Spoletium

, now Spoleto , a town of Umbria, which bravely withstood Annibal while he was in Italy. The people were called Spoletani . Water is conveyed to the town from a neighbouring ♦ fountain by an aqueduct of such a great height, that in one place the top is raised above the foundation 230 yards. An inscription over the gates still commemorates the defeat of Annibal. Martial , bk. 13 , ltr. 20 . ♦ ‘fountani’ replaced with ‘fountain’