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Narbonne

(Encyclopedia)Narbonne närbônˈ [key], city (1990 pop. 47,086), Aude dept., S France, near the Mediterranean coast. It is the commercial center of a wine-growing region and an industrial city producing sulfur, co...

Latin Road

(Encyclopedia)Latin Road: see Roman roads.

Latin Way

(Encyclopedia)Latin Way: see Roman roads.

Boece

(Encyclopedia)Boece, Roman philosopher: see Boethius. ...

Boetius

(Encyclopedia)Boetius, Roman philosopher: see Boethius. ...

Craiova

(Encyclopedia)Craiova kräyŏˈvä [key], city, SW Romania, in Walachia, on the Jiu River, a tributary of the ...

Frontinus

(Encyclopedia)Frontinus (Sextus Julius Frontinus) frŏntīˈnəs [key], fl. a.d. 74, Roman administrator and writer. As governor of Britain from a.d. 74 or a.d. 75 to a.d. 78, he reduced the Silures, a rebellious t...
 

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