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| | Luna, Etruria - WCD (Wiki Classical Dictionary) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13) |
 | | The earliest mention we have of Luna is from old Ennius, who took part in the expedition against Sardinia, which sailed from this port in 539 (B.C. 215), under Manlius Torquatus; and the poet, struck with the beauty of the gulf, called on his fellow-citizens to come and admire it with him,— |
 | | 5.); and for its cheeses, which were stamped with the figure, either of the moon, or of the Etruscan Diana, and were of vast size, sometimes weighing a thousand pounds. |
 | | After his death, the quarries of Luna became imperial property in B.C. From that time forth, it has been in use for statuary, as well as for architectural decoration; and from the Apollo Belvidere to the Triumphs of Thorwaldsen, "the stone that breathes and struggles" in immortal art, has been chiefly the marble of Luna. |
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