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POLOTSK , a town of Russia , in the government of Vitebsk , I The estimated
population in 1906 was 3 , 312 , 400 . The great at the confluence of the Polota
with the Dvina , 62 m . by rail majority are Little Russians . Agriculture is the
principal N ...
POLOTSK , a town of Russia , in the government of Vitebsk , I The estimated
population in 1906 was 3 , 312 , 400 . The great at the confluence of the Polota
with the Dvina , 62 m . by rail majority are Little Russians . Agriculture is the
principal N ...
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16 , 20 ) , he does not even POMPEII , ' an ancient town of Campania , Italy ,
situated near notice the destruction of Pompeii or Herculaneum , though his the
river Sarnus , nearly 2 m . from the shore of the Bay of uncle perished in the ...
16 , 20 ) , he does not even POMPEII , ' an ancient town of Campania , Italy ,
situated near notice the destruction of Pompeii or Herculaneum , though his the
river Sarnus , nearly 2 m . from the shore of the Bay of uncle perished in the ...
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It is over one - half of the The general plan of the town is very regular , the streets
being whole extent , and that the most ... Another exception is to be found in the
Strada / spaces in modern towns , being only 467 ft . in len Stabiana ( Stabian ...
It is over one - half of the The general plan of the town is very regular , the streets
being whole extent , and that the most ... Another exception is to be found in the
Strada / spaces in modern towns , being only 467 ft . in len Stabiana ( Stabian ...
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Between might reasonably be expected in a second - rate provincial town ; the
entrance to the triangular forum ( so ... pre - Roman period , intended for boys ,
not were two , placed , as was usual in Greek towns , in close juxta - men .
position ...
Between might reasonably be expected in a second - rate provincial town ; the
entrance to the triangular forum ( so ... pre - Roman period , intended for boys ,
not were two , placed , as was usual in Greek towns , in close juxta - men .
position ...
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Another peculifor men only , while the other two had separate accommodation
arity that is found in all the more considerable houses in Pompeii for both sexes ,
was in course of construction when the town was is that of the front , where it
faces ...
Another peculifor men only , while the other two had separate accommodation
arity that is found in all the more considerable houses in Pompeii for both sexes ,
was in course of construction when the town was is that of the front , where it
faces ...
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| Title | The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Volume 22 The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and General Information, Hugh Chisholm |
| Editor | Hugh Chisholm |
| Edition | 11 |
| Publisher | Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 31 Jan 2008 |
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