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 ALBIXGAUNUM. ALBIKGAUKUM. [Auiium Ihoauhol] ALBnOA, a oonsidcimble nvvt of Etruxu, stni caOni the Albfyma, ristug in the mountains at the lack of Satsmia, nd flowii^ into the sea between tht Bvtos Tdamonis and the remarkable jvoimontory caDed Ifon Axf^CDtarina. The name is found only in the TabiUa; but the Aijonia or Almika of the Muitioie Itinnaiy (p. 500} ia evidentlj the same riTBT. [E. H. B.] ALBINTEMELIUlf. [Albiux Intemeuum.] AXBION. [Bbixahvia.] ALBIS CAAtfts or ""AA^iot: die EJbe one of the pott men of Gennanj. It flows fitom SE. to XW^ and empties itaelf in the Northern or CSer- nm Ocean, having its sources near the Sdmeekoppe «a the Bohemian side of the BietengMrge, Tacitus {Genu 41) places its somrces in the country of the Uomondnri, which is too fiv east, perhaps because be oQofimnded the Elbe with the i^ger; Ptolemy (ii. II) puts them too fax from the Ascibuigian moun> taios. Dion Caasios (!▼. 1) moTB oonectly repre* sots it as rising in the Vandal mountains. Strabo (p290) deacribea its oourseas paFaUel,and as of equal eB^ with that of the Bhine, both of which notions an efTODoona. The Albis was the most easterly and anrtheriy rirer reached by the Bomans in Germany. Tbrr fint reached its banks in R.a9, under Chudius Drasna, bat did not cross it. (Liy. Epit. 140; Dion Caai. L e.) Domitioa Ahenobaibus, b. c. 3, was the fint who cnased the river (Tacit. Atm, iv. 44), and two Tears bter be came to the banks of the lower Albis, meetiBg the fleet which had sailed up the river iram the sea. (Tacit. I c; VelL Pat.iL 106; Dion Caia.lv. 28.) Aiter that time the Bomans^notthink- m^ it aafe to keep their I^ods at so great a distance, and amid such waz£ke nations, never again proceeded as &r as the Albis, so that Tacitus, in speaking of it, lavs : jfamea lacfehnw et notum cUm; mmc ta$Uum aJUm'. [L. S.] ATBIUM INGAUNUH or ALBINGAUNUM CAAChrywpwr, Strak, Ptol.: AWenga), a dty on the eoast of IJguria, alwat 50 miles SW. of Grenua, sad the capital of the tribe ol the Ingauni. There en be no doubt that the fuU form of the name, Albiom Ix^gaonnm (giv«n by Pliny, iii 5. s. 7, and Vano, lie J2L iZL iiL 9. § 17), is the correct, or at least the original one: but it seems to have been eirly abbreviated into Albingaunum, which is fbflnd in Stnbo, Ptolemy, and the Itineraries, and is re- taiaei, with little alteration, in the modem name «f ABmgtL Strabo places it at 370 stadia from Vada Sdbbata ( Vado), which is much beyond the tnith: the Itin. Ant gives the same distance at 20 M. P., which is rather lees than the real amount. (Strah. pt SOS; PtoL iiL 1. § 3; Itin. Ant p. S95; Itin. Maiit p. 502; Tab. Pent) It ap- pFars to have been a municipal town of some im- pcftanoe under the Boman empire, and was occupied bv the troops of Otho during the civil war between tfarm and the Vitellians. (Tac Bitt, iL 15.) At a later period it is mentioned as the birthplace of the emperor PTocnlus. (Voptsc. ProaU. 12.) The Bodero city of Albenga contains only about 4000 JahiMfsnts, but is an episcopal see, and the capital «f a district. Some inscriptions and other Boman nottiiis have been fennd here: and a bridge, called the Pbmie Lmgo, a considered to be of Boman con- stroetiaa The city is situated at the mouth of the river Ceata, which has been erroneously supposed to be the Mcrula of Pliny: that river, whidi still nUasa iu ancient name, flows into the sea at An- ALBULA. 93 dorti, about 10 m. further & Nearly opposite to Albenga is a little island, called Galuhaua In- sula, from its abounding in fowls in a half-wild state: it still retains the name of GaUiwxra, (Varr. I c; ColumeU. riu. 2. § 2.) [£. H. B.] AXBIUM INTEME'LIUM or ALBINTEME'- LIUM ("AAtfiov *lvrtiUXuw^ Strsb. ; 'AASurrf^^ Ajor, PtoL: VwlimigUa)^ a city on the coast of Liguria, situated at the foot of the Maritime Alps, at the mouth of the river Butuba. It was the capital of the tribe of the Intonelii, and was distant 16 Boman miles fipom the Portus Monoed {Monaco^ Itin. Marit p. 502). Strabo mendons it as a city of considerable size (p. 202), and we learn from Tacitus that it was of municipal rank. It waa plundered by the troops of the emperor Otho, while resisting those of Vitellius, on which occaricm the mother of Agrioola lost her life. (Tac. Hiat, ii. 13, Agr, 7.) According to Strabo {L c), the name of Albium applied to this city, as well as the capital of the Ingauni, was derived from their Alpine situ- ation, and is connected with the Celtic word Albot Alp, There is no doubt that in this case also the full form is the dder, but the contracted name Albintemelium is already found in Tacitus, as well as in the Itineraries; in one of which, however, it is ooRupted into Vintiimlinm, from whence comes the modem name of VmtimigUa. It is still a consider- able town, with about 5000 inhabitants, and an episcopal see: but contains no antiquities, except a few Boman inscriptions. It is situated at the mouth of the river Bojcl, the Butuba of Pliny and Lucan, a torrent of a for- midable charscter, appropriately termed by the latter author " cavus," from the deep bed between precipi- tous bonks which it has hoUowed out for itself near its month. (Plin. /. c. ; Lucan. ii. 422.) [E.H.B.] ALBUCELLA CAA«Ac«Ao: VmaFtuOa), a city of the Vaccaei in Blispania Tarraconensis (Itin. Ant ; PtoL), probably the Ari>ocala ('AptfovKcUiy) which is mentioned by Polybios (iii. 14), Livy (zxi. 5), and Stephanos Byzantinus (a r.), as the chief dty of the Vaccaei, the taking of which, after an obstinate resistance, was one of Hannibal's first ex- ploits m Spam, b. c. 218. [P. S.] AXBULA 1. The ancient name of the Tiber. [TiBERIS.] 2. A small river of Pioenum, mentioned only by Pliny (iii. 13. s. 18), who appears to pkice it N. of the Truentus, but there is great difficulty in as. signing its position with any certainty, and the text of Pliny is very corrupt: the old editions give Al- BuiATES for the name of the river. [Picemuh.] 3. A small riv^ or stream of sulphureous water near Tibur, flowing into the Anio. It rises in a pool or small lake about a mile on the left of the modem road from Bome to Tivoli, but which was rituated on the actual line of the ancient Via Tibur- tina, at a distance of 16 M. P. from Bome. (Tab. Pent; Vitrav. viii. 3. § 2.) The name of Albnla. is applied to this stream by Vitravius, Martial (i. 13. 2), and Statins {SUv, L 3. 75), but more commonly we find the source itself designated by the name ofAIbulae Aquae (jh 'AAtfovAa Hl^tera^ Strab. p. 2dB> The waten both of the kke and stream are ^ strongly impregnated with sulphur, and were in great request among the Bomans for their medidnal pro- perties, so that they were frequently carried to Bome for the use of baths: while extensive Thermae were erected near the lake itself, the ruins of which are still visible. Their construction is common^ ^ '