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

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And now the small troop rode forward past the place of ambush on the Flaminian Way, the King convincing himself that the Persian horsemen were in readiness upon both the wooded heights.

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At last they began the descent of a lofty hill, and the car glided into the road which is the old Flaminian Way, leading directly to the city.

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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.

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And they, by travelling over the Flaminian Way, arrived long before the barbarians.

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