Note 63 — Chapter I · THE ORIGIN OF FLORENCE.
Linda Villari translation
The inscription (now lost) beginning thus: "Col[onia] Iul[ia] Aug[usta], Flor[entia]", should be differently interpreted, according to Mommsen, as referring to Vienne in Dauphiny. Vide "Hermes," 1883, p. 176 and p. 180, note 1. Prof. Milani takes the same view regarding the new and important inscription recently found in the excavation of the Mercato Vecchio, containing the following words:
"... Genio Coloniae ... Florentiae."
Vide "Scoperte epigrafiche nel Centro di Firenze," in the "Nazione," April 15, 1890.