Albula

Albula without suspecting that they possessed a marvellous freshness, an exquisite flavour and delicacy, and yet it is notorious that the trout of the Albula are the first trout of the universe.

Samuel Brohl and Company Victor Cherbuliez 1864

Alamy The Nietzsche House in Sils, Switzerland The most scenic way to reach the Engadin is by one of the mountain passes open only in summer, like the Fluela Pass, which connects Davos to the valley, or the Albula pass.

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When, upon account of his nerves, he was obliged to have recourse to sea-water, or the waters of Albula [235], he was contented with sitting over a wooden tub, which he called by a Spanish name (132) Dureta, and plunging his hands and feet in the water by turns.

The Lives of the Twelve Caesars, Volume 02: Augustus Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

From Latinus sprung Alba; from Alba, Atys; from Atys, Capys; from Capys, Capetus; from Capetus, Tiberinus, who, being drowned in crossing the river Albula, gave it a name famous with posterity.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

They rise deep down in the lower strata, cross places which are on fire, and then are cooled by running a long distance through the earth, coming out above ground with their taste, smell, and colour spoiled; as, for instance, the river Albula on the road to Tivoli and the cold springs of

The Ten Books on Architecture Vitruvius Pollio

The baths were supplied with water from the sea and the Albula.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus

A peace had been concluded between the two nations on these terms, that the river Albula, now called Tiber, should be the common boundary between the Etrurians and Latins.

The History of Rome, Books 01 to 08 Titus Livius

Tiberinus, who came subsequently to be ruler, lost his life by falling into a river called the Albula.

Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form Cassius Dio

Italy afterwards called the Tiber river, when it lost the true name of old, Albula.

The Aeneid of Virgil 70 BC-19 BC Virgil

When, upon account of his nerves, he was obliged to have recourse to sea-water, or the waters of Albula [235], he was contented with sitting over a wooden tub, which he called by a Spanish name (132) Dureta, and plunging his hands and feet in the water by turns.

De vita Caesarum Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus