ALMA, ALMUS(Ἄλμα, Dio Cass.; Aurel. Vict. Epitom. 38, Probus; Eutrop. ix. Vopiscus, Probus, 18), a mountain in Lower Pannonia, near Sirmium. The two robber-chieftains Bato made this mountain their stronghold during the Dalmatian insurrection in A.D. 6-7. ( Dict. of Biogr. art. Bato.) 11; was planted with vines by the emperor Probus about A.D. 280-81, the spot being probably recommended to him by its contiguity to his native town of Sirmium.
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