the ancient Forum Livii, a city of Italy, capital of a cognominal legation in the Papal States, is situated at the foot of the Apennines, in a pleasant and fertile plain, watered by the Ronco and the Montone, 38 miles S.E. of Bologna. It stands on the Emilian way, and is surrounded by old walls, which however are of little use as a means of defence. The town is handsome and well built, and the streets are adorned with arcades. It has a fine square, a cathedral, several elegant palaces, a city hall, and other public buildings. It carries on a considerable trade in agricultural produce, and has manufactures of silk ribands and twist, oil-cloth and woollen fabrics, and wax, salt, and nitre refineries. Forli is said to have been founded by Livius Salinator after the defeat of Hasdrubal. During the middle ages it became a place of some importance; and in the fifteenth century the citadel (now used as a prison) was nobly defended by Catherine Sforza. In 1797 it was taken by the French, and made the capital of the department of the Rubicon, but in 1815 it was restored to the Pope. Pop. about 16,000.