City
Augusta Taurinorum
Torino · Turin
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Augusta Taurinorum, the Augusta of the Taurini, was the chief town of a Celto-Ligurian people and is today Turin in Italy. The Greek historian Polybius already knew it as their most important city, and after crossing the Alps in 218 BC Hannibal had to besiege it for three days before it fell. Under Augustus it was refounded as a colony of veterans. The Roman writer Pliny notes that the Po first became navigable here, and the town's northern gate, the Porta Palatina, still stands. Curiously, the map leaves out the road that branched off here towards Cutiae.