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PANDATARIA

Volume 15 · 72 words · 1823 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 incestuousness. To this island Tiberius banished Agrippina his daughter-in-law (Suetonius). It was the place of confinement of Octavia the daughter of Claudius, married to Nero; a sight that affected every eye (Tacitus). Now Santa Maria, situated between Pontia and Ischia (Holstenius).