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* 1. alba, ae, f. [albus], a white precious stone, the pearl, Lampr. Hel. 21.

2. Alba or Alba Longa, ae, f. [v. albus].

  1. I. The mother city of Rome, built by Ascanius, the son of Æneas, upon the broad, rocky margin which lies between the Alban Lake and Mons Albanus; destroyed by Tullus Hostilius, the third king of Rome, and never rebuilt, Enn. Ann. 1, 34, 88; Verg. A. 1, 277; 8, 48; Liv. 1, 27-30; cf. Nieb. Rom. Hist. 1, 220 sq.; Müll. Roms Camp. 2, 97 sq.
  2. II. The name of several other towns.
    1. A. Alba Fucentĭa, or absol. Alba, a town north-west of Lacus Fucinus, on the borders of the Marsi, now Colle di Albe, Caes. B. C. 1, 15; Cic. Att. 9, 6; Pomp. ap. Cic. Att. 8 post. ep. 12; Plin. 3, 12, 17, § 106.
    2. B. Alba Pompēĭa, in Liguria, on the river Tanarus, now Alba, Plin. 3, 5, 7, § 49.
    3. C. Alba Helvĭa or Alba Helvōrum, in Gallia Narbonensis, now Viviers, Plin. 3, 4, 5, § 36.

3. Alba, ae, m., the name of a king in Alba Longa, Ov. M. 14, 612; id. F. 4, 43.

5. Alba, ae, m., a river in Hispania Tarraconensis, Plin. 3, 2, 3, § 22; v. Albis.

Albis, is, m. [v. albus], a river of Germany, now the Elbe, Tac. G. 41; id. A. 4, 44: Albin liquere Cherusci, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 452.
Also Alba, ae, m., Vop. Prob. 13.