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11CURSUS — I. CURSUS Graece Δρόμος, in Aegyptiorum templis, dictum est in ingressu eorum pavimentum, Latitudine iugeri aut paulo minus, Longitudine triplâ, aut quadruplâ, apud Callimachum. Λιθόςτρωτον vocat Strabo, l. 17, post quam partem erat Προπύλαιον… …
12FUNALES Equi — qui hodie in curru quadriiugo praecedunt, subsequentibus iugalibus, olim sic disponebantur, ut in medio duo iugales irent et ad latera duo funales utrinque essent loro adnexi, sicque equi quatuor aequatâ fronte procederent, Euripid, Iphig. in… …
13MISSUM et MISSARIUM — infimae Latinitati praemium certaminis est, seu praemium missibus propositum. Glossae, ἆθλον, missum, cum quo missus equorum inepte confudit Ioa. Lydius, qui missus βραβεῖα ex posuit Missus enim equorum in Circensibus, missio fuit, quarum… …
14quadriga — [kwä drī′gə] n. pl. quadrigae [kwä drī′gē, kwä drī′jē] [L, sing. of quadrigae, team of four < quadri (see QUADRI ) + jugum,YOKE] in ancient Rome and Greece, a two wheeled chariot drawn by four horses abreast …
15Chariot racing — A modern recreation of chariot racing in Puy du Fou. Chariot racing (Greek: ἁρματοδρομία/harmatodromia, Latin: ludi circenses) was one of the most popular ancient Greek, Roman and Byzantine sports. Chariot racing …
16Quadriga — A quadriga (Latin quadri , four, and jungere , to yoke) is a car or chariot drawn by four horses abreast (the Roman equivalent of Greek Tethrippon). It was raced in the Olympic Games and other games. It is represented in profile as the chariot of …
17Augustan History — The Augustan History (Lat. Historia Augusta ) is a late Roman collection of biographies, in Latin, of the Roman Emperors, their junior colleagues and usurpers of the period 117 to 284. It presents itself as an assemblage of works by six different …
18Baths of Diocletian — The basilica of Santa Maria degli Angeli e dei Martiri, built in the tepidarium of the baths The Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani) in Rome were the grandest of the public baths, or thermae built by successive emperors. Diocletian s Baths …
19Monument to Vittorio Emanuele II — The Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II (National Monument of Victor Emmanuel II) or Altare della Patria (Altar of the Fatherland) or Il Vittoriano is a monument to honour Victor Emmanuel, the first king of a unified Italy. It is located… …
20Contorniate — A contorniate, or contourniate, is a species of medal or medallion of bronze, having a deep furrow on the contour or edge, as if the object had been turned in the lathe. Contourniated medallions were supposed to have been struck in the days of… …
