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SESSA AURUNCA , a See also:town and episcopal see of See also:Campania, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Caserta, on the S.W. slope of the See also:extinct See also:volcano of Rocca Monfina, 27 M. by See also:rail W.N.W. of Caserta and 202 M. E. of See also:Formia by the See also:branch railway to Sparanise, 666 ft. above See also:sea-level. Pop. 5945 (town), 22,077 (See also:commune). It is situated on the site of the See also:ancient Suessa Aurunca, on a small affluent of the See also:Liri. The See also:- HILL
- HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
- HILL, A
- HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
- HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
- HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
- HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
- HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
- HILL, JAMES J
- HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
- HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
- HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
- HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
- HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)
hill on which Sessa lies is a See also:mass of volcanic tufa. The town contains many ancient remains, notably the ruins of an ancient See also:bridge in See also:brickwork of twenty-one See also:arches, of substructures in See also:opus reticulatum under the See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
church of S. Benedetto, of a See also:building in opus quadratum, supposed to have been a public See also:portico, under the monastery of S. Giovanni, and of an See also:amphitheatre. The Romanesque See also:cathedral is a See also:basilica with a vaulted portico and a See also:nave and two aisles begun in 1103, a See also:mosaic See also:pavement in the Cosmatesque See also:style, a See also:good See also:ambo resting on columns and decorated with mosaics showing traces of Moorish See also:influence, a See also:Paschal See also:candelabrum, and an See also:organ See also:gallery of similar style. The portal has curious sculptures with scenes from the See also:life of SS. See also:- PETER
- PETER (Lat. Petrus from Gr. irfpos, a rock, Ital. Pietro, Piero, Pier, Fr. Pierre, Span. Pedro, Ger. Peter, Russ. Petr)
- PETER (PEDRO)
- PETER, EPISTLES OF
- PETER, ST
Peter and See also:Paul. In the See also:principal streets are memorial stones with See also:inscriptions in See also:honour of See also:Charles V., surmounted by an old crucifix with a mosaic See also:cross. The hills of Sessa are celebrated for their See also:wine.
The ancient See also:chief town of the See also:Aurunci, Aurunca or Ausona, is believed to have lain over 2000 ft. above the level of the sea, on the narrow See also:south-western edge of the extinct See also:crater of Rocca Monfina. Here some remains of Cyclopean See also:masonry exist; but the See also:area enclosed, about zoo yds. by 50, is too small for anything but a detached fort. It See also:dates, doubtless, from a See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time See also:prior to See also:Roman supremacy. In 33 7 B.C. the town was abandoned, under the pressure of the Sidicini, in favour of the site of the See also:modern Sessa. The new town kept the old name until 313, when a Latin See also:colony under the name Suessa Aurunca was founded here. It was among the towns that had the right of coinage, and it manufactured carts, baskets, &c. See also:Cicero speaks of it as a See also:place of some importance. The triumviri settled some of their veterans here, whence it appears as Colonia Julia See also:Felix Classica Suessa. From inscriptions it appears that Matidia the younger, See also:sister-in-See also:law of See also:Hadrian, had See also:property in the See also:district. It was not on a highroad, but on a branch between the Via See also:Appia at See also:Minturnae and the Via See also:Latina
crater mentioned.
See A. Avena, Monumenti dell' Italia Meridionale (See also:Naples, 19o2), i. 181 sqq. (T. As.) SESSION (through Fr. from See also:Lat. sessio, sedere, to sit), the See also:act
of sitting or the See also:state of being seated, more generally the sitting together or See also:assembly of a See also:body, judicial, legislative, &c., for the transaction of its business, and also the time during which the body sits until its See also:adjournment or See also:dispersion. A session of See also:parliament is reckoned from its assembling till See also:prorogation; usually there is one session in each See also:year. In particular the See also:term is applied to the sittings of various judicial courts, especially criminal, such as the sessions of the Central Criminal See also:Court in See also:London. The sittings of the justices of the See also:peace or magistrates in the See also:United See also:Kingdom are " sessions of the peace " for the transaction of the judicial business committed to them by See also:statute or by their See also:commission. These are either " See also:petty sessions," courts of See also:summary See also:jurisdiction held by two or more justices of the peace or by a stipendiary or See also:metropolitan See also:police See also:magistrate under statute for the trial of such cases as are not of sufficient importance to be tried before See also:quarter-sessions, or for a preliminary inquiry into indictable offences (see See also:JUSTICE OF THE PEACE and SUMMARY JURISDICTION). The " See also:special sessions " of the justices are held for licensing purposes, styled " See also:Brewster sessions," or for carrying out the provisions of the See also:Highway Acts, &c. The only sessions which are " See also:general sessions " of the peace are now " quarter-sessions " (q.v.). The supreme court of See also:Scotland is termed the " Court of Session " (see See also:SCOT-See also:LAND), and the name is given in the Presbyterian church to the lowest ecclesiastical court, composed of the elders of the church presided over by the See also:minister.
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