Aquileia

American  

[ah-kwee-le-yah] / ˌɑ kwiˈlɛ jɑ /

noun

1. an ancient Roman city at the northern end of the Adriatic: founded in 181 b.c.; destroyed by Attila in a.d. 452.

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Aquileia British  

/ ˌækwɪˈliːə /

noun

1. a town in NE Italy, at the head of the Adriatic: important Roman centre, founded in 181 _bc Pop: 3329 (2001)

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Aquileia

"It was a fragment of Roman glass recovered near the ancient city of Aquileia Italy."

From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2023

Though it began as a celebration of the Venetians’ victory over Aquileia in 1162, the city eventually turned it into a pre-Lent festival.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 15, 2019

The church at Aquileia was rebuilt in the 11th century, and the Duomo of Trieste has been so altered as to lose its original Byzantine character.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

This led to some debate about their partition of the great Patriarchate of Aquileia, which extended from the province of Spalatro to that of Milan.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles

There exists, however, a tradition that before he went into Egypt he had founded the Church at Aquileia, and was thus, in some sort, the first bishop of the Venetian isles and people.

From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by Ruskin, John