AUXIMUM (mod. Osimo)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V03,
Page 50
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
AUXIMUM (mod. Osimo)
, an ancient town in 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)
8 m. from the Adriatic, on the road from Ancona to Nuceria
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It was selected by the Romans as a fortress to protect their settlements in northern Picenum, and strongly fortified in 174 B.C
.
The walls erected at that 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)
, still exist in great part
.
Auximum became a colony at latest in 157 B.C
.
It often appears in the history of the civil wars, owing to its strong position
.
Pompey was its patron, and intended that Caesar should find resistance here in 49 B.C
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It appears to have been a place of some importance in imperial times, as inscriptions and the monuments of its forum (the present piazza) show
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In the 6th century it is called by Procopius the chief town of Picenum, Ancona being spoken of as its harbour
.
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