place
Venusia
also: Venusian district, Venusinum, de Venusino
A town in Apulia on the Via Appia, birthplace of the poet Horace; Cicero passed through its territory returning home in October 47 BC. He writes Fam. 14.20 from the Venusian district.
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 16.5 §3 whether to make for Venusia
Venusia, an inland town in Apulia on the road toward Brundisium; Cicero weighs it as a waypoint while deciding his route to the coast for the voyage east.
- Ad Familiares 14.20 §1 the Venusian district
Venusia (modern Venosa) was a town in Apulia on the Via Appia, the birthplace of the poet Horace; Cicero writes while passing through its territory on his way home in October 47 BC. This brisk note ordering the Tusculan house made ready marks his return to ordinary life after Caesar's pardon.