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FORLIMPOPOLI (anc. Forum Popillii)

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Originally appearing in Volume V10, Page 666 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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FORLIMPOPOLI (anc.
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Forum Popillii)  , a
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village of
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Emilia,
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Italy, in the
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province of Forli, from which it is 5 M . S.E. by
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rail, 105 ft. above
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sea-level . Pop . (1901) 2299 (
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town); 5795 (
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commune) . The
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ancient
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Forum Popillii, a station on the Via Aemilia, was destroyed by Grimuald in 672 . Whether its site is occupied by the
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present town is not certain; the former should perhaps be sought a mile or so farther to the S.E., where were found most of the
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inscriptions of which the
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place of
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discovery is certain .
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Forlimpopoli was again destroyed by
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Cardinal
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Albornoz in 136o, and rebuilt by Sinibaldo Ordelaffi, who constructed the well-preserved
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medieval
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castle (1380), rectangular with four circular towers at the corners . (T .

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