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PANDATARIA

Volume 8 · 72 words · 1778 Edition

(Suetonius, Pliny, Strabo); Pandateria, (Mela, Tacitus): An island in the Tuscan sea; a place of banishment for the more illustrious exiles. Hither Julia, the daughter of Augustus, was banished for her incontinence. To this island Tiberius banished Agrippina, his daughter-in-law, (Suetonius). It was the place of confinement of Octavia, the daughter of Cladius, married to Nero; a sight that affected every eye, (Tacitus). Now Santa Maria, situate between Pontia and Ichia, (Holstenius).