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Gaius Maenius, Roman statesman and general. Having completed (when consul in 338 BC) the subjugation of Latium, which with Campania had revolted against Rome, he was honored by a triumph, and a column was erected to him in the Forum. When censor in 318 BC, in order that the spectators might have more room for seeing the games that were celebrated in the Forum, he provided the buildings in the neighborhood with balconies, which were called after him maeniana. Jump to: navigation, search Roman or Romans has several meanings, primarily related to the Roman citizens, but also applicable to typography, math, and several geographic locations. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search Latium (Lazio in Italian) is a region of central Italy, bordered by Tuscany, Umbria, Abruzzo, Molise, Campania and the Tyrrhenian Sea. ...
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The Roman Forum (Forum Romanum, although the Romans referred to it more often as the Forum Magnum or just the Forum) was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, in which commerce, business, prostitution, cult and the administration of justice took place. ...
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Ancient sources: Festus, under Maeniana; Livy viii.13, ix.34; Pliny, Nat. Hist. xxxiv.II (5). For the town, see Festus, Missouri. ...
Bust of Livy Titus Livius (around 59 BC - 17 AD), known as Livy in English, wrote a monumental history of Rome, Ab urbe condita, from its founding (traditionally dated to 753 BC). ...
There are two famous persons named Pliny: Pliny the Elder, a Roman nobleman, scientist and historian who died in the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD The great-nephew of the former, Pliny the Younger, a statesman, orator, and writer who lived between 62 AD and 113 AD. This...
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