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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 157 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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SIRMIO , a promontory at the See also:

southern end of the Lacus Benacus (See also:Lake of See also:Garda), projecting 2i M. into the lake. It is celebrated from its connexion with See also:Catullus, for the large ruins of a See also:Roman See also:villa on the promontory have been supposed to be his See also:country See also:house. A See also:post-station bearing the name Sirmio stood on the high-road between Brixia and See also:Verona, near the southern See also:shore of the lake. On the shore below is the little See also:village of Sermione, with See also:sulphur See also:baths.

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