Praeneste
Americannoun
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Italy's Ministry of Culture has designated the area as an archaeological park, now managed as part of the Musei e Parchi Archeologici di Praeneste e Gabii.
From Science Daily • Dec. 2, 2025
Praeneste, often mentioned by the classical writers, was an ancient religious center 23 miles east of Rome in the Sabine hills.
From Time Magazine Archive
At Tusculum or Tibur or Praeneste or Laurentum you might have longed for me in vain.
From Roads from Rome by Allinson, Anne C. E. (Anne Crosby Emery)
Then he went to Praeneste, and made all the inhabitants come outside and lay down their arms.
From The Gracchi Marius and Sulla Epochs of Ancient History by Beesley, A.H.
Conon, bishop of Praeneste, whose real name may have been Conrad, came to France as papal legate on at least two occasions.
From Historia Calamitatum by Abelard, Peter
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
