The Pontine Marshes (/ˈpɒntaɪn/ PON-tyne, US also /ˈpɒntiːn/ PON-teen; Italian: Agro Pontino [ˈaːɡro ponˈtiːno], formerly also Paludi Pontine; Latin:...
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Appian Way (section The barrier of the Pontine Marshes)
Samnites reacted with military force. Between Capua and Rome lay the Pontine Marshes (Pomptinae paludes), a swamp infested with malaria. A tortuous coastal...
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(from pons, "bridge") Pontine Marshes, a region of Italy near Rome Pontine Islands, islands of Italy near Circeo Search for "pontine" on Wikipedia. All pages...
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mountain promontory that marks the southwestern limit of the former Pontine Marshes, located on the southwest coast of Italy near San Felice Circeo. At...
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a battle during the Iran–Iraq War Battle of the Marshes (Italy), the draining of the Pontine Marshes by the Fascists in Italy, also known as "Battle for...
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collection A Series of Subjects peculiar to the Campagna of Rome and Pontine Marshes Roman copy of a Hellenistic bronze, in the Vatican Museums Mariotto...
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predominantly in the Maremma region of Tuscany and northern Lazio, or in the Pontine Marshes to the south. The buttero habitually rides a horse of one of the working...
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course of the Tiber, the Tyrrhenian Sea, the Monti Sabini and the Pontine Marshes. At the end of the World War II and the fall of the Fascist regime...
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It was placed in the Pomentine plain, between the Latins and the Pontine marshes, which took their name from the plain. The Volsci were divided in Antiates...
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involved in biological warfare experiments to spread malaria on the Pontine marshes of Italy. Martini was born in Rostock, son of Carl (1845-1907) who...
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