See also:

• RIETI (anc. Reate)

RIETI (anc. Reate)  , a See also:

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

city and episcopal see of See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, in the See also:

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

province of See also:

• PERUGIA (anc. Perusia)

Perugia, 251 M. by See also:

• RAIL

rail and 15 M. See also:

• DIRECT

direct S.S.E. of See also:

• TERNI (anc. Interamna Nahars)

Terni, which is 70 M. by rail from See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome . Pop . (1901) 14,145 (See also:

• TOWN

town), 17,716 (See also:

• COMMUNE (Med. Lat. communia, Lat. communis, common)
• COMMUNE, MEDIEVAL

commune) . It occupies a See also:

• FINE

fine position 1318 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 on the right See also:

• BANK

bank of the Velino (a torrent sub-tributary to the See also:

• TIBER (anc. Tiberis; Ital. Tevere)

Tiber), which at this point issues from the See also:

• LIMESTONE

limestone See also:

• PLATEAU (a French term, older platel, for a flat piece of wood, metal, &c., from plat, flat)
• PLATEAU, JOSEPH ANTOINE FERDINAND (1801-1883)

plateau; the old town occupies the declivity and the new town spreads out on the level . While with its See also:

• QUAINT (O. Fr. cointe, from Lat. cognitus, known, probably influenced by association with Lat. corn plus, neat)

quaint red-roofed houses, its old town walls (restored about 1250), its See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle, its See also:

• CATHEDRAL

cathedral (13th and 15th centuries), its episcopal See also:

• PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace (1283), and its various churches and convents See also:

• RIETI (anc. Reate)

Rieti has no small amount of See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval picturesqueness; it also displays a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• DEAL

deal of See also:

• MODERN

modern activity in See also:

• VINE

vine and See also:

• OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive growing and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-breeding . The fertility of the neighbourhood is celebrated both by See also:

• VIRGIL (PUBLIUS VERGILIUS MARC)
• VIRGIL, POLYDORE (c. 1470-1555)

Virgil and by See also:

• CICERO

Cicero . A See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge over the Turano, and the Palazzo Vincentini by Vignola deserve to be mentioned . Reate was reached from Rome by the Via See also:

• SALARIA, VIA

Salaria (q.v.), which may originally have ended there, and a See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch road ran from it to Interamna . While hardly mentioned in connexion with the Punic or See also:

• CIVIL

Civil See also:

• WARS

Wars, Reate is described by See also:

• STRABO (born c. 63 n.c.)

Strabo as exhausted by these See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long contests . Its inhabitants received the Roman See also:

• FRANCHISE (from 0. Fr. franchise, freedom, franc, free)

franchise at the same 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 with the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the Sabines (290 B.C.), but it appears as a praefectura and not as a See also:

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

municipium down to the beginning of the See also:

• EMPIRE

empire . It was never made a colonia, though veterans of the Praetorian guard and of the eighth (See also:

• AUGUSTA

Augusta) and ninth legions were settled there by See also:

• VESPASIAN

Vespasian, who belonged to a Reatine See also:

• FAMILY

family and was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in the neighbourhood . For the contests of the Reatines with the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Interamna see TERNI .

In 1148 the town was besieged and captured by See also:

• ROGER (d. 1139)
• ROGER (d. 1181)

Roger I. of See also:

• SICILY (Ital. Sicilia)

Sicily . In the struggle between 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 and empire it always held with the former; and it defied the forces of See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick II. and See also:

• OTHO, MARCUS SALVIUS (32-69)

Otho IV . See also:

• POPE (Gr. irarraas, post-classical Lat. papa, father)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1688–1744)
• POPE, ALEXANDER (1763-1835)
• POPE, JANE (1742-1818)
• POPE, JOHN (1822-1892)
• POPE, SIR THOMAS (c. 1507-1559)

Pope See also:

• NICHOLAS
• NICHOLAS (1841– )
• NICHOLAS (or NICLAES), HENRY (or HENDRIK) (c. 1501-C. 158o)
• NICHOLAS, SIR EDWARD (1593-1669)
• NICHOLAS, ST

Nicholas IV. long resided at Rieti, and it was there he crowned See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles II. of See also:

• ANJOU

Anjou See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of the Two Sicilies . In the 14th See also:

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

century See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert, and afterwards See also:

• JOANNA (1479-1555)

Joanna, of See also:

• NAPLES
• NAPLES (Ital. Napoli, and Lat. Neapolis)
• NAPLES, KINGDOM OF

Naples managed to keep See also:

• POSSESSION
• POSSESSION (Lat. possessio, possidere, to possess)

possession of Rieti for many years, but it returned to the States of the Church under See also:

• GREGORY
• GREGORY (Gregorius)
• GREGORY (Grigorii) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1734-1783)
• GREGORY, EDWARD JOHN (1850-19o9)
• GREGORY, OLINTHUS GILBERT (1774—1841)
• GREGORY, ST (c. 213-C. 270)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NAZIANZUS (329–389)
• GREGORY, ST, OF NYSSA (c.331—c. 396)
• GREGORY, ST, OF TOURS (538-594)

Gregory IX . About the See also:

• YEAR

year 1500, the liberties of the town, long defended against the encroachments of the popes, were entirely abolished . An See also:

• EARTHQUAKE

earthquake in 1785 was in 1799 followed by the much more disastrous pillage of Rieti by the papal troops for a space of fourteen days .