FORMILÆ, or FORMIA, (anc. geog.), a maritime
town of the Adjected or New Latium, to the south-
east of Cajeta; built by the Lacedæmonians, (Strabo);
called originally Hormia, on account of its commo-
dious harbour. An ancient municipium. Formiani,
the people; who were admitted to the liberty of the
city the very year in which Alexandria was built; but
not to the right of suffrage till a long time after the
second Punic war, (Livy). Formia at this day lies in
ruins, near a place now called Mela.