FLAMINIAN WAY

fləmĭnˈēən, one of the principal Roman roads, the greatest artery from Rome to Cisalpine Gaul. Construction was begun (220 b.c.) by Caius Flaminius. The road ran N from Rome to Narnia (modern Narni), to Mevania (Bevagna), NE to Nuceria (Nocera Umbria), thence N to the Burano River at Cales (Cagli), thence to the Metauro River, thence NE to Fanum Fortunae (Fano) on the Adriatic, thence along the coast NW to Ariminum (Rimini).

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History of the Later Roman Empire: From the Death of Theodosius I to the Death of Justinian - Vol. 2
Book by J. B. Bury; Dover Publications, 1958
Subjects: Byzantine Empire--History, Rome--History--Empire, 284-476
...northward, to the fortresses along the Flaminian Way, in the lands of Umbria and Picenum...capturing the Gothic capital. The Flaminian Way, which, traversing the Apennines...fortified hill towns to the west of the Flaminian Way, with the exception of Perusia...
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A History of the Roman People
Book by Fritz M. Heichelheim, Cedric A. Yeo; Prentice-Hall, 1962
Subjects: Rome--Civilization, Rome--History
...at Trasimene, he built the New Flaminian Way from Arezzo to Bologna. Not to...Rimini , the terminus of the Old Flaminian Way, through Bologna as far as...Arezzo where it joined the New Flaminian Way, thus providing a strategic...
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A Short History of Italy: From Classical Times to the Present Day
Book by H. Hearder, D. P. Waley; Cambridge University Press, 1963
Subjects: Italy--History
...the great military route of the Flaminian Way through the Apennines to the Adriatic...Throughout Roman history the Flaminian Way over the Apennines remained...interest in the control of the Flaminian Way. MILITARY CONTROL AND COLONIES...
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Goethe's Lyric Poems in English Translation after 1860
Book by Stella M. Hinz; University of Wisconsin, 1928
Subjects: Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von--1749-1832--Bibliography, Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von--1749-1832--Translations, English
...thou the shouting so merry, my love, the Flaminian way up?" 1878. Dyrsen, C8. "On the Flaminian road do you hear, my darling, the tumult...my love, the blithe shouts that from the Flaminian way come" 135. XIII. Amor bleibet ein...
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A Dictionary of the Bible: Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents, Including the Biblical Theology
Book by James Hastings, John A. Selbie; T. & T. Clark, 1904
Subjects: Bible--Dictionaries
...Paul was thinking of making his way to Ephesus already on his first journey...doubt that a person who went by this way as far as Antioch had as his aim simply...the Adriatic Sea, from Rome by the Flaminian Way, about 210 miles, to Ariminum...
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journal articles on: Flaminian Way  - 2 results

 
 
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Piranesi, Juvarra, and the Triumphal Bridge Tradition
Journal article by David R. Marshall; The Art Bulletin, Vol. 85, 2003
Subjects: Archaeology, Architecture, Art history, Renaissance period
...onto the right bank all the way to the Mausoleum of Hadrian...rebuild the Flaminian Road all the way to Ariminium Rimini, and assigned the rest of the high-ways to others who had been honoured...he himself looked after the Flaminian Way, since he was going to lead...
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The Poet and the Praetor: Travel Narratives from Early Second-century Italy
Journal article by Andrew Turner; Antichthon, Vol. 43, 2009
Subjects: Italy, Narratives, Poetry, Roman civilization, Travel
...estates, he was making his way to the city with a ponderous...and asserting that this is the way in which Trajan does it,34...can obtain verification of the ways in which the social factors...even if only in a negative way. The behaviour of the patrician...and all Rome to be seen on the Flaminian way? When shall the cavalry...


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newspaper articles on: Flaminian Way  - 2 results

 
 
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Billions of Valentine's Greetings Sent
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2009
...he is attending to the problems of his contituents as a way of showing his love not only on Valentines Day but throughout...signed it, "From Your Valentine." He was buried at the Flaminian Way in Rome, Italy where a basilica was built in his honor...
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Dateless? Pray for Love to Come - CBCP Priest
Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, February 14, 2011
...meant for marriage."There are other ways one can also express their love through...Your Valentine."He was buried on the Flaminian Way in Rome, Italy, where a basilica was...health care to patients."In the same way President Aquinos birthday was a regular...


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encyclopedia articles on: Flaminian Way  - 5 results

 
 
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Flaminian Way
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
FLAMINIAN WAY fl min e n, one of the principal Roman roads , the greatest artery from Rome to Cisalpine Gaul. Construction was begun (220...
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Roman Roads
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...mouth of the Tiber; the Praenestine Way SE to Praeneste; and the Latin Road or Latin Way to a point near Capua where it later joined the Appian Way , which was the first of the great highways. The Flaminian Way was the most important northern...
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Rome , City, Italy
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the Baths of Caracalla to the Appian Way. There, as in other places on the...del Popolo at the gate of the old Flaminian Way. East of the Piazza del Popolo are...those of Caracalla, near the Appian Way. At its height, imperial Rome counted...
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Milvian Bridge
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Milvius or Pons Mulvius. It was built by Marcus Aemilius Scaurus in 109 b.c. over the Tiber near Rome as part of the Flaminian Way . By defeating Maxentius here in a.d. 312, Constantine I became the unchallenged ruler of the West. It was here...
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Flaminius, Caius
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...barred from office by the occurrence of a bad omen. As censor (220) he constructed the Circus Flaminius and the Flaminian Way. In 218 he was the only senator to support the tribune Claudius in prohibiting senators and senators sons from possession...


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