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Britannica 11th
Encyclopaedia Britannica · 11th edition
Aquae
Britannica 11thAQUAE (Lat. for " waters "), a name given by the Romans to sites where mineral springs issued from the earth. Over a hundred can br identified, some declaring by their modern names their ancient use: Aix-les-Bains in Savoy (Aquae Sabaudicae), Aiz-en-Provence ( ...
Vol. 2, pp. 237-237
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Aquae Cutiliae
Britannica 11thAQUAE CUTILIAE, a mineral spring in Italy, near the modern Cittaducale, 9 m. E. of Rieti. The Lake near it was supposed by classical writers to be the central point of Italy, and was renowned for its floating islands, which, as in other cases, were formed from ...
Vol. 2, pp. 237-237
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Aue
Britannica 11thAUE, a town of Germany, in the kingdom of Saxony, at the confluence of the Mulde and Schwarzwasser, 21 m. S.W. from Chemnitz on the railway to Adorf. It has a school of lacemaking, foundries, and manufactures of machinery, tin-plate and cotton goods. Pop. (190
Vol. 2, pp. 899-899
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Aquila
Britannica 11thAQUILA (FA/t{>Aas), (i) a Jew from Rome, who with his wife Prisca or Priscilla had settled in Corinth, where Paul stayed with them (Acts xviii. 2,3). They became Christians and fellowworkers with Paul, to whom they seem to have shown their devotion in some spe
Vol. 2, pp. 248-248
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