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AMERIA (mod. Amelia)

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Originally appearing in Volume V01, Page 805 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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AMERIA (mod. Amelia) , a See also:city of See also:Umbria, situated about 65 in, N. of See also:Rome on the Via Amerina (which approached it from the S. starting from See also:Falerii and passing through CastellumAmerinum, probably mod. Orte, where it crossed the See also:Tiber). It has a See also:fine position, 1332 ft. above See also:sea-level, and still retains considerable remains of the city See also:wall, built in polygonal See also:masonry of carefully jointed blocks of See also:limestone, some 12 ft. in See also:total thickness, and showing traces of reconstruction at different periods. Various remains of the See also:Roman See also:period exist between the walls, including a large See also:water See also:reservoir divided into ten See also:chambers. The lofty campanile of the See also:cathedral was erected in 1050 with fragments of Roman buildings. Ameria is not mentioned in the See also:history of the Roman See also:conquest of Umbria, but is alluded to as a flourishing See also:place, with a fertile territory extending to the Tiber, by See also:Cicero in his speech in See also:defence of Sextus Roscius Amerinus, and its See also:fruit is often extolled by Roman writers. See also:Augustus divided its lands among his veterans, but did not plant a See also:colony here. The bishopric of Ameria was founded in the See also:middle of the 4th See also:century.

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