orplantation). We hear of a certain Balbus, who published a collection offormat civitatium derived from the survey of Augustus,1 and it isnot unreasonable to suppose that the sketches found in the MSS.of Hyginus are ultimately derived from this collection. Such a forma civitatis or town-survey is… … Fig. I. Sketch-plan of Anxur (Terracina) from the tract of Hyginus. Arausio was founded by Julius Caesar, but with a document oflater date drawn up for revenue purposes, perhaps in connexionwith the census of Gaul carried out by order of Augustus in theyears 27-13 b. c. The inscription, so far as…
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