place
The Alps
Alps
The high mountains of northern Italy; they trembled in omen at Caesar's death and overlook the plague-stricken Noric pastures.
Reading notes
- The Aeneid §8.661 Alpine
The Alps; the Gauls brandish 'Alpine' javelins.
- The Aeneid §10.13 Alps
The Alps, which Hannibal will cross against Rome.
- The Georgics §3.474 airy Alps
The high northern mountains, overlooking the plague-stricken Noric forts.