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Concordia
Concordia Sagittaria
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Concordia, now Concordia Sagittaria in the Veneto, owes the second half of its modern name to arrows: in the late empire the town was a military base with an arms workshop making them, the fabrica sagittaria, and a strong garrison. The soldiers' cemetery, with men of units of Batavians and Heruli, has yielded many inscriptions. Augustus had made the village a colony named for harmony, Iulia Concordia, and Attila destroyed it in 452 AD.