RATA´NEUM(Plin. Nat. 3.22. s. 26; Ῥαίτινον, Dio Cass.), a town of Dalmatia, which was burnt by its inhabitants, when it was taken by Germanicus in the reign of Augustus. (Dio Cass. l. c.）
Rataneum, i, n., a city in Dalmatia , Plin. 3, 22, 26, § 142. ...
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