VEROLI (anc. Verulae)
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Originally appearing in Volume
V27,
Page 1033
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also:VEROLI (anc. Verulae)
, a See also:town and episcopal see of the See also:province of See also:Rome, See also:Italy, to m. by road N.E. of See also:Frosinone, 187o ft. above See also:sea-level
.
Pop
.
(19o1) 2622 (town);' 12,655 (See also:commune)
.
The town is situated on a 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 in a strong position with a See also:fine view, on the site of the See also:ancient Hernican town of Verulae, 7 M
.
S.E. of See also:Aletrium
.
It retains remains of its ancient polygonal See also:enceinte, especially near the See also:summit of the hill, later occupied by a See also:medieval See also:castle
.
It is hardly mentioned in See also:history: we know that it became a See also:municipium in 90 B.C
.
The See also:cathedral See also:treasury contains the See also:breviary of S
.
See also:- LOUIS
- LOUIS (804–876)
- LOUIS (893–911)
- LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
- LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian
Louis of See also:Toulouse, and some interesting reliquaries, one in See also:ivory with bas-reliefs, and two in the See also:Gothic See also:style, of See also:silver gilt
.
End of Article: VEROLI (anc. Verulae)
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