Volturnus
Americannoun
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The plain at the mouth of the former is comparatively small, while that traversed by the Volturnus is the main plain of Campania.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
Fabius intercepted him near Casilinum, in Campania, on the left bank of the Volturnus.
From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Pennell, Robert Franklin
Such, for instance, are these lines and phrases— Altitonans Volturnus et auster fulmine pollens19.
From The Roman Poets of the Republic by Sellar, W. Y.
The moon, piercing the tissue of fleecy clouds, silvered the dewdrop on the corselet of the Roman sentinel, and tipped the dark waters of Volturnus with wavy, tremulous light.
From Elson Grammar School Literature v4 by Elson, William H.
The moon, piercing the tissue of fleecy clouds, silvered the dew-drop on the corselet of the Roman sentinel, and tipped the dark waters of Volturnus with wavy, tremulous light.
From The American Union Speaker by Philbrick, John D. (John Dudley)
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