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xi_o cos._n iii_o ii_o p._n p._n formiani_n publicè_fw-la strabo_n pliny_n solinus_n and_o other_o historian_n concur_v say_v that_o the_o lacedaemonian_n build_v formia_fw-la in_o the_o ancient_a territory_n of_o the_o lestrigoni_n and_o therefore_o silius_n italicus_n call_v it_o the_o house_n of_o antifata_n because_o there_o antifata_n the_o son_n of_o janus_n and_o nephew_n of_o neptune_n rule_v over_o the_o lestrigoni_n and_o first_o call_v it_o hormia_n which_o in_o their_o language_n signify_v a_o comodious_a port_n which_o that_o be_v the_o lacedaemonian_n be_v afterward_o subjugate_v by_o the_o campani_a and_o they_o by_o the_o roman_n who_o reduce_v that_o with_o capua_n into_o the_o form_n of_o a_o prefecture_n yet_o leave_v formia_fw-la in_o liberty_n or_o free_a and_o make_v she_o participate_v of_o the_o roman_a honour_n for_o some_o time_n as_o livins_n in_o his_o 33_o book_n at_o last_o in_o the_o civil_a war_n formia_fw-la be_v make_v a_o roman_a colony_n and_o 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