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centuriation Hist. (sɛntjʊərɪˈeɪʃən) [ad. L. centuriātio, -ōnem, n. of action f. centuriāre to centuriate.] (See quots.)1869 H. C. Coote in Archæologia XLII. 133 The territory having been thus appropriated to the colony, the next step was to divide and assign it..in centuriæ, or private estates, to ...
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Centuriation
Centuriation is typical of flat land, but centuriation systems have also been documented in hilly country. Regions where centuriation was used
Even today, in some parts of Italy, the landscape of the plain is determined by the outcome of Roman centuriation,
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Centuria (unit of measure)
During centuriation (Ancient Roman land surveying), centuria was a basic unit of area, representing a square of 20 actus (710 meters, 2400 Roman feet) Despite the roman foot definitions varying by time and geography, the surviving centuriation divisions are consistent, with normal size centuria side measurements
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centuriate
▪ I. cenˈturiate, a. [ad. L. centuriāt-us pa. pple. of centuriā-re: see next.] In centuriate assemblies (or centuriate comitia), translating L. comitia centuriata, a meeting in which all the Roman people voted by centuries (see century 2). Also, of, pertaining to, or divided into centuries.1600 Holl...
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Groma (surveying)
The groma allowed projecting right angles and straight lines and thus enabling the centuriation (setting up of a rectangular grid). However, the sheer scale of Roman centuriation from the 2nd century B.C., when the new colonies were formed mostly to provide for veterans and landless
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Cento
History
The name Cento is a reference to the centuriation of the Po Valley.
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Umbilicus (reference point)
The standard city plan included two major thoroughfares, decumanus maximus and cardo maximus, intersecting at the umbilicus thus starting the centuriation
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Mordano
History
An intense activity of centuriation was performed by the Romans in the area and this is still visible nowadays: the streets of the countryside
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Le cadastre d'Orange
Centuration in the Cadaster
When The Roman Legio II Augusta founded the colony of Arausio(Orange) they used the traditional method of Centuriation.
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Vedelago
With the arrival of the Romans, Vedelago was assigned to the territory of Asolo and was involved in the centuriation works which radically reorganized Traces of centuriation are still evident in the current layout of roads, fields and ditches, particularly in the hamlets of Fanzolo and Barcon.
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San Zenone degli Ezzelini
The jurisdiction of San Zenone was assigned to the municipium of Asolo that decided its centuriation and to build up the Via Postumia and the Via Aurelia
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Florentia (Roman city)
Centuriation
Like all Roman colonies, also for Florentia was performed the centuriation of the surrounding territory and in particular of the flat and From the cartographic results it was possible to reconstruct the scheme of the centuriation as a whole, made up of squares of about 710 meters of side
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Montagu Sharpe
He wrote a local history, Middlesex in British, Roman and Saxon Times (1919), in which he suggested that the Roman system of centuriation could be seen
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Rio San Martino
Probable the Roman origin, since the center of the village rises near the intersection between a cardo and a decumanus of the Roman centuriation.
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Osio Sopra
During those times, Osio underwent an important process of centuriation, with which a first development of the 'pagus' took place; the name 'Osio' originates
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