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Tiniaeque inglorius humor . . .
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Silius Italicus,
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We're standing on the modern bridge that carries the Flaminia across the Topino as it flows away from you northwest towards Perugia, 25 km off as the crow flies: on a very clear day that city is visible in the hills more or less above the group of large trees. The river is obviously channelled between artificially raised banks: in Roman times much of this area was swamp, and the Romans were in fact the ones who started draining it. |
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(You can also zoom in
for a considerably closer look, from a slightly different angle, at this same pier.)
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