Pontine Marshes

American  

plural noun

1. an area in W Italy, SE of Rome: formerly marshy, now drained.

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Pontine Marshes British  

/ ˈpɒntaɪn /

plural noun

1. Italian name: Agro Pontino.  an area of W Italy, southeast of Rome: formerly malarial swamps, drained in 1932–34 after numerous attempts since 160 _bc had failed

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Pontine Marshes

For hundreds of years up to the fifth century ad, the malarial Pontine Marshes around Rome staved off attacks by Carthaginians, Germanic tribes and Huns, yet weakened Roman citizens.

From Nature ● Aug. 11, 2019

Which argument leads us to the idea that reflooding the Pontine Marshes or the Fens would lead to an increase in the wealth of the nation.

From Forbes ● Jun. 5, 2014

Prize buffaloes from the Pontine Marshes turned up as "high-grade beef."

From Time Magazine Archive

Duce Mussolini, who in bet ter days was wont to show himself barechested, building walls in the former Pontine Marshes, was chest-deep in other, less healthy labor.

From Time Magazine Archive

From Naples their path lay through the Pontine Marshes; and though the malaria makes this region a word of fear, yet it is no less one of strange, soft, enchanting beauty.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 53, March, 1862 by Various