Caelian
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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Caelian: When tour groups swarm down Via dei Fori Imperiali toward the Colosseum, I diverge.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 11, 2019
But inside the big military hospital on the Caelian Hill overlooking the Colosseum, a lone middle-aged woman moved with purpose.
From Time Magazine Archive
Silius having been a senator and a man of other official standing, the procession passes from the Caelian Hill along the Sacred Way to the Forum, as far as the Rostra or speaking-platform.
From Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul by Tucker, T. G. (Thomas George)
The poet knew that he need not extend their walk to the other so-called hills, which come down as spurs from the plain of the Campagna,—Quirinal, Esquiline, Caelian.
From Social life at Rome in the Age of Cicero by Fowler, W. Warde
He entered his silent home on the Caelian, and began a life of dispirited idleness.
From Veranilda by Gissing, George
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