River
Fluvius Sannum
Salino (Miller)
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The Fluvius Sannum is usually identified with the Salino, a river on the Adriatic coast of Italy that forms where the Fino and the Tavo meet after rising on the slopes of the Gran Sasso. The map sets the river's name out in the sea. Close by, it marks a road station called Salinas, named after a salt works that lay near the river's mouth, so Sannum may be a garbled form of Salinum. Whether the name was simply miswritten, or the salt pans gave the river a new name, remains uncertain, and some scholars think the Aternus, the river of Pescara, would fit better.