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OCRICULUM (mod. Otricoli)

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 992 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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OCRICULUM (mod. Otricoli) , an See also:ancient See also:town of See also:Umbria, See also:Italy, on the Via See also:Flaminia, near the E. See also:bank of the See also:Tiber, 44 M. N. of See also:Rome and 12 M. S. of Narnia. It concluded an See also:alliance with Rome in 308 B.C. The See also:modern See also:village lies higher than the ancient town, and excavations on the site of the latter in 1775 and following years led to the See also:discovery of the See also:baths, a See also:theatre, a See also:basilica and other buildings. In the baths were found a number of See also:works of See also:art, now in the Vatican, notably the See also:mosaic See also:pavement of the See also:Sala della Rotonda, and the celebrated See also:head of See also:Zeus and the head of See also:Claudius in the same See also:room. An See also:amphitheatre is still visible, but the other buildings have in the See also:main been covered up again.

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