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Arbizzani is typical of Bologna in particular and of all the Bolognese, Arbizzi, quite rare is just in the area between Reggio and Modena, should derive from the late Latin name Arbitio, Arbitionis then spread among the Franks, of this name we have traces for example in History of Rome of Ammianus Marcellinus, where it reads inter alia: "... Huic sententiae uersabilium adulatorum refragantibus globis, inter quos erat Arbitio ad insidiandum acer et flagrans et Eusebius tunc praepositus cubiculi effusior ad nocendum, id occurebat Caesare discedente .. . ", at the time of the Emperor Constantine we find for example a Comes Arbitio as magister equitum (commander of the cavalry). additions provided by Giovanni Vezzelli Arbizzani starts from the local name Arbizzano di Valpolicella (Verona), formerly Albutian, which Olivieri rightly derives from the Latin Albutius.
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