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Colourised engraving of a French galley (27 pairs of oars) built according to the design that was standard in the Mediterranean from the early 17th century; Henri Sbonski de Passebon, 1690. A galley is a type of ship optimised for propulsion by oars. Galleys were historically used for warfare, trade, and piracy mostly in the seas surrounding ...
The ruins of this villa suburbana are of such an extent that when they were first excavated, the site was called Roma Vecchia ("Old Rome") by the locals, as they occupied too great a ground, it seemed, to have been anything less than a town. [2] The nucleus of the villa was constructed in the time of Hadrian.
Familia originally meant the group of the famuli (the servi or serfs and the slaves of a rural estate) living under the same roof. That meaning later expanded to indicate the familia as the basic Roman social unit, which might include the domus (house or home) but was legally distinct from it: a familia might own one or several homes.
Another famed stone inscription of Pratap Malla installed at Rani Pokhari pond contains writings in three languages: Sanskrit, Nepali and Nepal Bhasa. It is dated Nepal Era 790 (1670 AD) and describes the construction of Rani Pokhari and its religious significance.
The name bireme comes from "bi-" meaning two and "-reme" meaning oar. It was typically about 80 feet (24 m) long with a maximum beam width of around 10 feet (3 m). It was modified from the penteconter, a ship that had only one set of oars on each side, the bireme having two sets of oars on each side. The bireme was twice the triaconter's length ...
birlinn or Highland galley, a ship of medieval Scotland; A larger type of Gig (boat), a ship's boat; galley slave, a slave rowing in a galley; Galley (kitchen), the kitchen of a ship or boat (also airplane or rail passenger car)
A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome is a reference work written by Samuel Ball Platner (1863–1921). The first edition was published in 1904; [ 1 ] the second edition ('revised and enlarged') was published in 1911 (both: Allyn and Bacon, Boston).
Art collection in ancient Rome was a common practice amongst the ancient Romans. Goods and artworks had symbolic meanings and were used to convey messages about the collector and the Roman state. Due to the popularity of collectable goods an art market sprouted up.