13. After the example of the younger Pliny, Sidonius (1. ii.
Epist. 2) has laboured the florid, prolix, and obscure
description of his villa, which bore the name (Avitacum},
and had been the property, of Avitus. The precise situation
is not ascertained. Consult, however, the notes of Savaron
and Sirmond.