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Brundisium

American  
[bruhn-diz-ee-uhm, -dizh-ee-] / brʌnˈdɪz i əm, -ˈdɪʒ i- /

noun

  1. ancient name of Brindisi.


Brundisium British  
/ brʌnˈdɪzɪəm /

noun

  1. the ancient name for Brindisi

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The more leisurely journey from Rome to Brundisium described in Hor Sat I v seems to have taken about fifteen days; see Palmer on I v 103.

From The Last Poems of Ovid by Akrigg, Mark Bear

However, a reconciliation was effected, and an agreement entered into which was known as the treaty of Brundisium.

From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly

Proscribed by the Triumvirs, and put to death in 43 B.C. 11-12 a Brundisinis . . . ornatus = having received attentions from the most respectable men of Brundisium.

From Helps to Latin Translation at Sight by Luce, Edmund

When you come back from Thessaly with your legions to Brundisium you did not kill me!

From The Life of Cicero Volume II. by Trollope, Anthony

Latin he may have known as a boy, since the colony of Brundisium was founded B.C.

From The Student's Companion to Latin Authors by Middleton, George

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