place
Italy
also: Italia
The Italian peninsula; with no standing army present and Pompey abroad, it lay open to Catiline's design.
Reading notes
- The Conspiracy of Catiline §16 Italy
The peninsula outside Rome, where Catiline gathered his forces; with no army stationed there, it lay open to revolt.
- The Jugurthine War §5 Italy
The Italian peninsula; here, the homeland Hannibal ravaged in the Second Punic War, and later threatened again by the civil strife the war provoked.
- The Histories §Cott.3 Italy
The Italian peninsula, whose coasts, like the provinces', were exposed to attack.