[The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire CHAPTER XXXI: Invasion Of Italy, Occupation Of Territories By 12/39
949, edit Reimar, and the lively description of Juvenal, Satir.xii.75, &c. In the sixteenth century, when the remains of this Augustan port were still visible, the antiquarians sketched the plan, (see D'Anville, Mem. de l'Academie des Inscriptions, tom.xxx.p.
198,) and declared, with enthusiasm, that all the monarchs of Europe would be unable to execute so great a work, (Bergier, Hist.
des grands Chemins des Romains, tom. ii.p.
356.)] [Footnote 89: The Ostia Tyberina, (see Cluver.
Italia Antiq.l.
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