United States or Namibia ? Vote for the TOP Country of the Week !
Arrianus Maturus is the leading man in Altinum; and when I say that, I mean not that he is the richest man there though he possesses considerable property but I refer to his character, to his chastity, justice, weight, and wisdom. I turn to him in business for advice, and for criticism in literary matters, for he is wonderfully loyal, straightforward, and shrewd.
It was from the vast Alpine chain which hangs in the haze of midday like a long dim cloud-line to the north that the hordes of Hun and Goth burst on the Roman world. Their path lay, along the coast trending round to the west, where lost among little villages that stand out white in the distant shadow lie the sites of Heraclea and Altinum.
Word Of The Day