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These mostly concerned the farming of provincial taxes and tithes, though they also covered the erection or restoration of numerous State-owned buildings and public facilities, from the refurbishment of latrines to circus bleachers, bridge making, basilicae.
Fortune's Favorites McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1993
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Clitumna had chosen an odd place to live, given her background: in a street of successful advocates and backbencher senators and middle-income knights, too low down on the Palatine Germalus to afford a view, yet conveniently close to the political and business hub of the city, the Forum Romanum and its surrounding basilicae and marketplaces and colonnades.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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Of course Marius spoke, to small groups and to large ones, in the Forum Romanum, in the Circus Flaminius, from the podiums of various temples, in the Porticus Metelli, in all the basilicae.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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Benedicti XIV et vaticana basilicae ornatus descriptione (Rome, 1749); BENEDICT
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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These were called oratoria, basilicae, martyria, or tituli minores, and were in no respect parish churches, because in them baptism could not be administered; moreover, on certain solemn days, the faithful were obliged to assist at Mass in the parish church.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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"The basilicae were then renewed in almost all the universe," Raoul Glaber wrote in his chronicle, and some of the finest monuments of medieval architecture date from that period: the wonderful old church of
Mutual Aid; a factor of evolution Petr Alekseevich Kropotkin 1881
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The tomb of Evrard, who laid the foundations (qui fundamenta hujus basilicae locavit), is not quite as it was.
Miscellaneous Studies; a series of essays Walter Pater 1866
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Upon what principle did the Romans, the wisest among the children of this world, leave so many inscriptions, as records of their power or their triumphs, upon columns, arches, temples, _basilicae_, or medals?
Autobiographical Sketches Thomas De Quincey 1822
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He might find himself courteously dismissed; he might be asked to go with his patron into the Forum Romanum or one of the basilicae to conduct a day’s public or private business; he might be deputed to perform some task for his patron.
The First Man in Rome McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1990
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Vaticanae basilicae cryptarum monumenta, Rome, 1828-40]
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Brownson-Clairvaux 1840-1916 1913
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