Ăquĭlēia, ae, f., = Ἀκυληΐα,
a town in Upper Italy , still called Aquileia , not far from Tergeste , built by the Romans after the second Punic war, as a protection against the neighboring tribes, Liv. 40, 34; Caes. B. G. 1, 10; Mart. 4, 25; Plin. 3, 18, 22, § 127; Mel. 2, 4, 3; cf. Mann. Ital. I. 74 sq.— Hence, Ăquĭlēiensis , adj.: ager, Liv. 39, 45; and Ăquĭlēienses , ium, m., the inhabitants of Aquileia , id. 43, 17.