the Po

Reading notes

• The History of Rome, Book 5 §33 beyond the Po

  The great river of northern Italy (the Po), boundary of the lands the Etruscans and then the Gauls held.

• The History of Rome, Book 21 §39 Po

  The great river of northern Italy, the axis of the campaigns of 218 BC.

• The History of Rome, Book 31 §9 Po

  The river Po (Padus), greatest river of northern Italy, crossed by the Gauls to plunder Cremona.

• The History of Rome, Book 42 §24 Padus

  The river Po in northern Italy; the freed Ligurians were resettled on land across (north of) it.