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decumani (main streets, <streets by location or context>, ... Built Environment (hierarchy name)) |
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Note: Designates the east-west streets used in laying out ancient Roman countryside tracts and associated towns and thus, by extension, the main east-west streets, distinguished by greater width and scale of appointments, of planned Roman towns. |
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decumani (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
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decumani (Dutch-P,D,U,U)
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decumanus (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
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decumanus (Spanish-P,D,U,B)
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decumanus (Dutch,AD,U,U)
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Decumanus (C,V,German-P,D,SN)
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Decumani (C,V,German,AD,PN)
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Facet/Hierarchy Code: V.RM |
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.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G) |
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........ Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ) (G) |
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............ open spaces (G) |
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................ <open spaces by function> (G) |
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.................... transportation spaces (G) |
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........................ roads (G) |
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............................ <roads by form> (G) |
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................................ streets (G) |
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.................................... <streets by location or context> (G) |
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........................................ main streets (G) |
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............................................ decumani (G) |
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Dutch ..... Aanduiding voor de oost-west-as die de oude Romeinen gebruikten bij het opmeten en indelen van stukken land waarop ze steden wensten te bouwen, en, bij uitbreiding, ook voor de belangrijkste, lees de breedste en meest grootschalige straten die van oost naar west lopen in regelmatig aangelegde Romeinse steden. |
German ..... Bezeichnet die in Ost-West-Richtung verlaufenden Straßen, die bei der Anlage der antiken römischen Landstriche und der dazugehörigen Städte verwendet wurden, und somit im weiteren Sinne die Hauptstraßen in Ost-West-Richtung, die sich durch eine größere Breite und einen größeren Ausstattungsgrad der geplanten römischen Städte auszeichnen. |
Spanish ..... Designa una calle este-oeste utilizada en la disposición de las parcelas del campo y ciudades asociadas de la antigua Roma y, por tanto, por extensión, la calle principal este-oeste, distinguida por su mayor anchura y escala de cargos, de las ciudades planificadas de Roma. |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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[AAT-Ned, CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP] |
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AAT-Ned (1994-) |
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Boethius, Etruscan and Early Roman Architecture (1978) GLOS |
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Brilliant, Roman Art (1974) IND |
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Castaglion, Orthogonal Town Planning in Antiquity (1971) 10 |
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Hermansen, Ostia (1981) Vol. 2, GLOS |
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Mumford, La Ciudad en la Historia (1966) |
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Robertson, Handbook of Greek and Roman Architecture (1929) GLOS |
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Stierling, El Imperio Romano (2004) 48 |
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Winkler Prins Encyclopedie (1990) |
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