Aquileia

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Ăquĭlēia: ae, f., = Ἀκυληἱα,
I a town in Upper Italy, still called Aquileia, not far from Tergeste, built by the Romans after the second Punic war, as a protection against the neighboring tribes, Liv. 40, 34; Caes. B. G. 1, 10; Mart. 4, 25; Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 127; Mel. 2, 4, 3; cf. Mann. Ital. I. 74 sq.— Hence, Ăquĭlēiensis, adj.: ager, Liv. 39, 45; and Ăquĭlēienses, ium, m., the inhabitants of Aquileia, id. 43, 17.