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ASCIBURGIUM

Volume 2 · 60 words · 1823 Edition

in Ancient Geography, mentioned by Tacitus, supposed to be one of the 30 citadels built on the Rhine; who adds, some imagined it was built by Ulysses. Here was a Roman camp and a garrison. To its situation on the banks of the Rhine answers a small hamlet, now called Asburg not far from Meurs, in the duchy of Cleves.