Bŏnōnĭa, ae, f., = Βονωνία.
- I. A town in Gallia Cisalpina, in the neighborhood of Mutina, a Roman colony founded A. U. C. 563, Cic. Fam. 12, 5, 2; Liv. 37, 57, 7; Vell. 1, 15, 2; Sil. 8, 599; Mel. 2, 4, 2; previously a Tuscan town called Felsina, now Bologna, Plin. 3, 15, 20, § 115; Interpr. ap. Serv. ad Verg. A. 10, 198; Liv. 33, 37, 3; Amm. 20, 1, 3; 27, 8, 6.
Hence,
- B. Bŏnōnĭensis, e, adj., of or pertaining to Bononia: amnis Rhenus, Plin. 16, 36, 65, § 161; so, C. Rusticellus Bononiensis, of Bononia, Cic. Brut. 46, 169.
- II. A fortress in Pannonia, now Banostor, Amm. 21, 9, 6; 31, 11, 6; Itin. Anton.
- III. A town in Gallia Belgica, earlier called Gessoriacum, now Boulogne, Tab. Peuting.