Metauro — The river Metauto San Angelo in Vado, Italy Origin Alpe della Luna, near Bocca Trabaria Mouth Adriatic Sea … Wikipedia
Metauro — or ancient Metaurus geographical name river 70 miles (113 kilometers) E central Italy flowing E into the Adriatic … New Collegiate Dictionary
Italy — • In ancient times Italy had several other names: it was called Saturnia, in honour of Saturn; Enotria, wine producing land; Ausonia, land of the Ausonians; Hesperia, land to the west (of Greece); Tyrrhenia, etc. The name Italy, which seems to… … Catholic encyclopedia
ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… … Universalium
Gothic Line — This article is about the fighting on the Gothic Line between August and the end of 1944, variously known as Operation Olive or the Battle of Rimini. For the fighting to capture the town of Rimini in September 1944, see Battle of Rimini (1944).… … Wikipedia
Ager Gallicus — The Ager Gallicus was the territory taken by Rome from the Senones at the beginning of the third century BC after the Battle of Sentinum (295 BC). It was later established as a federated territory. Territory The territory corresponds to that part … Wikipedia
Fano — This article is about the Italian town. For the Danish island, see Fanø. For the Asturian district, see Fano. For an Italian mathematician, see Gino Fano Infobox CityIT mapx=43.86 mapy=13.017 name=Fano img coa = Fano Stemma.png official name =… … Wikipedia
71st Infantry Division (Germany) — The German 71st Infantry Division Kleeblat ( Cloverleaf ) was raised in August 1939. It served garrison duty on the West Wall until May 1940, and then joined in the invasion of France. Thereafter it served in the occupations of France and… … Wikipedia
Urbinum — (in Italian references, sometimes Urvinum ) is an ancient Latin placename, meaning small town . There were at least two towns of ancient Italy so named:*Urbinum Hortense, site unknown *Urbinum Mataurense (or Metaurense, or again Urbs Metaurense)… … Wikipedia
Urbinum Hortense — was an ancient Roman town of central Italy, of uncertain location, mentioned by Pliny the Elder in a roughly alphabetical and contextless list ( [http://penelope.uchicago.edu/Thayer/L/Roman/Texts/Pliny the Elder/3*.html#114 NH 3.114] ). Until the … Wikipedia
