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	Decumanus Maximus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The main decumanus was the Decumanus Maximus that normally connects the Porta Pretoria (in a military camp, closest to the enemy) to the Porta Decumana (away from the enemy).
		In the middle the Decumanus Maximus crosses the perpendicular Cardo or Cardus Maximus, the primary north-south road that was the usual main street.
		The Forum is normally located at this intersection of the Decumanus Maximus and the Cardus Maximus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Decumanus (130 words)

	Decumanus Maximus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The main decumanus is the Decumanus that normally connects the Porta Pretoria (in military camp closest to the enemy) to Porta Decumana (away from the enemy).
		Microcosm and Mediator: The Theological Anthropology of Maximus the Confessor
		Maximus the Confessor lived during the time when the eastern half of the One Holy Apostolic Catholic Church was battling a heresy called the Monothelite controversy dealing between the unity or duality of will in relation to nature.
	www.freeglossary.com /Decumanus (378 words)

	A Glossary of Agrimensorial Terms
		decumanus (-i) : a limes parallel to the decumanus maximus.
		kardo (-ines) : a limes parallel to the kardo maximus.
		Such areas would occur in different locations such as (i) on the margin of natural obstacles, (ii) at the border of the cadastre or in the gaps between cadastres at different orientations, or (iii) within the centuries in land divided but not assigned, as shown on the Orange tablets.
	www.sys.uea.ac.uk /Research/researchareas/JWMP/glossary.html (778 words)

	Decumanus Maximus : Decumanus
		Decumanus Maximus is a term in ancient Roman city planning[?].
		In the middle the Decumanus Maximus crosses the perpendicular Cardus Maximus, the other main road.
		The term 'decumanus' is derived from the E-W line the augurs would draw when making the auspices[?].
	www.fastload.org /de/Decumanus.html (153 words)

	Decumanus Maximus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Roman city planning, a Decumanus Maximus was an east-west-oriented road in a (An inhabitant of the ancient Roman Empire) Roman city, military camp, or (Click link for more info and facts about colonia) colonia.
		In the middle the Decumanus Maximus crosses the perpendicular (Click link for more info and facts about Cardo) Cardo or Cardus Maximus, the primary north-south road that was the usual main street.
		The term 'decumanus' is derived from the east-west line the ((ancient Rome) a religious official who interpreted omens to guide public policy) augurs would draw when making the (Kindly endorsement and guidance) auspices.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/d/de/decumanus_maximus.htm (161 words)

	Castra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In the Roman Empire, a castra (the plural form of castrum, castri, a fortification) was a Roman military camp.
		Roman camps were always constructed according to a certain pattern, with two main crossing streets: the "Cardus Maximus", running north and south, and the "Decumanus Maximus" running east and west, dividing the camp into four quarters.
		The forum was located at the intersection of the Cardus Maximus and the Decumanus Maximus.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Castrum (216 words)

	Cardo - Open Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In Roman city planning, a cardo or cardus was a north-south-oriented street in ancient Roman cities, military camps, and colonia The main street of the city was most often the cardo and was sometimes called the cardus maximus.
		Due to varying geography, in some cities the decumanus is the main street and the cardo is secondary, but in general the cardus maximus served as the primary road.
		The cardo was the "hinge" or axis of the city, derived from the same root as cardinal.
	open-encyclopedia.com /Cardus (286 words)

	Regio II - Decumanus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Decumanus Maximus is the main street in the east half of Ostia.
		One branch (also called Decumanus Maximus by the excavators) leads to the Porta Marina, to the south-west.
		The eastern half of the Decumanus, seen from the west.
	www.ostia-antica.org /regio2/pr/decumanus.htm (341 words)

	TIMGAD - LoveToKnow Article on TIMGAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Timgad, the Thamugas of the Romans, was built on the lower slopes of the northern side of the Aures Mountains, and was situated at the intersection of six roads.
		It was traversed by two main streets, the Cardo Maximus running north and south, and the Decumanus Maximus east and west.
		Across the Decumanus Maximus just north-east of the market is the arch of Trajanstill erect, and restored in 1900.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /T/TI/TIMGAD.htm (933 words)

	Archaeology Wordsmith
		The square grid layout of the two was basically identical and the decumanus usually ran from the gate in the middle of one wall to the gate opposite.
		The main transverse street was known as the cardo; the administrative block or forum was at the intersection of the two.
		Other decumani parallel to the decumanus maximus cross the transverse cardines to divide the area into insulae.
	www.reference-wordsmith.com /cgi-bin/lookup.cgi?category=&where=headword&terms=Anu (1923 words)

	Porta Maximus
		the main decumanus is the decumanus maximus that normally connects the...(away from the enemy).
		in the middle the decumanus maximus crosses the perpendicular...is normally located at this intersection of the decumanus maximus and the cardus maximus....the term 'decumanus' is derived from the e-w line the...
		porta capena the gate of the republican walls from which via appia started was located at the end of the circus maximus between celio and aventino....via appia was very often the scene of a triumph in honour of a victorious emperor returning to rome from the eastern provinces of the empire.
	www.worldssp.net /Art_Architecture/Porta-Maximus-107936.htm (414 words)

	Encyclopedia: Cardo
		In Roman city planning, a cardo or cardus was a north-south-oriented street in ancient Roman cities, military camps, and colonia.
		A colonia was a Roman outpost, usually established by veterans of a Roman Legion, who received land as a part of their retirement from the Legions.
		Palmyra in Syria In Roman city planning, a Decumanus Maximus was an east-west-oriented road in a Roman city, military camp, or colonia.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cardo (829 words)

	Hippos
		The church is located in the North-West sector of Hippos, parallel to the main colonnaded streets (Decumanus Maximus).
		This impressive rectangular structure is located to the west of the large, paved flat area in the center of the city, which served as Hippos' Forum.
		Its east main front is facing the forum while the north front is facing the Decumanus Maximus.
	hippos.haifa.ac.il /generalInfo.htm (773 words)

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		The position of the building, close to the Forum, strongly emphasizes the importance of the builders' guild.
		A vestibule in the north part of the building is reached from the Decumanus Maximus.
		In the north-west corner of the building is a staircase, also accessible from the Decumanus.
	www.geocities.com /blubclone/8632/north.html (371 words)

	spazio urbano
		Il decumanus maximus entra in città dalla Porta Bruciata, passa ai piedi del Capitolium ed esce dalla Porta di Sant'Andrea in direzione Verona.
		Dal decumanus maximus, mediante una scalinata, si accedeva al Foro, che era più in basso rispetto alla strada.
		Diminuirono gli spazi abitati dentro le mura e alcune aree a sud del decumanus maximus vennero utilizzate per orto e pascolo.
	www.arifs.it /spazio.htm (663 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As you walk down the path from the eastern gate you are actually walking along the Decumanus Maximus - Roman Susita's main road.
		The theatre was built along the Decumanus Maximus.
		The design of the arch is unusual and the decoration consists of sharply drilled and incised carvings.
	decumanus_maximus.iqexpand.com (344 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the centre of ‘Amman, approximately 200m to the west of the theatre on the south side of the decumanus maximus, and very close to the point where the cardo intersects with the decumanus, are the remains of a wide façade, preserved in a poor condition (Hadidi 1970: 79).
		The history of ‘Amman and the topography of the structure, which is one of the most finely decorated monuments in the city, suggest that it may have been a water structure, evidently an important asset to the city of Philadelphia.
		Further, the evidence from the writings of the travelers during the past century indicates that originally both sides of the stream beside the Nymphaeum were kept at a level surface extending from the Decumanus Maximus to the steep hill on the south side of the stream.
	www.elmaghtas.com /articles/nt_xcavations.doc (4732 words)

	Herculaneum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The main entrance to the site is in the NE corner and the entrance road crosses a bridge over part of the site, it then goes around the eastern and southern sides before entering by a bridge in the SW corner of the site.
		The area available to visit is a small section of the original town basically covering three roads (Cardo III to V) running from the ancient coastline inland to the North and two of the roads (Decumanus Maximus and Inferior) running in a East/West direction parallel to the old coast.
		The theatre was partially excavated with tunnels by the Bourbons but it lies slightly North of the line taken by the Decumus Maximus (beneath the modern houses).
	www.roman-empire.net /articles/article-011.html (1765 words)

	Rome Features \| Fodor's Online Travel Guide
		It opens onto the Decumanus Maximus, the main thoroughfare crossing the city from end to end.
		On the north side of the Decumanus Maximus is the beautiful Teatro (Theater), built by Agrippa, remodeled by Septimius Severus in the 2nd century AD, and finally restored by the Rome City Council in the 20th century.
		The Forum, on the south side of Decumanus Maximus, holds the monumental remains of the city's most important temple, dedicated to Jupiter, Juno, and Minerva; other ruins of baths; a basilica (which in Roman times was a secular hall of justice); and smaller temples.
	www.fodors.com /miniguides/mgresults.cfm?destination=rome@130&cur_section=fea&feature=30007 (6712 words)

	Abstract, Nexus 2000, Carol Watts: Geometry of the Master Plan of Roman Florence
		The major streets, a north-south cardo and east-west decumanus, met in the center of the rectangular walled town.
		The crossing of two major lines, the cardo maximus and decumanus maximus, was established for the region, as with the layout of a city.
		The land was then subdivided into a grid, using lines parallel to the regional cardo and decumanus, generally into square plots 20 actus on a side.
	www.ii.uj.edu.pl /EMIS/journals/NNJ/conferences/N2000-Watts.html (634 words)

	In Italy Online - Ostia Antica
		The streets are so quiet one hears only the crickets in the trees and perhaps the echoes of ancient children playing stickball.
		As you walk along Ostia's main street, the Decumanus Maximus, your feet settle into deep ruts left by carrucas, the four-wheeled carts used to ferry merchandise and baggage between Rome and Ostia.
		A kiln for this purpose still exists in the Baths of Neptune, near the triumphal arches on the Decumanus Maxima, where Ostia's Christians were martyred.
	www.initaly.com /regions/latium/ostia.htm (1744 words)

	Berenike 2000
		Similar remains, which just survive as brown coloured circles in the soil, were also found in trenches 23, 16 and 10 suggesting the continuation of religious practices for a long period of time (see previous page).
		Trench 37 is located in a building which lies on the south side of the so-called ‘Decumanus Maximus’, the street that runs through ‘downtown’ Berenike in an east-west direction from the Serapis temple towards the Red Sea.
		Trench 41 was positioned approximately 50 m (150 ft) north of the main east-west street through Berenike ('Decumanus Maximus') and just west of the main north-south street through the town.
	www.archbase.com /berenike/english7.html (2725 words)

	Museum and Archaeological Area (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Aerial view of the Roman amphitheatre located outside the walls along the decumanus maximus (today’s state road 78) built in opus caementicium and opus quasi reticulatum.
		Climbing down a dirt path that skirts a Roman road, across the state road built on the ancient decumanus, it is possible to reach the Augustan Age hexastyle temple of Salus Augusta that has two columns on the short side of the pronaos.
		The temple was built on a monumental podium surrounded by a cryptoporticus where it is possible to admire the remarkable frescoes, recently restored, connected to the Augustan propaganda and the lovely panels that represent animals scenes alternating with lunar masks.
	www.museionline.it /museimarche/piceni_ing/province/urbisaglia.htm (748 words)

	The Ross School- Ostia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The main street of Ostia is called Decumanus Maximus.
		The Baths of Neptune are located on the right side of the Decumus Maximus, and it is on a platform.
		Connecting with Decumus Maximus, there are other streets, which are Via della Fontana, and Via delle Corporazioni.
	ross.pvt.k12.ny.us /rome/ostia/ostia.html (607 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Theatre built in the eastern zone and aligned to cardo communicates with the sourthern sector of the city through a decumanus which flows in its northen parodos.
		In the Southern, Eastern and Western sides light and ventilation are provided by vents obtained from the vaults, while the Northern facade is at the same level of decumanus maximus because of the natural gradient of the ground.
		On the Northern facade remains of walls testifies the exsistence of a flight of stairs, leading from the porticus to the decumanus.
	www.mediatel.it /liberliber/biblioteca/elenchi/riviste/spolia/spoliainglese/archeo3i/01i/arlesi.htm (1058 words)

	Volubilis, Morocco: Triumphal arch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		No Roman town of any particular size could be without the important military and seremonical structure of the triumphal arch.
		In Volubilis it is placed at the end of the main street Decumanus Maximus.
		And after the triumphal arch there is nothing to be found of ancient ruins, only fields and grass.
	www.i-cias.com /morocco/volubilis01.htm (107 words)

	Classical Rome
		Your visit to Ostia Antica itself starts at `Via delle Tombe' which leads you to the `Porta Romana', one of the city's three gates.
		This is the beginning of the `Decumanus Maximus', the main thoroughfare that crosses the city from north east to south west.
		Then you will arrive at the `Terme di Nettuno' where you can admire the beautiful fl and white mosaics representing Neptune and Amphitrite, the theatre built by Agrippa and the Forum which formed the centre of the city.
	www.bandbinrome.com /Greenline/ostia.htm (435 words)

	Aanjar: Commercial Hub of the Umayyad Dynasty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The city ruins cover 114,000 square meters and are surrounded by large, fortified stone walls, over two meters thick and seven meters high.The rectangular city design is based on Roman city planning and architecture, with stonework and other features borrowed from the Byzantines.
		Two large avenues – the 20-meter-wide Cardo Maximus, running north to south, and the Decumanus Maximus, running east to west – divide the city into four quadrants.
		At the crossroads in the center of the city, four great tetrapylons mark the four corners of the intersection..
	www.destinationlebanon.com /anjarmore.asp (303 words)

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