Janiculum

[ juh-nik-yuh-luhm ]

noun

1. a ridge near the Tiber in Rome, Italy.

Janiculum

/ dʒəˈnɪkjʊləm /

noun

1. a hill in Rome across the River Tiber from the Seven Hills

Other Words From

• Ja·nicu·lan adjective

Example Sentences

Verbenna down to Ostia hath wasted all the plain; Astur hath storm'd Janiculum, and the stout guards are slain.

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In 468, the people again withdrew to the Janiculum, demanding the remission of debts, and crying out against usury.

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Behind it rises the Janiculum, in front of it runs the Tiber, and on both sides of it are narrow lanes cut off by high walls.

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They did not say Janiculum was lost, but they left us perhaps deservedly uneasy on the point.

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He advanced towards the gate called Janiculum upon the Tiber, and drove the Romans out of the fort on the other side the river.

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