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I begin to wonder if in fact you do not mean the 9th Legion for I do not think the 10th occupied Britain.
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Hello Peter!
Are you sure about the origin of the name of the city of L'Aquila (Abruzzo, Italy) ?
I knew that the history of the city of l’Aquila begin around the 1229, when the inhabitants of various castles of the region get permission from Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor and King of Sicily, to build a new big city with anti-feudal purpose.
The city was found in 1254 and named Aquila from the place where was build. In fact, the area at the foot of the hill where the city was built was characterized for the presence of many water springs and named Santa Maria de Aquilis, Acculum and subsequently Acilie, Akilie, Accule, Accula, Acquili…all Latin diminutives of "water" (aqua).
So the city was called AQUILA and the similarity of the name led to the symbol of the Eagle (Aquila, in Italian) that is the symbol on the Hohenstaufen imperial insignia.
During the roman period the principal city of the “Aquila region” was the old Sabine town of Amiternum (9 km west of l’Aquila).
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S.M.
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Quote:I relied upon my Latin dictionary for the spelling Aquila as fem form Aquilus (AN EAGLE)
Military:AN EAGLE AS THE STANDARD OF EACH ROMAN LEGION
I think that you might need to look at your dictionary again.
Aquila meaning 'eagle' or 'eagle standard' is feminine. There is, as far as I can ascertain, no noun
aquilus. The adjective
aquilus, -a, -um means 'dark-coloured, swarthy'.
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