Tibur
Americannoun
noun
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The wily ambassadors then called the inhabitants of Tibur to their aid, and these pretended to give a great feast to welcome the flute-players.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by James M. Trotter
It is green Tibur, dew-fed Tibur, Tibur never arid, leisurely Tibur, breezy Tibur, Tibur sloping to the sun.
From Horace by William Tuckwell
This, however, must partly have been written in jest, as his finances were always sufficient to allow him to keep up a delicious villa, on the peninsula of Sirmio, and an expensive residence at Tibur.
From History of Roman Literature from its Earliest Period to the Augustan Age. Volume I by John Dunlop
Similar records of misplaced munificence might be produced from Bovianum and Beneventum, from Tibur and Perusia, and many another obscure Italian town.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Samuel Dill
The evidence for the theory that the cult came to Rome from Tibur is summarised by Wissowa, R.K. p.
From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler
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