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FULGINIAE (mod. Foligno)

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Originally appearing in Volume V11, Page 293 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FULGINIAE (mod. See also:Foligno) , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Umbria, See also:Italy, on the later See also:line of the Via See also:Flaminia, 15 M. S. of Nuceria. It appears to have been of comparatively See also:late origin, inasmuch as it had no See also:city walls, but, in imperial times especially, owing to its position on the new line of the Via Flaminia, it must have increased in importance as being the point of departure of roads to Perusia and to See also:Picenum over the pass of Plestia. It appears to have had an See also:amphitheatre, and three See also:bridges over the Topino are attributed to the See also:Roman See also:period. Three See also:miles to the N. lies the See also:independent community of See also:Forum Flaminii, the site of which is marked by the See also:church of S. Giovanni Profiamma, at or near which the newer line of the Via Flaminia rejoined the older. It was no doubt founded by the builder of the road, C. See also:Flaminius, See also:consul in 220 B.C. (See FoLIGI'lo and FLAMINIA, VIA.) (T.

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