place
Silva Sila
the Silan forest
also: silva Sila, Silan forest
A great forest in Bruttium (modern Sila in Calabria) whose pitch-works were leased from the censors; site of a notorious massacre investigated by the consuls of 138 BC (Brutus 85-86).
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the Silan forest
also: silva Sila, Silan forest
A great forest in Bruttium (modern Sila in Calabria) whose pitch-works were leased from the censors; site of a notorious massacre investigated by the consuls of 138 BC (Brutus 85-86).