Isidorus (560-636 AD) was bishop of Sevilla. He wrote many books, among these an encyclopaedia called Etymologiae.
| Ancus Marcius ex filia Numae Pompilii natus: hic urbem in exitu Tiberis condidit quae et peregrinas merces exciperet et hostem moraretur, quam ab ipso situ Ostiam appellavit. | Ancus Martius was born from the daughter of Numa Pompilius: he founded a city at the exit of the Tiber to receive goods from abroad and delay the enemies; because of its location, he called it Ostia.
Translation: after J. Elfassi. |