COLONIES OF THE ROMAN VETERANS,Basin of the PO,Italy,Antique Map

HISTORICAL MAP CHART

A traveller following the Emilian Causeway from Cesena to Bologna can hardly help noticing the quadrangular fields on his right, all of them of the same size. Looked at from the spurs of the Apennines, the plain resembles a hugh draught-board the squares of which are covered alternately with verdure and ripening crops. We learn from the topographical maps that these fields are exactly the same size, and there can be no doubt that we have here before us the fields which according to Livy, were taken from the Gauls and distributed amongst Roman Military settlers. NAMES INCLUDE: MORDANO, RUSSI, FAENZA, SOLANOLO,RONCO, MONTONE, COTTIGNOLA.

1890s Wood Engraving, Antique Map

Approximate Overall Size: 7 X 10 1/2 inches

CONDITION: Book Plate INTEXT MAP - Excellent Condition. Beautiful with excellent detail. There is Text on Front and Back Side.