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Originally appearing in Volume V17, Page 9 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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LORIUM  , an

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ancient
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village of
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Etruria,
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Italy, on the Via
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Aurelia, 12 M . W. of
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Rome .
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Antoninus
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Pius, who was educated here, afterwards built a
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palace, in which he died . It was also a favourite haunt of
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Marcus Aurelius . Remains of ancient buildings exist in the neighbourhood of the road on each
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side (near the
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modern
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Castel di Guido) and remains of tombs,
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inscriptions, &c., were excavated in 1823-1824 . Two or three
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miles farther
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west was probably the
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post-station of Bebiana, where inscriptions show that some sailors of the
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fleet were stationed—no doubt a detachment of those at Centumcellae, which was reached by this road .

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