See also:

• AUXIMUM (mod. Osimo)

AUXIMUM (mod. See also:

• OSIMO (anc. Auximum, q.v.)

Osimo)  , an See also:

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

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town in See also:

• PICENUM

Picenum, situated on an isolated 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 8 m. from the Adriatic, on the road from See also:

• ANCONA
• ANCONA, ALESSANDRO (1835– )

Ancona to Nuceria . It was selected by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans as a fortress to protect their settlements in See also:

• NORTHERN

northern Picenum, and strongly fortified in 174 B.C . The walls erected at that See also:

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

period, of large rectangular blocks of See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone, still exist in See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• PART

part . See also:

• AUXIMUM (mod. Osimo)

Auximum became a See also:

• COLONY (Lat. colonia, from colonus, a cultivator)

colony at latest in 157 B.C . It often appears in the See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• CIVIL

civil See also:

• WARS

wars, owing to its strong position . See also:

• POMPEY

Pompey was its See also:

• PATRON

patron, and intended that See also:

• CAESAR, GAIUS JULIUS (102—44 B.c.)
• CAESAR, SIR JULIUS (1557-1558-1636)

Caesar should find resistance here in 49 B.C . It appears to have been a See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place of some importance in imperial times, as See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions and the monuments of its See also:

• FORUM (Lat. from foris, " out of doors ")

forum (the See also:

• PRESENT

present piazza) show . In the 6th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century it is called by See also:

• PROCOPIUS

Procopius the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief town of Picenum, Ancona being spoken of as its See also:

• HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour . (T .