Praeneste
[ pree-nes-tee ]
noun
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 JohnstonMore than one allusion indicates that the citizens of Praeneste were especially regarded as butts by the wits of Rome19.
The Roman Poets of the Republic | W. Y. SellarPraeneste, 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. HentyWe 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
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