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POLLENTIA (mod. Pollenzo)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 2 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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POLLENTIA (mod. Pollenzo) , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Liguria, See also:Italy, to m. to the See also:north of See also:Augusta Bagiennorum, on the See also:left See also:bank of the Tanarus (mod. Tanaro). Its position on the road from Augusta Taurinorum to the See also:coast at Vada Sabatia, at the point of divergence of a road to Hasta (See also:Asti) gave it military importance. Decimus See also:Brutus managed to occupy it an See also:hour before See also:Mark Antony in 43 S.C.; and it was here that See also:Stilicho on the 29th of See also:March 403 fought the See also:battle with See also:Alaric which though undecided led the Goths to evacuate Italy. The See also:place was famous for its See also:brown See also:wool, and for its pottery. Considerable remains of ancient buildings, an See also:amphitheatre, a See also:theatre and a See also:temple still exist. The so-called temple of See also:Diana is more probably a See also:tomb. See G. Franchi-See also:Pont in Atli dell' accademia di Tornio (1805-1808), p. 321 sqq.

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