Cruptoricis Villa

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography

CRUPTO´RICIS VILLA a place in the country of the Frisians, where 400 Roman soldiers made away with themselves, that they might not fall into the hands of the Frisians. (Tac. Ann. 4.73.) It is identified with a place called Hem Ryck.
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