arnus

Updated: June 3, 2025

The question accordingly presents itself, whether, contemporarily with Naevius and Cato, a Hellenizing literature like the Roman may not have been in course of formation on the Arnus and Volturnus. But all information on the point is lost, and history can in such circumstances only indicate the blank. Hellenizing Literature

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome (Volumes 1-5)

Now that Italy was a single civic community and the civic territory reached from the Arnus and Rubico down to the Sicilian Straits, it was necessary to consent to the formation of smaller civic communities within that larger unit.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book IV : The Revolution

From somewhere between Pistoria and Luca we broke up into small parties of three to seven, and travelled by day like ordinary wayfarers. Somewhere not far south of the Arnus we reassembled, evidently by prearrangement and as accurately as a well-managed military-expedition. Through the mountains past Arretium we marched at night as in the Apennines.

Edward Lucas White - Andivius Hedulio : Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire

The Transpadanes, who for years had in hope of the franchise been the clients of the democratic party in Rome and of Caesar in particular, formed the main portion of his province. His jurisdiction extended south as far as the Arnus and the Rubico, and included Luca and Ravenna.

Theodor Mommsen - The History of Rome, Book V : The Establishment of the Military Monarchy

It was a face that combined deep thought, immeasurable pride, and absolute self-poise and inscrutability a face that would have been handsome but for the disfiguring effect of the eye lost in the marshes of the Arnus.

Duffield Osborne - The Lion's Brood