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These being occasioned by the over∣flowings of the Po, were i 1.1 drayned by Scaurus, who caused navigable Tren∣ches to be cut, from them, into Parma. The like is still observable in the Terri∣tory of Ferrara; which, though a low ground, and receiving the current of Po, with other Rivers of Lombardy, is yet secured by Banks and Works, which hinder their inundations; parti∣cularly by the help of the Rotto di Ficarollo, and the Ramo di Polistella.
Strab. l. 5. p. 217.