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Piscina Publica
also: piscina publica
A public reservoir or bathing-basin in the southern part of Rome near the Aventine and the Via Appia, which gave its name to the surrounding district; the flood of 54 BC reached it.
Reading notes
- Ad Quintum Fratrem 3.7 §1 all the way up to the Piscina Publica
The Piscina Publica, a public reservoir in southern Rome near the Aventine that gave its name to the surrounding district. Its mention marks how far the Tiber flood of 54 BC reached.