place
Eporedia
A Roman colony of Cisalpine Gaul (modern Ivrea) at the foot of the Alps, guarding the approach to the Aosta valley; Decimus Brutus dates Fam. 11.20 from here in May 43 BC.
Reading notes
- Ad Familiares 11.20 §4 The ninth day before the Kalends of June, at Eporedia.
Dated by inclusive Roman counting back from the Kalends (first) of June, i.e. 24 May 43 BC; Eporedia (modern Ivrea) was a colony of Cisalpine Gaul at the foot of the Alps.
- Ad Familiares 11.23 §2 25 May, Eporedia
Eporedia (modern Ivrea) was a Roman colony in Cisalpine Gaul at the foot of the Alpine passes; Decimus Brutus wrote from there while pursuing Antony northward. The Latin dateline "viii K. Iunias" (the eighth day before the Kalends of June, counted inclusively) is 25 May 43 BC.