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CLITUMNUS

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 531 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CLITUMNUS , a See also:

river in See also:Umbria, See also:Italy, which rises from a very abundant See also:spring by the road between the See also:ancient Spoletium and See also:Trebia, 8 m. from the former, 4 M. from the latter, and after a See also:short course through the territory of the latter See also:town joins the Tinia, a tributary of the See also:Tiber. The spring is well described by See also:Pliny (Epist. viii. 8): it was visited by Caligula and by See also:Honorius, and is still picturesque—a clear See also:pool surrounded by poplars and weeping willows. The stream was personified as a See also:god, whose ancient See also:temple See also:lay near the spring, and See also:close by other smaller shrines; the See also:place, therefore, occurs under the name Sacraria (the shrines) as a See also:Roman See also:post station. The See also:building generally known as the Tempio di Clitunno, close to the spring, is, however, an ancient See also:tomb, converted into a See also:Christian See also:church in the See also:early See also:middle ages, the decorative sculptures, which are obviously contemporary with those of S. Salvatore at See also:Spoleto, belonging to the 4th or 6th See also:century according to some authorities, to the 12th according to others. See H. Grisar, Nuovo bullettino di archeologia cristiana (See also:Rome, 1895) i. 127; A.

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