. Greek, entitled Periphis MarisEuxini, ascribed to Arrian, who lived in thereign of Hadrian. [Arrianus.] Popilllus Laenas. [Laenas.] Poplicola. [Publicola.] Poppaea Sablna. [Sabina.] Poppaeus Sabinus. [Sabinus.] Populonia, or -!um (Populoniensis: Populo-nia), an ancient town of Etruria, situated on alofty hill, sinking abruptly to the sea, and form-ing a peninsula. According to one tradition itwas founded by the Corsicans; but accordingto another it was a colony from Volaterrae, orwas taken from the Corsicans by the Volater- rani. (
. Greek, entitled Periphis MarisEuxini, ascribed to Arrian, who lived in thereign of Hadrian. [Arrianus.] Popilllus Laenas. [Laenas.] Poplicola. [Publicola.] Poppaea Sablna. [Sabina.] Poppaeus Sabinus. [Sabinus.] Populonia, or -!um (Populoniensis: Populo-nia), an ancient town of Etruria, situated on alofty hill, sinking abruptly to the sea, and form-ing a peninsula. According to one tradition itwas founded by the Corsicans; but accordingto another it was a colony from Volaterrae, orwas taken from the Corsicans by the Volater- rani. (Strab. p. 223 ; Verg. Aen. x. 174 ; loc.) It was not one of the twelve Etruscancities, and was never a place of political im-portance ; but it carried on an extensive com-merce, and was the principal seaport of of its trade was in iron obtained from theopposite island of Ilva (Liv. xxviii. 45). It wasdestroyed by Sulla in the civil wars, and wasahnost in ruins in the time of Strabo, but ismentioned as an existing town by Pliny (iii. 50).. Coin of Populonia in Etruria (early in 5th cent. ).Obv., Gorgons head ; rev., plain. There are still remains of the walls of theancient Populonia, showing that the city wasonly about lg mile in circumference. Porcia. 1. Sister of Cato Uticensis, marriedL. Domitius Ahenobarbus, consul 54, whowas slain in the battle of Pharsalia. She diedin 46. (Plut. Cat. i. 41; Cic. ad Att. ix. 3, , 48.)—2. Daughter of Cato Uticensis by hisfirst wife, Atilia. She was married first to , consul 59, to whom she bore threechildren. Bibulus died in 48; and in 45 shemarried M. Brutus, the assassin of Julius inherited all her fathers republican prin-ciples, and likewise his courage and firmnessof will. She induced her husband on the nightbefore the 15th of March to disclose to her theconspiracy against Caesars life, and she is re-ported to have wounded herself in the thigh inorder to show that she had a coura
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