 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797
...abundance of black fleeces ; but was afterwards, under Arcndius and Honorius, iíained with a defeat rather of the Romans under Stilico than of the Goths under Alaricus, though palliated by Claudia» the poet ; after which Rome was taken and fet on fire. It is now cailled Solemn, a fmall... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Perthensis - 1816
...abundance of black fleeces; but was afterwards, under Arcadius and Honorius, ftained with a defeat rather of the Romans under Stilico than of the Goths...poet ; after which Rome was taken and fet on fire. It is now called SOLSNZA, in the late Piedmont, near Afti. POLLENTINA PLEBS, or rather POLLENTINI,... | |
 | 1816
...Honorius, ftained with a defeat rather of the Romans under StHico than of the Goths under Alaricui, though palliated by Claudian the poet ; after which Rome was taken and fet on fire. It is now called SULF.NZA, in the late Piedmont, near Afti. POLLrivTINA PLEBS, or rather POLLP.NTINI,... | |
 | 1823
...fleeces ; but was afterwards, under Arcadius, stained with a defeat rather of the Romans under Simen than of the Goths under Alaricus, though palliated...Claudian the poet ; after which Rome was taken and bet on fire. It is now called Mcnaa, a small town of Piedmont, not far from Asti. POLLEX, in Anatomy,... | |
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Liguria, at the confluence of the Stura and Tanarus. Suetonius calls it a municipium, and the people Pollentina Plebs. It was famous for its abundance of black fleeces; but was afterwards, under Arcadius and Honorius, ftained with a defeat rather of the... 