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Title: Dictionary of Greek and Roman geography
Year: 1854 (1850s)
Authors: Smith, William, Sir, 1813-1893
Subjects: Classical geography
Publisher: London : Walton & Maberly
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ROMA. pius tlie southern one ; but they were afterwardsconsidered as one hill, in order not to exceed theprescriptive number of seven. S. of the Esquilinelies Mons Caelius, the hirgest of the seven; and to theW. of it Jlons Aventinus, the next larsrest, the NW.side of which closely borders on the Tiber. In thecentre of this garland of hills lies the lozenge-shapedMons Palatinus, fiicing on the NW. towards theCapitoline, on the NE. towards the Esquiline, on theSE. towards the Caelian, and on the SW. towardsthe Aventine. It may be observed that, of the seven hills abovedescribed, the Quirinal and Viminal are styled colles,whilst the others, tliough without anyapparent reasonfor the distinction, are c&WftA monies. It cannot de-pend upon their height, since those called colles areas lofty as those dignified with the more imposingname of inontes ; whence it seems probable that thedifference originated in the ancient traditions re-specting the Septimontium. A less important emi-nence, c

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