Aquileia

American  

[ah-kwee-le-yah] / ˌɑ kwiˈlɛ yɑ /

noun

1. an ancient Roman city at the northern end of the Adriatic: founded in 181 b.c.; destroyed by Attila in a.d. 452.

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Aquileia British  

/ ˌækwɪˈliːə /

noun

1. a town in NE Italy, at the head of the Adriatic: important Roman centre, founded in 181 _bc Pop: 3329 (2001)

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Example Sentences

"It was a fragment of Roman glass recovered near the ancient city of Aquileia Italy."

From Science Daily

Though it began as a celebration of the Venetians’ victory over Aquileia in 1162, the city eventually turned it into a pre-Lent festival.

From Washington Post

The most vulnerable sites to sea-level rise include picturesque Venice, with its network of intersecting canals, as well as the Italian city of Ferrara, a lasting testament to Renaissance culture and urban planning, and the ancient Basilica in the Italian city of Aquileia.

From Scientific American

Some scholars think he later moved to Aquileia in northern Italy to be closer to the central Roman marketplace as demand for his products grew.

From New York Times

Maria Grazia Vernuccio, a spokeswoman for the heritage group Italia Nostra, said funding cuts were leaving a number of Italian sites at risk of crumbling, from Pompeii to the sprawling city of Ostia Antica near Rome, to Villa Jovis, the Emperor Tiberius's palace on the island of Capri, and Aquileia, the Roman city near Venice.

From The Guardian