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BATAVA

Volume 3 · 46 words · 1823 Edition

(Castra understood), a citadel of Vindelicia, so called from the Cohors Batava, in garrison under the commander in Rhæta: now Passau: being first called Batavu, from the Batavi; then Bassau; and Passau; situated in Bavaria, at the confluence of the Danube, Inn, and Ills. See PASSAU.