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Originally appearing in Volume V18, Page 684 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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MONA , the name used by classical writers, and in particular by See also:

Tacitus, to denote See also:Anglesey (q.v.). This See also:island was raided by the See also:Roman See also:general Suetonius about A.D. 6o and conquered by. See also:Agricola about A.D. 79. The See also:Romans probably See also:mined See also:copper there, but no trace has yet been found of any Roman military See also:post, and the villages of the inhabitants which have been recently excavated show only mediocre traces of Roman See also:civilization. The name Mona seems also to have been occasionally used, perhaps from See also:ignorance, for the other large island lying between See also:England and See also:Ireland, See also:Man. The See also:ancient name of this latter was probably not unlike that of Mona, but is not accurately known to us (? Monapia, Manavia). (F. J.

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