I A.
Verona (mod. Verona; 45 ̊ 26 ’ N, 10 ̊ 59 ’ E): town of north Italy, on the Adige river;
described as large and important by S (5.1.6) and Martial (14.195.1); a colonia of
Rome by 69 CE. PECS 968 – 969, B. Forlati Tamaro; OCD3 1588, E.T. Salmon and
T.W. Potter; BAGRW 39-H3; NP 12/2.77–78, E. Buchi.
A M.
Vesunna (mod. Périgueux; 45 ̊ 11 ’ N, 00 ̊ 43 ’ E): hill-fort of the Petrucorii (a federation of
Gallic tribes that supported Vercingetorix), north-east of Vasates and east of Burdigala;
the city was moved down into the valley of the Isle river after conquest by Rome in 51 BCE;
incorporated into Aquitania by A in 27 BCE; flourished until the Germanic
invasions in 276 CE. RE 19.2 (1938) 1306–1318, P. Goessler; RE 8A.2 (1958) 1800–1801,
F.M. Heichelheim; PECS 972 – 973, A. Blondy; BAGRW 14-F3.
A.
Vocontii: (people from) the mountainous region ca 60 km north-east of Arelate, who
occupied the western foothills of the Alps from 3rd c. BCE (corresponding to south-eastern
France north of the coast). OCD3 1610, A.L.F. Rivet and J.F. Drinkwater; BAGRW 15-E1;
NP 12/2.275–276, Ch. Winkle.
Sites: (none).
People: P T.
Volsinii/Velzna (mod. Bolsena; 42 ̊ 39 ’ N, 11 ̊ 59 ’ E): the inhabitants of the Etruscan city
Volsinii Veteres (mod. Orvieto on the upper Tiber, BAGRW 42-C3) were resettled by Rome
in this city of Etruria (on Lake Bolsena), west of Spoletium, after their rebellion in 294
BCE. PECS 657, L. Richardson, Jr.; OCD3 1612, D.W.R. Ridgeway; BAGRW 42-B3; NP
12/2.314–315, G. Camporeale.
A.
Xoren (near mod. Mus ̧: either near Kanlar, west-north-west of Mus ̧, 38 ̊ 45 ’ N, 41 ̊ 22 ’ E
or near Laçkam, west-south-west of Mus ̧, 39 ̊ 00 ’ N, 41 ̊ 83 ’ E): in the Armenian district of
Taraun/Taron, west of Lake Thospitis (mod. Lake Van), west across the lake from
Artemita, north-east of Amida, north of Nisibis; later called Khoronk. RE S.10 (1965)
789.36–38, E. Polaschek; BAGRW 89-D2; R.H. Hewsen and C.C. Salvatico, Armenia: A
Historical Atlas (2001) 27-C3/D4, 48-A5, 194-A3 or 194A/B2; A.J. Hacikyan, Heritage of
Armenian Literature 1 (2001) 306.
M.
Zakunthos (mod. Zakunthos; 37 ̊ 48 ’ N, 20 ̊ 45 ’ E): southernmost Ionian island, off the
coast of E ̄lis; mentioned by H (Iliad 2.634), settled by Akhaians or Arkadians; a fleet
station for Athens 430 – 405 BCE; allied with Sparta after the war; supported Philip II and
Alexander of Macedon; conquered by Rome 211 BCE, under whom it prospered. OCD3
1633, W.M. Murray; BAGRW 54 – inset; NP 12/2.686–689, D. Strauch.
P.
Zmurna/Zmurne ̄ ⇒ Smurna
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