Praeneste

[ pree-nes-tee ]

noun
  1. ancient name of Palestrina.

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How to use Praeneste in a sentence

  • Cicero during his consulship speaks of one at Rome, and there were others before his time at Capua and Praeneste.

    The Private Life of the Romans | Harold Whetstone Johnston
  • More than one allusion indicates that the citizens of Praeneste were especially regarded as butts by the wits of Rome19.

  • Praeneste, on the other hand, which must formerly have been subject to the Æquians, now appears as an independent town.

  • Then with a hearty adieu to Scopus Beric placed himself at the head of his band and struck off by the road to Praeneste.

    Beric the Briton | G. A. Henty
  • We shall skirt round the foot of the hills, cross the Lyris below Praeneste, and then make straight to the mountains.

    Beric the Briton | G. A. Henty