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Hydruntum

Hydrus

also: Hydrus, Hydruntem, Otranto

Town (modern Otranto) on the heel of Italy in Calabria, the nearest Italian landfall from Corcyra; Cicero makes for it on his crossing of November 50 BC.

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Ad Familiares 16.9 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 15.21 letters · 1 mention
Ad Atticum 16.5 letters · 1 mention

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