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Flaminian Way

American  
[fluh-min-ee-uhn] / fləˈmɪn i ən /

noun

  1. an ancient Roman road extending N from Rome to what is now Rimini. 215 miles (345 km) long.


Flaminian Way British  
/ fləˈmɪnɪən /

noun

  1. Latin name: Via Flaminia.  an ancient road in Italy, extending north from Rome to Rimini: constructed in 220 bc by Gaius Flaminius. Length: over 322 km (200 miles)

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There were casinos and wine houses on the slopes of Monte Mario—whose summit was occupied even at that time by a villa belonging to the Mellini—and on the hills beyond the Flaminian Way.

From Lucretia Borgia According to Original Documents and Correspondence of Her Day by Gregorovius, Ferdinand

The Imperial generals pressed northwards along the Flaminian Way.

From Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation by Hodgkin, Thomas

"I infer," I said, "that she told you of our encounter on the Flaminian Way."

From Andivius Hedulio Adventures of a Roman Nobleman in the Days of the Empire by White, Edward Lucas

Agrippa also brought the Aqua Virgo into the city to supply his baths, conveying it on pillars across the Flaminian Way, the future Corso.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

Concerning prices along the Flaminian Way 470 13.

From The Letters of Cassiodorus Being A Condensed Translation Of The Variae Epistolae Of Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus Senator by Hodgkin, Thomas

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