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GIANNUTRI (Gr. 'Apreµlvcov, Lat. Dianium)

GIANNUTRI (Gr. 'Apreµlvcov, See also:
LAT
Lat. Dianium) , an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of See also:

Italy, about 1 sq. m. in See also:

TOTAL

total See also:

AREA

area, so m. S.E. of See also:

GIGLIO (anc. Igilium)

Giglio and about so m. S. of the promontory of See also:

MONTE

Monte Argentario (see See also:

ORBETELLO

ORBETELLO). The highest point is 305 ft. above See also:

sea-level. It contains the ruins of a large See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

VILLA

villa, near the Cala Maestra on the E. See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast of the island. The buildings may be divided into five See also:

groups: (I) a large cistern in five compartments, each measuring 39 by 17 ft.; (2) habitations both for the owners and for slaves, and See also:

STORE (from O. Fr. estor or estoire, Late Lat. staurum or instaurum, stock, provisions, supply, from the late use of instaurare, to provide, properly to construct, renew, restore)

store-rooms; (3) See also:

BATHS

baths; (4) habitations for slaves; (5) See also:

BELVEDERE, or BELVIDERE (Ital. for " fair-view ")

belvedere. The See also:

BRICK (derived according to some etymologists from the Teutonic bricke, a disk or plate; but more authoritatively, through the French brique, originally a " broken piece," applied especially to bread, and so to clay, from the Teutonic brikan, to break)

brick-stamps found begin in the See also:

FLAVIAN (d. 449)

Flavian and end with the Hadrianic See also:

period. The villa may have belonged to the Domitii Ahenobarbi, who certainly under the See also:

REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

republic had See also:

PROPERTY

property in the island of Igilium (Giglio) and near See also:

COSA

Cosa. See G. Pellegrini in Notizie degli scavi (1900), 609 seq.

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