Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), CAECINA

Home Collections/Texts Perseus Catalog Research Grants Open Source About Help

Hide browse bar Your current position in the text is marked in blue. Click anywhere in the line to jump to another position:

This text is part of:

Greek and Roman Materials

View text chunked by:

CAECINA

CAECINA or CECINA, a river of Etruria, mentioned both by Pliny and Mela, and still called Cecina. It flowed through the territory of Volaterrae, and after passing within 5 miles to the S. of that city, entered the Tyrrhenian sea, near the port known as the Vada Volaterrana. There probably was a port or emporium at its mouth, and Mela appears to speak of a town of the. same name. The family name of Caecina, which also belonged to Volaterrae, was probably connected with that of the river, and hence the correct form of the name in Latin would be Caecina, though the MSS. both of Pliny and Mela have Cecina or Cecinna. (Plin. Nat. 3.5. s. 8; Mela, 2.4; Müller, Etrusker, vol. i. p, 405.)

[E.H.B]

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, illustrated by numerous engravings on wood. William Smith, LLD. London. Walton and Maberly, Upper Gower Street and Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row; John Murray, Albemarle Street. 1854.

Greek Display:
Arabic Display:
View by Default:
Browse Bar:

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
William Smith, LLD, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

CAECINA

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854) William Smith, LLD, Ed.

This text is part of:

View text chunked by:

Table of Contents:

CAECINA

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854)
William Smith, LLD, Ed.