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 PRAENESTE - LoveToKnow Article on PRAENESTE
The nuts of Praeneste were famous and its roses were amongst the finest in Italy.
It was probably in 82 B.C. that the city was removed from the hill-side to the lower ground at the Madonna dell Aquila, and that the temple of Fortune was enlarged so as to include much of the space occupied by the ancient city.
But Praeneste was chiefly famed for its great temple of Fortune and for its oracle, in connection with the temple, known as the Praenestine lots (sortes praencstinae).
www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PR/PRAENESTE.htm   (1418 words)

  
 Roman And Latin League - Praeneste
Praeneste annexed the smaller townships in her neighborhood in the same way as Rome was doing and at one time was known to have at least eight towns in her power.
An excursion to Palestrina, the ancient Praeneste, and a study of her tombs will therefore carry one back by almost infinitesimal stages from imperial Rome to the age of her beginnings, illustrating during all this time the action of the influences of the Orient, of Greece, and of Etruria within the purely Latin sphere.
Praeneste was then reckoned in the class of allied cities (civitas foede-rata) preserving its municipal autonomy, but subject to the periodical supervision of Roman magistrates and supplying a considerable military contingent in time of war.
www.oldandsold.com /articles27n/roman-cities-2.shtml   (4815 words)

  
 Praeneste   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
After Rome was weakened by the Gauls of Brennus (390 BCE), Praeneste switched allegiances and fought Rome in the long struggles that culminated in the Latin War, in which the Romans were victorious and Praeneste was punished by the loss of some of its territory.
It was probably after the disaster of 82 BCE that the city was removed from the hillside to the lower ground at the Madonna dell Aquila, and that the sanctuary and temple of Fortune was enlarged so as to include much of the space occupied by the ancient city.
A bishop of Praeneste is first mentioned in A.D. The cathedral, just below the level of the temple, occupies the former civil basilica of the town, upon the facade of which was a sun-dial described by Varro (traces of which may still be seen).
www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/praeneste   (1326 words)

  
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Praeneste, Monte Glicestro with citadel, as seen from Valle di Pepe.] It is quite evident that Cave was never a large town, and it seems most probable that she realized that an amicable understanding with Praeneste was discreet.
Praeneste because of her position and wealth was the haughtiest member of the newly made confederation, and with the more rapid growth of Rome became her most hated rival.
Praeneste certainly considered herself a federate city, on the old terms of equality with Rome, she demanded and partially retained control of her own land, and preserved her freedom from Rome in the matter of city elections and magistrates.
www.gutenberg.org /dirs/1/2/7/7/12770/12770-8.txt   (12715 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 496 (v. 3)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Marius and the brother of Telesinus were besieged in Praeneste by Sulla.
Telesinus him­self, at the head of an army of 40,000 men, had marched to the neighbourhood of Praeneste, apparently with the intention of relieving the town, but in reality with another object, which he kept a profound secret.
Pontius fell in the fight ; his head was cut off, and carried under the walls of Praeneste, to let the younger Marius know that his last hope of succour was gone.
ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2830.html   (1053 words)

  
 Palestrina
Palestrina is the current name of Praeneste, one of the oldest towns of Latium and more important than Rome for many centuries: the town was at the very top of the hill and it was strongly fortified, nevertheless it could not resist the expansion of Rome.
An imperial villa was built in Praeneste and from Augustus to the IVth century the emperors often came to Praeneste to escape the Roman summer.
Praeneste in medieval times changed its name and became Palestrina, it was conquered by the Lombards and eventually was acquired by the Colonna family.
www.romeartlover.it /Palestrina.html   (826 words)

  
 Palestrina   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
His system, PRAENESTE, is based on the idea that, just like a sixteenth-century singer improvising on a cantus, the computer should work forward in time without the benefit of being able to back up and start over.
For PRAENESTE, being correct is a matter of course; its main concern is with style (as described by Jeppesen).
PRAENESTE is quite successful, and the results resemble Jeppesen's examples (especially those of the first three species) remarkably.
web.media.mit.edu /~mary/palestrina.html   (2709 words)

  
 PRAENESTE (mod. Palestrina) - Online Information article about PRAENESTE (mod. Palestrina)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
But Praeneste was chiefly famed for its great temple of Fortune and for its See also:
It was rebuilt and fortified by Stefano Colonna in 1448.
Flaccus in the forum of Praeneste (the reference being to the forum of the imperial period, at the Madonna dell' Aquila), was discovered in the ruins of the church of S. Agapitus in 1771, where it has been used as See also:
encyclopedia.jrank.org /POL_PRE/PRAENESTE_mod_Palestrina_.html   (2312 words)

  
 ROUSHAM AND WILLIAM KENT
Approaching the gardens from the house, Scheemaker’s copy of the Tivoli statue of the horse attacked by a lion (representing the domination of Rome - the lion - over Tivoli - the horse) draws the visitor across the bowling green, and itself is the point from which to view the distant Eyecatcher and Cuttle Mill.
Further to the left, viewing the River Cherwell from Scheemaker’s statue of the dying gladiator, you have no indication that the arcaded Praeneste lies under your feet (The Praeneste was inspired by the Temple of Fortune at ancient Praeneste, now known as Palestrina).
The Praeneste is glimpsed from the Vale of Venus and itself provides a point for views over the pastoral river scenes.
www.manorhousegallery.co.uk /Rousham2.htm   (959 words)

  
 Palestrina - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Palestrina (ancient Praeneste) was and is a very ancient city of Latium (modern Lazio) 23 miles (37 km) east of Rome, and was reached by the Via Praenestina (see below).
Palestrina is sited on a strategic spur of the Apennines.
In 1437 the rebuilt city was captured by the papal general Giovanni, Cardinal Vitelleschi and once more utterly destroyed.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Palestrina   (1315 words)

  
 SEMINAR REPORTS 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
The Greeks having supplied many of the ships used to combat Cilician pirates in the early 1st Century BC The Roman ships followed the same shell built edge joined plank construction used by all the Mediterranean countries, and most of the others, at this time.
The relief is from the temple of Fortuna, Primigenia in Praeneste.
The bireme depicted on the Praeneste relief seems to be one of a type developed by the Romans in the first century BC, from the Liburnian, which was a single banked raider, used by pirates around the coast of Yugoslavia.
www.cma.soton.ac.uk /HistShip/rep065.htm   (895 words)

  
 Classical Views | 1996 | No. 1 | Book Reviews/Comptes Rendus | MAURIZIO FORA   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
30 from Praeneste, a statue dedication to the equestrian patron of the colony, M. Aurelius Iulius Eupraepes, which records that among his benefactions to the city: indulgent(ia) sacra / impetrata, die lusionis seu {con} / conpositionis singul(as, -atim, -ares?) feras cum / par(ibus) gladiator(um) ededit.
If one assumes (as Fora does) that seu is used to qualify or explain the meaning of lusio, then lusionis seu conpositionis should imply that the lusio was used as a means of fixing the gladiatorial pairs in advance of the munera.
The spectacle at Praeneste was unusual in some way that required the special indulgentia of the emperor, though it is not clear in what this consisted.
www.mun.ca /classics/mouseion/1997/reviews/fora.html   (1580 words)

  
 The Praenestine Cistae | Special Topics Page | Timeline of Art History | The Metropolitan Museum of Art   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
This town, located 37 kilometers southeast of Rome in the region of Latius Vetus, was an Etruscan outpost in the seventh century B.C., as the wealth of its princely burials indicates.
Excavations conducted at Praeneste in the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century were primarily aimed at the recovery of these precious-metal objects.
The subsequent demand for cistae and mirrors caused the systematic plundering of the Praenestine necropolis.
www.metmuseum.org /TOAH/hd/prae/hd_prae.htm   (611 words)

  
 BMCR-L: BMCR 2002.10.15, Pensabene, Terrecotte del Mus. Naz. Romano II
Most interesting is Pensabene's [hereafter P.] good discussion of Praeneste's place within the political and religious milieux of central Italy as documented by changes in votive practice from the sixth through the third centuries BCE.
It is generally agreed that the most important cult sites in republican Praeneste were those of Fortuna and Hercules, and to these Pensabene would add a third sanctuary of an unidentified female deity near the church of S. Lucia that has yielded a significant group of votives.
This is also a time when Praeneste was in close contact with Etruria and when Praeneste controlled the lines of communication through the Sacco valley to Campania.
omega.cohums.ohio-state.edu /mailing_lists/BMCR-L/2002/0331.php   (1858 words)

  
 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, page 843   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
15.) At Praeneste the oracles were derived from lots (sortes], consisting of sticks of oak with ancient characters graven upon them.
These lots were said to have been found by a noble Praenestine of the name of Numerius Suffucius, inside of a rock which he had cleft open at the command of a dream by which he had been haunted.
The lots, when an oracle was to be given, were shaken up together by a boy, after which one was drawn for the per­son who consulted the goddess.
ancientlibrary.com /smith-dgra/0850.html   (972 words)

  
 Marius and Sulla
Near Praeneste, Sulla defeated the younger Marius so completely that Marius was driven into Praeneste.
Losses on both sides were heavy and the Samnites fell to the last man [7].
Soon afterwards Praeneste fell, Marius committed suicide and most of the survivors were massacred.
janusquirinus.org /essays/Apollo/Background/MS4.html   (1126 words)

  
 

The Common People of Ancient Rome - The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature By Frank ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)

Each of them was the stronghold and market-place of the country immediately about it, and therefore had a life of its own, so that although Latin was spoken in all of them it varied from one to the other.
The favorable position of the city on the Tiber for trade and defence gave it a great advantage over its rivals, and it soon became the commercial and political centre of the neighboring territory.
The most important of these villages, Tusculum, Praeneste, and Lanuvium, were not more than twenty miles distant, and the people in them must have come constantly to Rome to attend the markets, and in later days to vote, to hear political speeches, and to listen to plays in the theatre.
www.historicalbookarchive.com /209-2.html   (1775 words)

  
 Pope Clement III   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Clement III, pope (1187-1191), (Paulino Scolari, bishop of Praeneste) waselected pope in December 1187, and died in March 1191.
Clement III, pope (1187-1191), (Paulino Scolari, bishop of Praeneste) was elected pope in December 1187, and died in March 1191.
He incited II of England">Henry II of England and Philip Augustus[?] to undertake the third crusade, and introduced several minor reforms in ecclesiastical matters.
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 A historical synopsis of the Anicii
Although Praeneste did not gain the franchise until much later, the Anicii of Praeneste were obviously Roman citizens, and quite possibly members of the Ordo Equester, but as this is sheer speculation, it would be impossible to say whether they were senior knights, holding the Public Horse, or more junior in social rank.
Aside from these notices, which provide no further information, the next reference is made by Livy which mentions a statue in Praeneste in honor of one Marcus Anicius, who served as the commander of the garrison at Casilinum in 216 BC, presumably defending against Hannibal.
This gentleman was noted as being from Praeneste and as being the who ennobled his family.
www.angelfire.com /co/JCS3/histsyn.html   (678 words)

  
 Veranilda by George Gissing: Chapter XIX. The Prisoner of Praeneste
The bishop and his guest sat down to supper in an ancient room, of which the floor was a mosaic representing an Egyptian landscape, with a multitude of figures.
Marcian would gladly have asked questions about Veranilda; how long she had been at Praeneste, whether the lady Aurelia was in the same convent, and many other things; but he did not venture to make known how little he had enjoyed of Leander's confidence.
Finding himself well sped from Praeneste, where his pursuers lay sound asleep, Marcian felt an extravagant joy; he could scarce command himself to speak a few necessary words, in an ordinary tone, to the leader of the guard with which he was provided; to shout, to sing, would have better suited his mood.
www.online-literature.com /george-gissing/veranilda/19   (4231 words)

  
 Praeneste Technologies : properties management software   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Whether before, during or after setup, Praeneste Technologies offers its customers a consulting service to make sure all management tools will be used adequately and to their full extent.
From these comments, Praeneste Technologies can make changes and/or develop additional modules.
Praeneste Technologies software is trilingual (English, French and a third language as requested by the customer).
www.praeneste.com /en/serv.htm   (149 words)

  
 Roman History from 121 to 79 BCE: Shaw's Outline of Ancient History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Sulla defeats Marius II at Sacriporto (82)-slaughter at the gates of Praeneste: Marius II shut up in Praeneste, attempts to break the siege fail repeatedly -Sulla marches into Rome- Battle at Clusium between Sulla and Carbo- Battle of the Colline Gate 1st November 82 BCE [Appian I.80-96; Diod.
Carbo, still unable to end the blockade of Marius II in Praeneste, despaired and fled to Africa.
Battle of the Colline Gate 1st November 82 BCE [Appian I.80-96] Praeneste surrendered and Marius II had his head hung in the forum.
www.juyayay.com /outline/rome/politics02.html   (1029 words)

  
 Event Horizon Volume 3 7 Roman Around   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
A maiden in the neighbourhood of Praeneste was seated one day near the fire when a spark fell on her; some months afterwards she gave birth to a son.
For this reason he was regarded as a son of Vulcan and because of the smallness of his eyes they named him Coeculus.
As some of those present cast doubts on his paternity he invoked his father Vulcan and the crowd was immediately surrounded by flames.
amateurastronomy.org /Events/EH375.html   (424 words)

  
 A Study Of The Topography And Municipal History Of Praeneste by Ralph Van Deman Magoffin - Full Text Free Book (Part ...
Praeneste held the key to Rome from the south.
Praeneste was that piazza and the piazza Garibaldi and the space between
of the magistrates of Praeneste, the duovirs, the aediles, and the
www.fullbooks.com /A-Study-Of-The-Topography-And-Municipal1.html   (17166 words)

  
 Praeneste --  Encyclopædia Britannica
), Praeneste fought many battles with Rome; defeated in the Latin War (340–338), it lost part of its territory and became Rome's ally.
After the Gallic invasion (390 BC), Praeneste fought many battles with Rome; defeated in the Latin War (340–338), it lost part of its territory and became Rome's ally.
After 90 BC it received Roman citizenship and became a municipium.
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 Claudius Aelianus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
Aelian (Claudius Aelianus), Roman author and teacher of rhetoric, born at Praeneste, flourished under Septimius Severus and probably outlived Elagabalus (d.
He spoke Greek so perfectly that he was called "honey-tongued" (meliglossos); Although a Roman he preferred Greek authors, and wrote in Greek himself.
And when long afterwards they died, Deereeree was changed the summer nights, crying her plaintive wail of.
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 Hausarbeiten.de: Das Heiligtum der Fortuna in Praeneste - Anderes. Seminararbeiten, Diplomarbeiten, Magisterarbeiten, ...
Hausarbeiten.de: Das Heiligtum der Fortuna in Praeneste - Anderes.
Praeneste, oder Palästrina wie es seit dem 8.Jhd.
Gehörte Praeneste zum latinischen Bund, fiel dann aber zu den Römern.
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