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Marching through Thuringia, he came to the plains of Saxony adjoining the rivers Elbe and Saale; he laid waste the fields of the eastern Saxons, burned their villae and then returned from Schôningen - such was the name of the place - to Francia.

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Medieval Warfare in the reign of Charlemagne 2009

They had all come off unscathed, and they devastated enemy territory far and wide, penetrating as far as the largest of the enemy villae, Villa-Rubea by name; they took an enormous quantity of booty there since their foes were taken by surprise, never having dreamed of anything like this.

De Re Militari: The Society for Medieval Military History » Medieval Warfare in the reign of Charlemagne 2009

Most of the exhibition's artifacts come from three spectacularly appointed villae marittimae, or seaside villas -- the Villa San Marco, Villa Arianna, and Villa del Pastore.

Museums: Vesuvian Villas 2004

But it also permits these tiny fragments of milk fat to easily pass through the villae of the small intestine, greatly increasing the amount of denatured fat and cholesterol absorbed by the body.

The Tao of Health, Sex and Longevity Daniel Reid 1989

But as Malcolm received from William twelve _villae_ in England, it is, at least, doubtful whether Malcolm paid homage for these alone or also for Lothian and Cumbria, or for either of them.

An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait

There is, at all events, no question about the _villae_.

An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait

Rufus confirmed to Malcolm the grant of twelve _villae_, and Malcolm in turn gave the English king such homage as he had given to his father.

An Outline of the Relations between England and Scotland (500-1707) Robert S. Rait

The disappearance of slavery begins with the establishment as the fundamental unit of production of those great landed estates which were known to the Romans as _villae_ and were cultivated by slaves.

Hilaire Belloc The Man and His Work C. Creighton Mandell 1922

'Johannes Barton de Holme juxta Newarke, Stapulae villae Carlisiae marcator,' and ordains 'Volo quod Thomas filius meus Johannem Tamworth fieri faciat liberum hominem Stapulae Carlis,' _ibid_., p. 62. 39.

Medieval People Eileen Edna Power 1914

Iuli iugera pauca Martialis hortis Hesperidum beatiora longo Ianiculi iugo recumbunt: lati collibus imminent recessus et planus modico tumore vertex caelo perfruitur sereniore et curvas nebula tegente valles solus luce nitet peculiari: puris leniter admoventur astris celsae culmina delicata villae. hinc septem dominos videre montes et totam licet aestimare Romam,

Post-Augustan Poetry From Seneca to Juvenal Harold Edgeworth Butler 1914