place
Danuvius
the Danube
also: Danuuium
The Danube, named among the rivers beyond which Augustus advanced the empire's bounds.
Reading notes
- On the Shortness of Life §4.5 Danube
The Danube, a northern frontier Augustus advanced toward.
- On Providence §4.14 Ister
The lower course of the Danube (Greek Istros); the river marking the frontier beyond which the wandering tribes of Seneca's example live.
- Natural Questions §1.pr.9 the Ister
The Greek name for the lower Danube; Seneca lists it among the petty boundary-lines mortals draw across a tiny earth.
- Natural Questions §3.27.8 the Danube
Great river of the north (the upper Hister) tearing away mountain flanks in the flood.
- Natural Questions §4.1.1 the Danube
Great northern river wrongly thought to share the Nile's nature; its source is in Germany.
- Thyestes §336 Danube
The great northern river (Danuvius/Hister), a frontier of the empire.