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See also:ALBA FUCENS (mod. Albe) , an See also:ancient See also:Italian See also:town occupying a lofty situation (3347 ft.) at the See also:foot of the See also:Monte Velino, 4 M. N. of See also:Avezzano. It was originally a town of the See also:Aequi, though on the frontier of the See also:Marsi, but was occupied by a
See also:Roman See also:colony (304 a.c)owing to its strategic importance. It See also:lay on a See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill . just to the See also:north of the Via See also:Valeria, which was probably prolonged beyond See also:Tibur at this very See also:period, In the Second Punic See also:war Alba at first remained faithful, but after-, wards refused to send contingents and was punished. After this it became a See also:regular See also:place of detention for important See also:state. prisoners, such asSyphax of See also:Numidia, See also:Perseus of See also:Macedonia, Bituitus, See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of the See also:Arverni. It was attacked by the See also:allies in the Social War, but remained faithful to See also:Rome; and its strong position rendered it a place of some importance in the See also:civil See also:wars. Its prosperity, in the imperial period, can only be inferred from the number of See also:inscriptions found there. It is chiefly remarkable for its finely preserved fortifications. The See also:external walls, which have a See also:circuit of about 2 m. are constructed of polygonal See also:masonry; the blocks are carefully jointed, and the faces smoothed. With our See also:present knowledge of such constructions, their date cannot certainly be determined. They are not pre-served to any very considerable height; but the arrangement of the See also:gates is clearly traceable; as a See also:rule they' come at the, end of a See also:long, straight stretch of See also:wall, and are placed so as to leave the right See also:side of any attacking force exposed. On the north there is, for a length of about 150 yds. a triple See also:line of defences of later date (possibly added by the Roman colonists:), inasmuch as both the See also:city wall proper and the See also:double wall throw) out in front of it are partly constructed of See also:concrete, and faced with finer polygonal masonry (in which See also:horizontal See also:joints ,seem to be purposely aided). A mile to the north of the city a huge See also:mound with a ditch on each side of it (but at a considerable distance from it) may be traced for a couple of See also:miles. Within the walls there are hardly any )iuildings of a later date. Excavations have only been made casually, though remains of buildings and of' roads can be traced, and also an extensive See also:system of underground passages perhaps connected with the defences of the See also:pace. The hill: at the western extremity was occupied by atemple of the Tuspan See also:- ORDER
- ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
- ORDER, HOLY
order, into, which was built the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of S' Pietro; this contains ancient columns, and some remarkably See also:fine specimens of Cosmatesque See also:work. It is the only monastic; church in the Abruzzi in which `the See also:nave is separated from the aisles by ancient columns. Thy collegiate church of S Nicola in the See also:village contains a remarkable staurotheca of the ' 1 th ) See also:century and a wooden See also:triptych in See also:imitation of the See also:Byzantine See also:style with eaianiela of the 13th century.
A very See also:good description of the site, with plans, is given by C. Promis, L'Antichita di Alba Fueense (Rome, 1836). (T. As.) ALBA LONGA, an ancient city 'of See also:Latium, situated on the western edge of the Albanus Lacus, about 12 m. S.E. of Rome., ItWas, 'according to tradition, founded by See also:Ascanius, and wasthei See also:oldest of all Latin cities—the See also:mother indeed of Rome, b t'wbichy; however; it was elestroyed, it is said under Tullus llostilius. ,By this See also:act Rome succeeded to the See also:hegemony of the Latin See also:league. It has by many topographers been placed between the Albanus, See also:Mons and the Albanus Lacus, according to the indication given, by See also:Dionysius (i. 66), at the monastery of ;Palazzolo; but, the position is quite unsuitable for an ancient city, and doea notat'all
;
See also:answer to See also:Livy's description, ab situ porrectae in .dorso 'urbis Alba longa appellate; and it is much more probable that its site is to be sought on the western side of the See also:lake, where the See also:modern See also:Castel Gandolfo stands, immediately to the north of which the, most important See also:part of the archaic See also:necropolis was situated. See also:Confirmation of this may be found in See also:Cicero's description (See also:Pro Milone, 85) of the destruction of the shrines and sacred groves of Alba by the construction of See also:Clodius's See also:villa, in the See also:local application of the See also:adjective Albanus, and in the position of Castel Gandolfo itself, which exactly suits Livy's description. ,No traces of the ancient city, except of its necropolis, the tombs of which are overlaid with a stratum of See also:peperino 3 ft. thick, are, preserved. The view that the modern Albano occupies the site of Alba Longa was commonly held in the 15th and 16th centuries, but was disproved by P. Cluver (1624). But it is certain that no city took the place of Alba Longa until comparatively See also:late times. The name Albanian, from about s5o B.C. till the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time of :See also:Con, stantine, meant 'a villa in the See also:Alban territory. The emperors
formed a single See also:estate out of a considerable part of this See also:district, including apparently the whole of the lake, and See also:Domitian was especially fond of residing here. The imperial villa occupied the site of the present Villa See also:Barberini at Castel Gandolfo, and considerable remains of it still exist. To the See also:south was a See also:camp for the imperial bodyguard, with See also:baths, an See also:amphitheatre, a large See also:water See also:reservoir, &c. The first See also:legion known to have been quartered there is the II. Parthica, founded by Septimius See also:Severus; but it was probably constructed earlier. In some of the tombs of these legionaries coins of See also:Maxentius have been found, while the See also:Libel. Pontificalis records that See also:Constantine gave to the church of Albano " omnia scheneca deserta vel domos See also:intra urbem Albanensem," which has generally been taken to refer to the abandoned camp: It was at this period, then, that the civitas Albanensis arose. The lapis Albanus is a See also:green See also:grey volcanic See also:- STONE
- STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
- STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
- STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
- STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
- STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
- STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
- STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
- STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)
stone with See also:black and See also:- WHITE
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
white grains in it (hence the modern name, peperino), much used for See also:building material.
See T. See also:Ashby in See also:Journal of See also:Philology, See also:xxvii., 1901, 37. (T.
End of Article: ALBA FUCENS (mod. Albe)
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