FORUM CLODII

forum clodii, a post station on the via clodia, about 23 m. n.w. of rome (not 32 m. as in the _antonine itinerary_), situated above the western bank of the lacus sabatinus (mod. lake of bracciano), and connected with the via cassia at vacanae by a branch road which ran round the n. side of the lake (_ann. inst._, 1859, 43). the site is marked by the church of ss. marcus, marcianus and liberatus, which was founded in the 8th or 9th century a.d. inscriptions mentioning the foro-clodienses have come to light on the spot; and an inscription of the augustan period, which probably stood over the door of a villa, calls the place pausilypon--a name justified by the beauty of the site. see _notizie degli scavi_ (1889), 5; d. vaglieri, ibid. (1895), 342. forum traiani (mod. _fordongianus_), an ancient town of sardinia, on the river thyrsus (tirso), and a station on the roman road through the centre of the island from carales to olbia and turris libisonis. many of its ruins have been destroyed since 1860. the best preserved are the baths, erected over hot mineral springs. the tanks for collecting the water and the large central _piscina_ are noteworthy. the bridge over the tirso has been to some extent modernized. on the opposite bank are the scanty remains of an amphitheatre. not far off is a group of _nuraghi_, of which that of st barbara in the commune of villanova truschedda is one of the finest. see taramelli in _notizie degli scavi_ (1903), 469.