CLOACA  , the Latin See also:

• TERM

term given to the sewers laid to drain the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low marshy grounds between the hills of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . The most important, which drained the See also:

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

forum, is known as the Cloaca See also:

• MAXIMA

Maxima and See also:

• DATES

dates from the 6th See also:

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

century B.C . This was to ft . 6 in. wide, 14 ft. high, and was vaulted with three consecutive rings of voussoirs in 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, the See also:

• FLOOR (from O. Eng. flor, a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch vloer, and Ger. Flur, a field, in the feminine, and a floor, masculine)

floor being paved with polygonal blocks of See also:

• LAVA

lava .