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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 833 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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MARZABOTTO , a See also:

VILLAGE

village of See also:

EMILIA

Emilia, See also:

Italy, in the See also:

province of See also:

Bologna, 17 M. S.S.W. of Bologna by See also:

RAIL

rail. Pop. (1901), 617 (village); 5272 (See also:

commune). It lies in the valley of the See also:

RENO

Reno, 443 ft. above See also:

sea-level. In and below the grounds of the See also:

VILLA

Villa See also:

ARIA (Ital. for " air ")

Aria, See also:

close to it, are the remains of an See also:

ETRUSCAN

Etruscan See also:

TOWN

town of the 5th See also:

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

century B.C., protected on the See also:

west by the mountains, on the See also:

east and See also:

south by the See also:

RIVER

river, which by 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 course has destroyed about See also:

HALF

half of it. The See also:

ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

acropolis was just below the villa: here remains of temples were found. The town See also:

LAY

lay below the See also:

MODERN

modern high-road and was laid out on a rectangular See also:

plan divided by See also:

main streets into eight quarters, and these in turn into blocks or insulae. Cemeteries were found on the east and See also:

north of the site. The name of the See also:

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

place is unknown: it was partially inhabited later by the Gauls, but was not occupied by the See also:

Romans. The discoveries of 1888-1889 (with references to previous See also:

WORKS

works) are described by E. Brizio in Monumenti dei Lincei (1891), i.

249 sqq. (T.

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