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• Servian Wall — The Servian Wall (in Latin: Murus Servii Tullii ) was a defensive barrier constructed around the city of Rome in the early 4th century BC. The wall was 3.6 m thick, 11 km long, and had more than a dozen gates.The Servian Wall is named after the… …   Wikipedia

• Сервия стена — (Servian Wall)Servian Wall, по легенде, стена, которой обнес Рим Сервий Туллий, полулегендарный шестой царь Древнего Рима (6в. до н.э.) …   Страны мира. Словарь

• Rome — For the civilization of classical antiquity, see Ancient Rome. For other uses, see Rome (disambiguation). Rome Roma    …   Wikipedia

• Servius Tullius — was the sixth legendary king of ancient Rome, and the second king of the Etruscan dynasty. The traditional dates of his reign are 578 535 BC. Described in one account as originally a slave, he is said to have married a daughter of Lucius… …   Wikipedia

• Porta Esquilina — The Porta Esquilina was a gate in the Servian Wall Platner, S.B. and Ashby, T. A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome . London: Humphrey Milford Oxford University, Press. 1929] and it dates back to the 6th century BC when the Servian Wall was …   Wikipedia

• Rome — /rohm/, n. 1. Harold (Jacob), born 1908, U.S. lyricist and composer. 2. Italian, Roma. a city in and the capital of Italy, in the central part, on the Tiber: ancient capital of the Roman Empire; site of Vatican City, seat of authority of the… …   Universalium

• Tenney Frank — (born Clay Center, Kansas, USA May 19, 1876; died April 3, 1939, in Oxford, England) was a prominent ancient historian and classical scholar.BiographyTenney Frank earned his A.B. at the University of Kansas in 1898 and A.M. the following year.… …   Wikipedia

• Aventine Hill — Infobox Hill of Rome name =Aventine Hill Latin name =Aventinus mons Italian name =Colle Aventino rione =Ripa buildings =Roman Forum, Circus Maximus people =Ancus Marcius, Lucius Opimius, Marcus Fulvius Flaccus, Naevius, Pope Sixtus III events… …   Wikipedia

• Servia — or Servian may refer to : * Historical English (via Greek language) term used in relation with Serbia, Serbs or the Serbian language * Servia, Greece * Servia, Indiana, United States * Servia, Washington, in Adams County, Washington, United… …   Wikipedia

• List of walls — This is a list of famous walls.Classical, Biblical, Byzantine Antiquity feudal era* Anastasian Wall in Turkey * Antonine Wall in Scotland, United Kingdom * Aurelian Walls of Rome * Ávila Walls, Spain * Barcelona Walls, Spain * Cairo great wall,… …   Wikipedia