Alma
Alma, ae, f., ein Berg bei Sirmium in Illyrikum, Vopisc. Prob. 18, 8.
Alma, æ, m. , fleuve dʼÉtrurie : Anton. 500, 8 ; 10 || mont de Pannonie : Vop. Prob. 18, 8.
O veneranda mihi, sanctum decus, Alma pudoris ; Ut Damasi precibus faveas precor, inclyta martyr.
O Agnes, verum decus, Alma pudoris imago ; Ut Damasi precibus faveas precor, inclyta virgo.
ALMA
ALMA, ALMUS(Ἄλμα, Dio Cass.; Aurel. Vict. Epitom. 38, Probus; Eutrop. ix. Vopiscus, Probus, 18), a mountain in Lower Pannonia, near Sirmium. The two robber-chieftains Bato made this mountain their stronghold during the Dalmatian insurrection in A.D. 6-7. ( Dict. of Biogr. art. Bato.) 11; was planted with vines by the emperor Probus about A.D. 280-81, the spot being probably recommended to him by its contiguity to his native town of Sirmium.
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