See also:

• CORI (anc. Cora)

CORI (anc. Cora)  , a See also:

• TOWN

town and episcopal see of the See also:

• PROVINCE
• PROVINCE (Lat. provincia; perhaps a contraction of providentia)

province of See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, 36 m, S.E. by See also:

• RAIL

rail from the town of Rome, on the See also:

• LOWER

lower slopes of the Volscian mountains, 1300 ft. above See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-level . Pop . (r9or) 6463 . It occupies the site of the See also:

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

ancient Volscian town of Cora, the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of which is by classical authors variously ascribed to Trojan settlers, to the Volscians (with a later admixture of Latins), and to the Latins themselves . The last is more probable (though in that See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case it was the only town of the Prisci See also:

• LATINI, BRUNETTO (c. 1210-C. 1294)

Latini in the Volscian hills), as it appears among the members of the Latin See also:

• LEAGUE

league . Coins of Cora exist, belonging at latest to 350–250 B.C . It was devastated by the partisans of See also:

• MARIUS, GAIUS (r55–86 B.c.)

Marius during the struggle between him and See also:

• SULLA, LUCIUS CORNELIUS (138–78 B.C.)

Sulla . Before the end of the See also:

• REPUBLIC (Lat. respublica, a commonweal or common-wealth)

Republic it had become a See also:

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

municipium . It See also:

• LAY

lay just above the older road from Velitrae to See also:

• TERRACINA (Lat. Tarracina, Volsc. Anxur)

Terracina, which followed the See also:

• FOOT

foot of the Volscian hills, but was 6 m. from the Via See also:

• APPIA, VIA

Appia, and it is therefore little mentioned by classical writers . It is comparatively often spoken of in the 4th See also:

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

century, but from that 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 to the 13th we hear hardly anything of it, as though it had almost ceased to exist . The remains of the See also:

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

city walls are considerable three different enceintes, one within the other, enclose the upper and lower town and the See also:

• ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

acropolis . They are built in Cyclopean See also:

• WORK

work, and different parts vary considerably in the roughness or fineness of the jointing and hewing of the blocks; but explorations at See also:

• NORBA

Norba (q.v.) have proved that inferences as to their relative antiquity based upon such considerations are not to be trusted .

There is a See also:

• FINE

fine single-arched See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, now called the See also:

• PONTE (Ital. for " bridge ")

Ponte della Catena, just outside the town on the way to Norba, to which an excessively See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early date is often assigned . At the See also:

• SUMMIT

summit of the town is a beautiful little Doric See also:

• TETRASTYLE (Gr. ehpa-, four, and ari)aos, a column)

tetrastyle See also:

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

temple, belonging probably to the 1st century B.C., built of See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone with an inscription recording its erection by the duumviri . It is not known to what deity it was dedicated; and there is no foundation for the assertion that the See also:

• PORPHYRY (IlopcPisptos) (A.D. 233-c. 304)

porphyry statue of See also:

• MINERVA

Minerva (or See also:

• ROMA

Roma) now in front of the Palazzo del Senatore, at Rome, was found here in the 6th century . Lower down are two columns of a Corinthian temple dedicated to See also:

• CASTOR

Castor and See also:

• POLLUX, JULIUS
• POLLUX, or POLLUCITE

Pollux, as the inscription records . The See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church of See also:

• SANTA

Santa See also:

• OLIVA, FERNAN PEREZ DE (1492?-1530)

Oliva stands upon the site of a See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• BUILDING

building . The See also:

• CLOISTER (Lat. claustrum; Fr. cloitre; Ital. chiostro; Span. claustro; Ger. Kloster)

cloister, constructed in 1466-148o, is in two storeys; the capitals of the columns are finely sculptured by a Lombard artist (G . Giovannoni in L'Arte, r906, p. ro8) . There are remains of several other ancient buildings in the See also:

• MODERN

modern town, especially of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of large cisterns probably belonging to the imperial See also:

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

period . Some interesting frescoes of the Roman school of the 15th century are to be found in the See also:

• CHAPEL

chapel of the Annunziata outside the town (F . Hermanin in L'Arte, 1906, p . 45) . See G .

B . See also:

• PIRANESI, GIOVANNI BATTISTA

Piranesi, Antichita di Cora (Rome, n.d., c . 1770) ; A . Nibby, Analisi della Carta dei Dintorns. di Roma (Rome, 1848), i . 487 seq . (T .