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Lacus Velinus

the Lacus Velinus

also: lacus Velinus, Velinus

A lake in the Sabine country near Reate, drained by Manius Curius Dentatus's channel into the Nar (over the falls now called the Cascata delle Marmore); the drainage dried the Rosian plain and pitted Reate against Interamna (Att. 4.15.5).

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Ad Atticum 4.15 letters · 1 mention
For Marcus Aemilius Scaurus speeches · 1 mention

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