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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 513 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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ALBULAE See also:

AQUAE (Lat. for "waters'')

AQUAE , a See also:

GROUP

group of springs, 4 M. W. of See also:

TIBUR (mod. Tivoli, q.v.)

Tibur, the See also:

WATER

water of which is bluish, strongly impregnated with See also:

SULPHUR

sulphur and carbonate of See also:

lime, and rises at a temperature of about 750 F. Remains of a See also:

ROMAN

Roman thermal See also:

ESTABLISHMENT (0. Fr. establissement, Fr. etablissement, late Norm. Fr. establishement, from O. Fr. establir, Fr. etablir, Lat. stabilire, to make stable)

establishment exist near the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger. springer, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

spring, the so-called Lago della See also:

REGINA

Regina (which is continually diminishing in See also:

SIZE

size owing to the See also:

DEPOSIT (Lat. depositurn, from deponere, to lay down, to put in the care of)

deposit See also:

LEFT

left by the water), and dedicatory See also:

INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions in See also:

HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour of the See also:

WATERS, TERRITORIAL

waters have been found. The See also:

BATHS

baths are still frequented by the See also:

Romans, though the See also:

MODERN

modern establishment is about 1 m. S. on the high road. See T. See also:

ASHBY, TURNER (1824-1862)

Ashby in Papers of the See also:

BRITISH

British School at See also:

Rome, iii. 117.

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