Altinum
Altinum
- Edward Togo Salmon
- and T. W. Potter
Extract
Altinum (mod. Altino, near Venice), from the 5th cent. bce a centre of the *Veneti (2), and later a Roman *municipium. It prospered as a highway junction, where the *via Postumia, *via Popillia, *via Annia (1), and transalpine via Claudia Augusta met, and was a fashionable resort with rich *villas (Mart.Subjects
- Ancient Geography
- Roman Material Culture
