| 单词 | the year of the city |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe year of the city P4. Roman History. the year of the city: (more fully year of the city of Rome) used to denote a particular year since the traditional date of the foundation of Rome, specified by a number; cf. ab urbe condita adv.The foundation of Rome is traditionally reckoned as 753 B.C. ΚΠ 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. v. f. 44v The water dial was vsed fyrst in Rome by P. Scipio Nasica ye ix.c. yere of the cytie to deuide ye houres of the day & night. 1611 A. Munday Briefe Chron. 29 The Countrey was then reduced into the forme of a Prouince: the yeare of the Citty of Rome, 693. 1698 T. Hearne Ductor Historicus I. iii. xviii. 383 This notable Change of the Roman State happened in the 302d year of the City. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. App. (at cited word) On subduing the Sabines, in the year of the city 304, a supplication of one day only was ordained. 1781 W. Cooke Medallic Hist. Imperial Rome I. Introd. p.xv The Denarii were of pure Silver, till the: Year of the City DCLXII. 1837 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 42 166 No direct taxes at all were paid by the Roman people, the spoils of Perseus of Macedon being deposited in the public treasury..in the year of the city five hundred and eighty-six. 1921 E. L. White Andivius Hedulio i. i. 5 On the Nones of June in the 937th year of the city, while Cossonius Marullus and Papirius Aelian were consuls. 1987 D. J. Wilcox Meas. Times Past v. 133 When he [sc. Orosius] came to date the birth of Christ, however, he dated it simply in the 752nd year of the city. < as lemmas |
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