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CINGOLI (anc. Cingulum)

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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 375 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CINGOLI (anc. Cingulum) , a See also:town of the See also:Marches, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Macerata, about 14 M. N.W. See also:direct, and 17 M. by road, from the town of Macerata. Pop. (1901) 13,357. The See also:Gothic See also:church of S. Esuperanzio contains interesting See also:works of See also:art. The town occupies the site of the See also:ancient Cingulum, a town of See also:Picenum, founded and strongly fortified by See also:Caesar's See also:lieutenant T. See also:Labienus (probably on the site of an earlier See also:village) in 63 B.c. at his own expense. Its lofty position (2300 ft.) made it of some importance in the See also:civil See also:wars, but otherwise little is heard of it. Under the See also:empire it was a See also:municipium.

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