The country of The ring and the book . Rome. Flaminius lost no fewer than fifteen thousandmen and was himself killed, while only six thousandRomans succeeded in forcing a way by Passignano,and even these were compelled to surrender on thefollowing morning. Such then is the interest that attaches to this bendin the road, for it represents the entrance to thedeadly defile which sealed the fate of the Romans atTrasimene. It is said that the waters of the lake werediscoloured with blood, and that the name Sanguinetosurvives in memory of the fact. Plate 54 shows thevillage of Tuoro as seen from the
The country of The ring and the book . Rome. Flaminius lost no fewer than fifteen thousandmen and was himself killed, while only six thousandRomans succeeded in forcing a way by Passignano,and even these were compelled to surrender on thefollowing morning. Such then is the interest that attaches to this bendin the road, for it represents the entrance to thedeadly defile which sealed the fate of the Romans atTrasimene. It is said that the waters of the lake werediscoloured with blood, and that the name Sanguinetosurvives in memory of the fact. Plate 54 shows thevillage of Tuoro as seen from the road, together withthe level ground in front of it, where raged the centreof the battle. In the museum of the Palazzo Pretorioat Cortona is a plan of the battlefield of Lake Trasi-mene, drawn in 1794 by some enthusiast, who evi-dently knew every foot of the ground and hadstudied the inevitable disposition of the various troopsengaged. Passignano, where the six thousand cut their waythrough, is a little fisher town on the very edge of. 5 f w g £ o <o wXH I From Arezzo to Perugia the lake. Indeed, it seems to be standing in thewater. It has about it the odour which is commonto all fisher towns, but it is none the less charmingon that account. On the hill above the town is agreat castle with a tower, both well stricken in yearsand more or less ruinous, while at the waters edge,among the reeds, are boats, nets hanging up to dryand all the untidy belongings of the fishermanscraft (Plate 53). The road now follows the level shore of the lakerunning among the olive groves, the little fields ofcorn and the wonderful company of flowers whichhere come down to the very waters edge. In someplaces the poppies—the boldest of all flowers—seemto have made their way even among the reeds whichmake tremulous the margin of the mere. Where the road leaves the lake to climb thesteep hill (which forms the side of the basin in whichTrasimene lies) is the hamlet of Torricella. Now,Torricella is
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