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ALTINUM (mod. Altino) , an ancient town of Venetia, 12 M. S.E. of Tarvisium (Treviso), on the edge of the lagoons. It was probably only a small fishing village
Augustus
empire
foundation of the naval station at Ravenna, it became the practice to take ship from there to Altinum, instead of following the Via Popillia round the coast
Claudius
Danube , a distance of 350 m., apparently by way of the Lake of Constance. The place thus became of considerable strategic and commercial importance, and the comparatively mild climate (considering its northerly situation) led to the erection of villas which Martial (Epigr. iv. 25) compares with those of Baiae. It was destroyed by Attila
refuge
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