SENTINUM  , an See also:

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

ancient See also:

• TOWN

town of See also:

• UMBRIA
• UMBRIA ('Opj3pucrl)

Umbria, See also:

• ITALY
• ITALY (Italia)

Italy, lying to the S. of the See also:

• MODERN

modern town of Sassoferrato, in the See also:

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

low ground . The See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of the See also:

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

city walls are preserved, and a road and remains of houses have been discovered, including several See also:

• MOSAIC (corresponding to Lat. opus musivum, from Gr. µovoeiov, an artificial grotto often decorated with mosaics; the word is only found in the sense of mosaic in late Greek, which generally uses k oXI yrlµa)

mosaic pavements (T . Buccolini in Notizie degli scavi, 1890, 346) and See also:

• INSCRIPTIONS (from Lat. inscribere, to write upon)

inscriptions of the latter See also:

• HALF

half of the 3rd See also:

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

century A.D., including three important tabulae patronatus . In the neighbourhood the See also:

• BATTLE

battle took See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place in which the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans defeated the combined forces of the See also:

• SAMNITES

Samnites and Gauls in 295 B.C . It was taken and destroyed in 41 B.C. by the troops of Octavian, but continued to exist under the See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire . It was, however, only a See also:

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

municipium, never (as some wrongly suppose) a colonic . Sassoferrato gave its name to Giambattista Salvi, surnamed Sassoferrato (16o5-1685), a painter celebrated for his Madonnas .