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

On its lower end, the Fifth's Tommies crossed the 70-yard-wide Garigliano River, captured the ruined town of Minturno, whence the old Roman Via Appia streaks across the Pontine Marshes to Rome, 76 miles away.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were visits to the reclaimed Pontine Marshes, Florence, Milan and the northern Italian lakes.

From Time Magazine Archive

And your letters have been to me like the pure air of Yewdale Crags breathed among the Pontine Marshes; but you must not think I am ungrateful for them when I can't answer.

From Hortus Inclusus Messages from the Wood to the Garden, Sent in Happy Days to the Sister Ladies of the Thwaite, Coniston by Ruskin, John