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See also:CAMERINO (anc. Camerinum)
, a See also:city and episcopal see (since 465, if not sooner; Treia is now combined with it) of the See also:Marches, See also:Italy, in the See also:province of See also:Macerata, 6 m
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S. of the railway station of Castelraimondo (to which there is an electric See also:tramway) which is 24 M
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W. of Macerata; 2148 ft. above See also:sea-level
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Pop
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(1901) of See also:town, 4o05; of See also:commune, 12,083
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The See also:cathedral is See also:modern, the older See also:building having fallen in 1799; the See also: Staatsrecht, iii . 664) . Two cohorts of Camertes fought with distinction under See also:Marius against the See also:Cimbri . It was much affected by the See also:conspiracy of See also:Catiline, and is frequently mentioned in the See also:Civil See also:Wars; under the See also:empire it was a See also:municipium . It belonged to ancient See also:Umbria, but was on the See also:borders of See also:Picenum . No ancient buildings are visible, the See also:Roman level lying as much as 30 ft. below the modern . See P . Savini, See also:Scoria della See also:Cilia di Camerino (2nd ed., Camerino, 1895) ; M . Mariani, Intorno agli antichi Camerti Umbri (Camerino, 1900) . (T . |
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