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When Belisarius left Italy, only one city still remained to the Goths, the strong city of Ticinum, which is now known as Pavia, and which, from its magnificent position at the angle of the Ticino and the Po, was often in the early Middle Ages the last stronghold to be surrendered in Northwestern Italy.
Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872
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Then, leaving Ticinum, they arrived at the city of Milan and secured this city with the rest of Liguria without a battle.
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And they were not only numerous but also excellent troops, since all the barbarians who lived in that region had deposited the most valuable of their possessions in Ticinum, as being a place which had strong defences, and had left there a considerable garrison.
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Insubrian (Cic. _ad Fam. _ xv. 16, 1), and as the only Insubrian town on the Padus was Ticinum, Nepos was probably born there.
The Student's Companion to Latin Authors Thomas Ross Mills
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And when they reached the city of Ticinum, [184] after crossing the Po, the Goths came out against them and engaged them in battle.
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They also laid waste Mediolanum, the metropolis of Liguria, once an imperial city, and gave over Ticinum to a like fate.
The Origin and Deeds of the Goths Jordanes
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In 1764 he accepted the appointment of professor of mathematics at the University of Pavia (Ticinum).
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 2: Assizes-Browne 1840-1916 1913
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Pavia is the ancient Ticinum, founded by the Lievi and Marici, two
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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In these towns, and in Milan and Pavia (Ticinum), which followed their example, the Huns enjoyed doubtless to the full their wild revel of lust and spoliation, but they left the buildings unharmed, and they carried captive the inhabitants instead of murdering them.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 04 Rossiter Johnson 1885
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Relief of famine-stricken citizens of Ticinum, &c. 521 28.
The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator Senator Cassiodorus 1872
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