Tag: Ausonius
Aquileia: Overblijfselen van een Romeinse stad (deel 2)
Aquileia: Overblijfselen van een Romeinse stad
Aquileia: Remains of a Roman city
Modern Aquileia is just a small and pleasant town of some 3.500 inhabitants in the Friuli Venezia Giulia region of Northeast Italy. Ancient Aquileia, however, was a large and prosperous city with a population that is estimated to have exceeded 100.000 souls. Founded in the year 181 BCE, Aquileia occupied…