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SPINA (
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Lat. for a
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thorn, or prickle, also backbone, whence spine)  , in
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architecture, the
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term given to the
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low
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podium
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wall which divided the
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circus of the
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Romans and
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round which the chariots ran; at each end of it was the
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meta or
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goal . On coins, gems and bas-reliefs it is shown with numerous other features on it, such as obelisks (of which those from the
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spina of the Circus
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Maximus are now in the piazzas of the Lateran and del Popolo), small
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aedicula or pairs of columns carrying an
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entablature, altars, statues, trophies, &c .

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