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Romans in the territory of the Volceientes, whom they had recently conquered, in 273 B.C. The town was strongly fortified, and the walls, about a mile in See also:

CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit, with three See also:

GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates, and seventeen projecting rectangular towers at intervals, are in places preserved to a height of over 30 ft. on the outside, and 15 on the inside. The See also:

LOWER

lower See also:

PART

part is built of polygonal, the upper of rectangular, blocks, and the See also:

MASONRY

masonry is of equal fineness all through, so that a difference of date cannot be assumed; such a See also:

CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of technique is not without parallel in See also:

GREECE

Greece (F. Noack in Romische Mitteilungen, 1897, 194). Within the city no remains are visible. The See also:

PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place was of importance as a fortress; it was approached by a See also:

BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch road which diverged from the Via Aurelia at the See also:

POST

post station of Succosa, at the See also:

FOOT

foot of the See also:

hill on which the town stood. The See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour, too, was of some importance. In the 5th See also:

CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century we hear of it as deserted, and in the 9th a town called Ansedonia took its place for a See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short See also:

time, but itself soon perished, though it has See also:

LEFT

left its name to the ruins. See G. See also:

DENNIS, JOHN (1657—1734)

Dennis, Cities and Cemeteries of Etruria (See also:

LONDON

London, 1883), ii.

245. (T.

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