TURNU SEVERIN  , the See also:

• CAPITAL (i.e. capital stock or fund)
• CAPITAL (Lat. caput, head)

capital of the See also:

• DEPARTMENT (Fr. departement, from departir, to separate into parts)

department of Mehedintzi, See also:

• RUMANIA
• RUMANIA, or ROUMANIA [Romdnia]

Rumania, on the See also:

• MAIN (from the Aryan root which appears in " may " and " might," and Lat. magnus, great)
• MAIN (Lat. Moenus)

main Walachian railway, and on the See also:

• LEFT

left See also:

• BANK

bank of the See also:

• RIVER

river See also:

• DANUBE (Ger. Donau, Hungarian Duna, Rumanian Dunarea, Lat. Danubius or Danuvius, and in the lower part of its course Ister)

Danube, below the See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron See also:

• GATES, HORATIO (1728-1806)

Gates cataracts . Pop . (1900), 18,628 . It is a See also:

• MODERN

modern commercial See also:

• TOWN

town, having a school of arts and crafts, several churches, and large See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government yards for the See also:

• BUILDING

building of river steamers, lighters and tug-boats . There is a considerable See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade in livestock, preserved See also:

• MEAT

meat, See also:

• PETROLEUM (Lat. Petra, rock, and oleuin, oil)

petroleum and cereals . The town, which was originally called Drobetae by the See also:

• ROMANS
• ROMANS, EPISTLE TO THE

Romans, took its later name of Turris Severi, or the " See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

Tower of See also:

• SEVERUS
• SEVERUS, SULPICIUS (c. 363–c. 425)

Severus," from a tower which stood on a small See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill surrounded by a deep See also:

• FOSSE (or Foss) WAY

fosse . This was built to commemorate a victory over the Quadi and See also:

• MARCOMANNI (i.e. men of the mark, or border)

Marcomanni, by the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor Severus (A.D . 222-235) . Near Turnu Severin are the remains of the celebrated See also:

• TRAJAN [MARCUS ULPIUS TRAJANUS] (A. D. 53-117)

Trajan's See also:

• BRIDGE

bridge, the largest in the Roman See also:

• EMPIRE

Empire, built in A.D . 103 by the architect See also:

• APOLLODORUS

Apollodorus of See also:

• DAMASCUS

Damascus . The river is about 4000 ft. broad at this spot . The bridge was composed of twenty See also:

• ARCHES, COURT OF

arches supported by See also:

• STONE
• STONE (0. Eng. shin; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Stein, Du. steen, Dan. and Swed. sten; the root is also seen in Gr. aria, pebble)
• STONE, CHARLES POMEROY (1824-1887)
• STONE, EDWARD JAMES (1831-1897)
• STONE, FRANK (1800-1859)
• STONE, GEORGE (1708—1764)
• STONE, LUCY [BLACKWELL] (1818-1893)
• STONE, MARCUS (184o— )
• STONE, NICHOLAS (1586-1647)

stone pillars, several of which are still visible at See also:

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

low See also:

• WATER

water .