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PONZA (anc. Pontine)

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Originally appearing in Volume V22, Page 72 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PONZA (anc. Pontine) , the See also:principal of a small See also:group of islands belonging to See also:Italy. Pop. (Igor), 4621. The group is of volcanic origin, and includes Palmarola (anc. Palmaria),:Zannone (Sinonia), Ventotene (Pandateria, pop. in 1901, 1986) and See also:San Stefano. It is situated about 20 M. S. of See also:Monte Circeo and 70 M. W. of See also:Naples, and belongs partly to the See also:province of See also:Caserta and partly to that of Naples (Ventotene). There is See also:regular communication with Naples by steamer, and in summer with Anzio. The islands rise to a height of about 70 ft. above See also:sea-level. They are now penal settlements, and their isolated See also:character led to their being similarly used in See also:ancient times.

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colony with Latin rights was founded on Pontiae in 313 B.C. ' See also:Nero, Germanicus's eldest son, and the sisters of Caligula, were confined upon it; while Pandateria was the See also:place of banishment of Julia, daughter of See also:Augustus, of her daughter See also:Agrippina the See also:elder, and of See also:Octavia, the divorced wife of Nero.

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