[SunkenCiv]

View of the Roman theater at Volterra. Jean-Christophe Benoist, Wikimedia Commons

[1010RD]

Remarkable how consistent and standardized the Roman architecture and city planning is. Ostia Antica and Portus look the same.

[Verginius Rufus]

Vada is the plural of vadum, shallow water or a shoal where it was possible to ford a river.

Volterra is a beautiful walled city on a hilltop in northern Tuscany with a spectacular view of the surrounding countryside. It has a gate which dates back to Etruscan times and a museum which has one of the largest collections of Etruscan artefacts anywhere including some of the items which are commonly illustrated in books about the Etruscans. Definitely worth a visit if you're ever in that part of Italy.

[DNME]

” ... used anciently by the Romans ...”

What idiot wrote this?

As an editor, I threw up in my mouth a little bit when I saw this brand new adverb. Anciently? It was used ANCIENTLY?

God help us.