- TRASIMENE LAKE
- a historic lake of Italy; lies amid hills between the towns Cortona and Perugia; shallow and reedy, 10 m. long; associated with Hannibal's memorable victory over the Romans 217 B.C.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.
TRASIMENE LAKE
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