See also:

• ALETRIUM (mod. Alatri)

ALETRIUM (mod. Alatri)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town of the See also:

• HERNICI

Hernici, about 6 m. due N. of Frusino, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, mentioned in 306 B.C. for its fidelity to See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . In See also:

• CICERO

Cicero's See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time it was a See also:

• MUNICIPIUM (Lat. munus, a duty or privilege, capere, to take)

municipium, and continued in this position throughout the imperial See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

period . It is chiefly remarkable for its finely preserved fortifications constructed of See also:

• TETRAHEDRAL

tetrahedral and polygonal blocks of See also:

• LOCAL

local See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone well jointed, with maximum dimensions of about 3 by 1 ft.; the See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• CIRCUIT (Lat. circuitus, from circum, round, and ire, to go)

circuit of the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city See also:

• WALL (O. Eng. weal, weall, Mid. Eng. wal, wane, adapted from Lat. vallum, rampart; the original O. Eng. word for a wall was wag or tenth)
• WALL, RICHARD (1694-1778)

wall See also:

• MEASURES

measures about 2 m . It is almost entirely an embanking wall, as is the See also:

• RULE

rule in the cities of this See also:

• PART

part of Italy, with a maximum height, probably, of about 30 ft . Two of the See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

gates (of which there were perhaps five) are still to some extent preserved, and three posterns are to be found . In the centre of the city rises a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill (1647 ft.) which was adopted as the citadel . Remains of the fortifications of three successive periods can be traced, of'which the last, perhaps a little more See also:

• RECENT

recent than that of the city wall, is the best preserved . In the first two periods the construction is rough, while in the third the blocks are very well and finely jointed, and the faces smoothed; they are mostly polygonal in See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form and are much larger (the maximum about ro by 6 ft.) than those of the city wall . A See also:

• FLAT (a modification of O. Eng. flet, an obsolete word of Teutonic origin, meaning the ground beneath the feet)

flat See also:

• SURFACE

surface was formed partly by smoothing off the See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock and partly by the erection of huge See also:

• TERRACE (Fr. terrace, terrasse, from It. terraccia, terrazzo, Lat. terra, earth)

terrace walls which rise to a height of over 50 ft., enclosing a roughly rectangular See also:

• AREA

area of 235 by 115 yds . Two approaches to the citadel were constructed, both passing through the wall; the openings of both are rectangular . The See also:

• ARCHITRAVE (from Lat. arcus, an arch, and trabs, trabem, a beam)

architrave of the larger, known as Porta di Civita, measures about 17 ft. in length, 5 ft. in height, 6 ft. in thickness; while that of the smaller is decorated with three phalli in See also:

• RELIEF

relief . Later, though probably in See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient times, a ramp was added on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side .

In the centre of the arx was a See also:

• BUILDING

building on the site of the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral, of which only a small portion is preserved . Remains of a high-pressure See also:

• AQUEDUCT (Lat. aqua, water, and ducere, to lead; Gr. apaymryeiov, apayeeywov, vlrovopos)

aqueduct, which supplied the town with See also:

• WATER

water and was constructed with other public buildings (Corp . Inscr . See also:

• LAT

Lat. x., See also:

• BERLIN
• BERLIN, CONGRESS AND TREATY OF
• BERLIN, ISAIAH (1725–1799)

Berlin, 1883, p . 5807) by L . Betilienus Varus, may still be traced . A See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple was excavated in 1889 about :1m. to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of the town, and many fragments of the painted terra-cottas with which it was decorated were found . A reconstruction of it has been erected in the Museo di See also:

• VILLA

Villa Giulia at Rome . The present town (pop. in 1Q01, 15,322) has a picturesque aspect, and contains many buildings in the See also:

• GOTHIC

Gothic See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style . See R . Bassel, Centralblatt der Bauverwaltung, 1881, I21, p . 134; H .

Winnefeld, Ramische Mitteilungen, 1889, 126; G . Fiorelli in Notizie degli Scavi, 1882, 417 . (T .