AVEZZANO, a town of Naples, in Abruzzo Ulteriore II, containing a castle belonging to the Colonna family. Pop. about 3000. Long. 13. 32. E. Lat. 41. 58. N.
AVIANUS or ANIANUS, Flavius, the reputed author of 42 Æsopian fables in Latin elegiac verse. They are of little merit, and apparently belong to the third or fourth century of our era. Editions. By Cannegieter, Amstel. 1731;
Nodell, Amstel. 1787; Lachmann, Berol. 1845. They were translated into English by Caxton in 1483.