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... ancient FERENTINUM , town and episcopal see , Frosinone province , Lazio ( Latium ) region , central Italy , on a spur com- manding the Sacco Valley and the Via Casili- na ( the ancient Roman road Via Latina ) , 46 mi ( 65 km ) ...
... ancient FERENTINUM , town and episcopal see , Frosinone province , Lazio ( Latium ) region , central Italy , on a spur com- manding the Sacco Valley and the Via Casili- na ( the ancient Roman road Via Latina ) , 46 mi ( 65 km ) ...
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... ancient Gaelic manuscripts ( e.g. , The Annals of the Four Masters ) made possible the reading of Ireland's ancient litera- ture . Heroic tales caught the imagination of the educated middle and upper middle classes . Anglo - Irish poets ...
... ancient Gaelic manuscripts ( e.g. , The Annals of the Four Masters ) made possible the reading of Ireland's ancient litera- ture . Heroic tales caught the imagination of the educated middle and upper middle classes . Anglo - Irish poets ...
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... ancient 8 : 324 . Ancient Greece was the parent culture of Europe . No other people of antiquity exhibited such a wide range of genius or left such a vigorous legacy . The probing attitude of mind that ena- bled the Greeks to make major ...
... ancient 8 : 324 . Ancient Greece was the parent culture of Europe . No other people of antiquity exhibited such a wide range of genius or left such a vigorous legacy . The probing attitude of mind that ena- bled the Greeks to make major ...
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