ;l but along the coast a mile to the See also:

north-See also:

west a line of villas begins, which continues as far as Antium. To the south-east, on the other See also:

hand, remains are almost entirely absent, and this portion of the coast seems to have been as sparsely populated in See also:

ROMAN

Roman times as it is now. The island seems to have existed as such in the See also:

time of See also:

Pope See also:

Honorius III. Astura was the site of a favourite villa of See also:

CICERO

Cicero, whither he retired on the See also:

DEATH

death of his daughter Tullia in 45 B.C. It appears to have been unhealthy even in Roman times; according to Suetonius, both See also:

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

Augustus and Tiberius contracted here the illnesses which proved fatal to them. See T. See also:

ASHBY, TURNER (1824-1862)

Ashby, in Melanges de l'Acole Frangaise de See also:

Rome (rgog), p.

207. (T.

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