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2 FromNature to Topography 15 Fig. 2:Verona, areaof theoriginal settlement (above) andnewcity layout (below),with via Postumia. theAdigeon the flankof theColleSanPietrohill (Fig. 2). SinceCatullusdiedbefore themiddle of the 1st century BC, his reference can only relate to the old, pre-municipal Verona, i.e. the settlement on the hill(-side). Catullus’ Verona offered a remarkably different urban ambience compared to the later citywith its street grid and ‘up todate’ urbanappearance in theplain.