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See also: AUXIMUM (mod. See also:Osimo) , an See also:ancient See also:town in See also:Picenum, situated on an isolated 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 8 m. from the Adriatic, on the road from See also:Ancona to Nuceria. It was selected by the See also:Romans as a fortress to protect their settlements in See also:northern Picenum, and strongly fortified in 174 B.C. The walls erected at that See also:period, of large rectangular blocks of 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, still exist in See also:great See also:part. Auximum became a See also:colony at latest in 157 B.C. It often appears in the See also:history of the See also:civil See also:wars, owing to its strong position. See also:Pompey was its See also:patron, and intended that See also:Caesar should find resistance here in 49 B.C. It appears to have been a See also:place of some importance in imperial times, as See also:inscriptions and the monuments of its See also:forum (the See also:present piazza) show. In the 6th See also:century it is called by See also:Procopius the See also:chief town of Picenum, Ancona being spoken of as its See also:harbour. (T.
End of Article: AUXIMUM (mod. Osimo)
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