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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 9 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LORIUM , an See also:

ancient See also:village of See also:Etruria, See also:Italy, on the Via See also:Aurelia, 12 M. W. of See also:Rome. See also:Antoninus See also:Pius, who was educated here, afterwards built a See also:palace, in which he died. It was also a favourite haunt of See also:Marcus Aurelius. Remains of ancient buildings exist in the neighbourhood of the road on each See also:side (near the See also:modern See also:Castel di Guido) and remains of tombs, See also:inscriptions, &c., were excavated in 1823-1824. Two or three See also:miles farther See also:west was probably the See also:post-station of Bebiana, where inscriptions show that some sailors of the See also:fleet were stationed—no doubt a detachment of those at Centumcellae, which was reached by this road.

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