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VELARIUM

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 974 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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VELARIUM , the See also:

CURTAIN

curtain or awning extended above the auditorium of the See also:

ROMAN

Roman theatres and amphitheatres to protect the spectators from See also:

sun and See also:

RAIN (O.E. regn; the word is common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Regen, Swed. and Dan. regn; it has been connected with Lat. rigare, to wet, Gr. 13pixeav)

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