Roman road - Types of Roads. Roman roads vary from simple corduroy roads to paved roads using deep roadbeds of tamped rubble as an underlying layer to ensure that they kept dry, as the water would flow out from between the stones and fragments of rubble, instead of becoming mud in clay soils. Prepared viae began in history as the streets of Rome. The laws of the Twelve Tables, dated to approximately 450 BC, specify that a road shall be 8 feet wide where straight and 16 where curved. The tables command Roma ...

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Roman road, Roman road - The Roman Road System, Roman road - Types of Roads, Roman road - Travelling a Road, Roman road - The Itinerary, Roman road - Construction of a Road, Roman road - The Team, Roman road - The Method, Roman road - Surpassing Obstacles, Roman road - Financing, Roman road - Some Roman roads, Roman road - Albania / Greece / Turkey, Roman road - France, Roman road - Italy, Roman road - Trans-Alpine Roads, Roman road - Romania, Roman road - Spain, Roman road - United Kingdom

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The city of Cambridge is an old English university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire. It lies approximately 50 miles (80 km) north-northeast of London and is surrounded by a number of smaller towns and villages. It is also at the heart of Silicon Fen, which has a reputation as the leading high-technology centre of Britain, mostly because both Acorn Computers and Sinclair were founded there, and is one of the majo ...

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• Cambridge - Beginnings of the University
• Cambridge - Cambridge today
• Cambridge - Government
• Cambridge - Local government
• Cambridge - MPs
• Cambridge - Transport
• Cambridge - Roads
• Cambridge - Rail
• Cambridge - Air
• Cambridge - Cycling
• Cambridge - Sport
• Cambridge - Fiction

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Appian Way - Between Rome and Lake Albano. The road began in the Forum Romanum, passed through the Servian Wall at the porta Capena, went through a cutting in the clivus Martis, and left the city. For this stretch of the road, the builders used the via Latina. The building of the Aurelian wall centuries later required the placing of another gate, the porta Appia. Outside of Rome the new via Appia went through well-to-do suburbs along the via Norba, the ancient track to the Alban hills, where Norba was situ ...

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Appian Way, Appian Way - The need for the road, Appian Way - The Samnites, Appian Way - The Pontine marshes, Appian Way - Colonization to the southeast, Appian Way - Appius Claudius, Appian Way - Construction of the road, Appian Way - Between Rome and Lake Albano, Appian Way - Across the marsh, Appian Way - Along the coast, Appian Way - Victorious outcome, Appian Way - Extension to Beneventum, Appian Way - Extension to Apulia and Calabria, Appian Way - Later times, Appian Way - Spartacus, Appian Way - Anzio, Appian Way - The road as an antique

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The major part of the Punic Wars, fought between the Punic Carthaginians and the Romans, was fought on Iberian lands. Rome gained control of the Iberian Peninsula in 201 BC after the defeat of Carthage in the Second Punic War. By then the Romans had adopted the Carthaginian name, romanized first as Ispania. The term later received an H, much like what happened with Hibernia, and was pluralized as Hispanias< ...

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Hispania, Hispania - Origin of the Name, Hispania - Prehistory and Early History, Hispania - Roman Hispania, Hispania - The Hispanias, Hispania - Later History, Hispania - Visigoths and Arabs, Hispania - Sources and References, Hispania - Modern sources in Spanish and Portuguese, Hispania - Other Modern sources, Hispania - Classical sources, Hispania - Exterior links

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Aude is a département in south-central France named after the Aude River. Aude - History. The Roman road Via Domitia crossed Aude in classical times. Aude was the center of the Cathars, a 10th-century Gnostic Christian sect. The present department was one of the original 83 departments created during the French Revolution on March 4, 1790. It was created from part of the former province of Languedoc. Aude - Geography. Aude is located between t ...

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• Aude - Tourism
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Brunhilda (in German) or Brunehaut (in French) (534-613) was a Frankish queen who ruled the East Frankish kingdoms of Austrasia and Burgundy in the names of her sons and grandsons. Initially known as a liberal ruler of great political acumen she became notorious for her cruelty and avarice. In some histories she is known as Brunhilde, or Brunechildis. She was born about 534, the daughter of the Visigoth king Athanagild of Spain and Ingonde, his queen. She married king Sigebert I of Austrasia, the grandson of Clovis, and joined him at Metz. Upon her marriage in 567 she ...

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• Brunhilda of Austrasia - Reigns
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• Brunhilda of Austrasia - Religion

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The Battle of Watling Street took place in AD 61 between an alliance of Briton tribes and the Romans. Though outnumbered by more than 5 to 1, the Romans held their ground against the Briton hordes and gained victory. The revolt had shaken Rome's hold on its new province, but victory secured Roman rule in Britain. Battle of Watling Street - Background. In AD 43, Rome invaded south-eastern Britain. The conquest was gradual. While some kingdoms were defeated militarily and occupied, others were for the ...

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The Apennine Mountains (Greek: Απεννινος; Latin: Appenninus--in both cases used in the singular; Italian: Appennini) is a mountain range stretching 1000 km from the north to the south of Italy along its east coast, traversing the entire peninsula, and forming, as it were, the backbone of the country. The name is probably derived from the Celtic pen, a mountain top: it originally belonged to the northern portion of the chain, from the Maritime Alps to Ancona; and Polybius is probably the first write ...

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• Apennine Mountains - Divisions
• Apennine Mountains - Northern Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Central Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Southern Apennines
• Apennine Mountains - Character
• Apennine Mountains - Geology
• Apennine Mountains - Mountains in the Appennine Range
• Apennine Mountains - Historical Significance

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This is a List of Ancient Rome-related topics, that aims to include aspects of both the Ancient Roman Republic and Roman Empire. For an overview of the subject, see Ancient Rome. For other articles not listed below, see Category:Ancient Rome and its subcategories. An index of important figures in Ancient Rome can be found in List of ancient Romans. The topics in this list cover the culture, society and history of the ancient Roman Republic and the ...

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• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Culture
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Economy and transportation
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - History
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Regional History
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Language
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Lists
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Military
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Places
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Politics
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Religion
• List of Ancient Rome-related topics - Miscellaneous

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Historically, burial at cross-roads was the method of disposing of executed criminals and suicides. At the cross-roads a rude cross usually stood, and this gave rise to the belief that these spots were selected as the next best burying-places to consecrated ground. The real explanation is that the ancient Teutonic peoples often built their altars at the cross-roads, and as human sacrifices, especially of criminals, formed part of the ritual, these spots came to be regarded as execution grounds. Hence after the introduction of Christia

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The Appian Way (Latin: Via Appia) is the most important Roman road. It was called regina viarum, "the queen of the roads." Its construction was started in 312 BC by the consul Appius Claudius Caecus on an existing track that connected Rome with the Alban Hills (this road has been thought to be the one that originally brought Latins from Alba Longa to the future capital). The original track of the Appian Way connected Rome (from Porta San Sebastiano in the Aurelian Walls, near the Baths of Caracalla) with Ariccia, Forum Appii, Terracina, Fondi, Formia, Minturnae (Mi ...

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The 1916 Battle of the Somme was one of the largest battles of the First World War, with more than one million casualties. The British and French forces attempted to break through the German lines along a 25 mile (40 km) front north and south of the River Somme in northern France. One purpose of the battle was to draw German forces away from the battle of Verdun; however, by its end the losses on the Somme had exceeded those at Verdun. The battle is best remembered for its first day, 1 July 1916, on which the British suffered 57,470 casualties of which 19,240 were killed or died of wounds. ...

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• Battle of the Somme 1916 - Prelude
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - The first day on the Somme
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - Aftermath of the first day
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - Battle of Bazentin Ridge
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - Pozières and Mouquet Farm
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - Attrition: August and September
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - Tank!
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - The final phase
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - Conclusion
• Battle of the Somme 1916 - Casualties

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A public house, usually known as a pub, is a drinking establishment found mainly in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and other countries influenced by British culture. A pub which offers lodging may be called an inn or hostelry. In Australia, pubs often bear the name of "Hotel", even though most no longer offer lodging (confusingly, those that do are generally called "Private Hotels"). Bar service is the norm. Public house - Overview. In the 1930s the Anglo-French writer Hi ...

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• Public house - Overview
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• Public house - Opening hours
• Public house - Pub games and sports
• Public house - Pub food
• Public house - Pub signs
• Public house - Pub names
• Public house - Pub chains
• Public house - Campaign for Real Ale
• Public house - Notable British public houses
• Public house - Pubs in British popular culture
• Public house - Pub music
• Public house - Theme pubs
• Public house - Irish public houses
• Public house - Compare with

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The City of Canterbury is a local government district with city status in Kent, England. The main settlement in the district is Canterbury, the seat of the Archbishop of Canterbury. It was formed on April 1, 1974 by the merger of the existing city of Canterbury with Whitstable and Herne Bay urban districts and Bridge-Blean Rural District. There are 26 parishes within the district (see link below), ...

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A mansion is a large and stately dwelling house. The word itself derives (through Old French) from the Latin word mansus the perfect passive participle of manere "to remain" or "to stay". In the Roman Empire, a mansio was an official stopping place on a Roman road, or via, where cities sprang up, and where the villas of provincial officials came to be placed. The English word "manse" originally defined a property large enough for the parish priest to maintain himself, but a mansion is no longer self-sustaining in this wa ...

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• Mansion - 19th century development
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• Mansion - Areas known for their mansions

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Verona (population est. 270,000) is an ancient town, episcopal see and province in the Veneto, Northern Italy. The ancient town, and the centre of the modern city, are in a loop of the Adige River near Lake Garda. Because of this position, the areas saw regular floodings until 1956. It was in that year that the Mori-Torbole tunnel was constructed, which provides 500 cubic meters of discharge from the Adige river to the Garda lake in case of flood danger. The tunnel reduced the risk of floodings from once every seventy years to once ev ...

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• Verona - Famous Veronese
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A milestone or kilometre sign is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in a median. Milestones are constructed both to reassure the traveller that the proper path is being followed and to indicate distance travelled. They are alternately known as a mile marker, milepost, or mile post (sometimes abbreviated MP), notably in the United States. The historical term milestone is still used today, even though the "stones" are typically metal signs. More closely spaced signs, with fractional numbers ...

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The Via Francigena was an important medieval road connecting Canterbury, England, with Rome via France and Switzerland. It is 1,200 miles (1,944 km) in length. The Via Francigena follows the old Roman road of the same name. Via Francigena - The pilgrimage to Rome. The Via Francigena was a major pilgrimage to Rome during the Medieval era, and is even so today. The route was founded in the 10th Century after Archbishop of Canterbury Sigeric the Serious documented his journey to see the Pope in Rome in ...

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List of roads and highways - Hong Kong. List of roads and streets in Hong Kong Hong Kong Highways ...

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List of roads and highways, List of roads and highways - International/World, List of roads and highways - Australia, List of roads and highways - Belgium, List of roads and highways - Brazil, List of roads and highways - Canada, List of roads and highways - Chile, List of roads and highways - China People's Republic of, List of roads and highways - Hong Kong, List of roads and highways - China Republic of Taiwan, List of roads and highways - Europe, List of roads and highways - France, List of roads and highways - Greece, List of roads and highways - Iceland, List of roads and highways - India, List of roads and highways - Iran, List of roads and highways - Ireland, List of roads and highways - Italy, List of roads and highways - Japan, List of roads and highways - South Korea, List of roads and highways - Malaysia, List of roads and highways - Mexico, List of roads and highways - The Netherlands, List of roads and highways - New Zealand, List of roads and highways - Pakistan, List of roads and highways - The Philippines, List of roads and highways - Poland, List of roads and highways - Romania, List of roads and highways - Russia, List of roads and highways - Singapore, List of roads and highways - South Africa, List of roads and highways - United Kingdom, List of roads and highways - United States, List of roads and highways - Summaries, List of roads and highways - Other relevant topics

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Merton historic parish - Early history. The village of Merton was located on the Roman road Stane Street which connected London to Chichester. Locally, the road ran in a direct line from the current Colliers Wood High Street to London Road, Morden, crossing the site of Sainsbury's Savacentre and the industrial estates. The name dates back at least to the 7th century when documents record its use. The translation of the name is usually given as "Fa ...

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Merton historic parish, Merton historic parish - Areas, Merton historic parish - History, Merton historic parish - Early history, Merton historic parish - 17th and 18th centuries, Merton historic parish - 19th century, Merton historic parish - 20th century, Merton historic parish - Heritage

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