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Valentinis
also: Valentini
Vibo Valentia (the Roman colony at modern Vibo Valentia in Bruttium), a coastal city of southern Italy where Cicero stopped on his way into exile in 58 BC (Ad Att. 3.3-4); the same community had earlier appealed in vain to Verres for help against pirate raids (Verr. 2.5.40).
Reading notes
- Ad Atticum 3.3 §1 come to me at Vibo
Vibo (Vibo Valentia) was a town on the coast of Bruttium in the far south-west of Italy, where Cicero had turned aside on his flight. He summons Atticus there to plan the sea-crossing into exile.