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    a decumanus was an east–west-oriented road in a Roman city or castrum (military camp). The main decumanus of a particular city was the decumanus maximus...
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    city of Neapolis. The central main Decumanus Maggiore is now Via dei Tribunali; while the northernmost or upper Decumanus Superiore is now via Anticaglia...
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    The crested oropendola (Psarocolius decumanus), also known as the Suriname crested oropendola or the cornbird, is a New World tropical icterid bird. It...
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    street in the old historic center of Naples, Italy. It was the main decumanus or Decumanus Maggiore — that is, the main east-west street—of the ancient Greek...
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    Cardo Decumanus Crossing was in the heart of Roman Berytus (actual Beirut, Lebanon). The Cardo and Decumanus Maximus were the main colonnaded streets of...
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    parts, called Quarters, by their two main avenues: the Cardo and the Decumanus Maximus. Cities portal Bairro Barrio Borough European Quarter French Quarter...
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  • city of Neapolis. The central main Decumanus Maggiore is now Via dei Tribunali; while the southernmost or lower Decumanus Inferiore is now Spaccanapoli. The...
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  • The Pacific spiny rat (Proechimys decumanus) is a species of rodent in the family Echimyidae. It is found in Ecuador and Peru. Morphological characters...
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    instead terminates in a forum at the intersection with the decumanus. At the west end of the decumanus rises a 12 m high triumphal arch, called the Arch of...
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    route (decumanus maximus). However, as the main cardo ran up the western hill, and the Temple Mount blocked the eastward route of the main decumanus, the...
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    also had a decumanus maximus, an east–west street that served as a secondary main street. Due to varying geography, in some cities the decumanus is the main...
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    buildings. The Roman Forum, at the crossing of the Cardo Maximus and Decumanus Maximus, was approximately placed where current Plaça de Sant Jaume is...
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    the "tau cross", or the Hebrew tau "+" symbol). It also parallels the Roman system of Cardo and Decumanus, being central road crosses through towns....
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    its two main axes: the Decumanus Maximus (east-west; known today as the Via Recta) and the Cardo (north-south), the Decumanus being about twice as long...
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    the newer part, behind the Decumanus Maximus (main street), which bisected the Roman-era part of the city. The decumanus was paved, with footways on...
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    distances were counted, was always the crossing between the Cardo and the Decumanus, the two principal streets in every Roman town, running north–south and...
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    Different forms of the stomach in mammals. A, dog; B, Mus decumanus; C, Mus musculus; D, weasel; E, scheme of the ruminant stomach, the arrow with the...
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    of the 4th century. On the intersection of two main roads, cardo and decumanus, there is a monumental court Peristyle, from which the only access to...
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  • perpendicular to each other: the first, generally oriented east–west, was called decumanus maximus, which was traced taking as reference the place where the sun...
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    Decuman (Medieval Latin: Decumanus; Welsh: Degyman; died c. 706) was one of the Celtic saints who came to Somerset from Pembrokeshire, South Wales, in...
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    eras relevant to the city. In 2010, the decumanus site, with remains from the Cardo Maximus and the Decumanus Maximus, diverse shops or tavernae, and...
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    stronghold, see also alcázar). The colony developed around a central street (decumanus) now the Corso Vittorio Emanuele.[citation needed] Carthage was Palermo's...
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    Augusta Taurinorum. Via Garibaldi traces the exact path of the Roman city's decumanus which began at the Porta Decumani, later incorporated into the Castello...
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    (which is now the Suq Khan-ez-Zeit), and an east–west arterial road, the Decumanus Maximus (which is now the Via Dolorosa). The forum would traditionally...
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    (east–west-oriented) and cardines (north–south). The principal streets, the decumanus maximus and cardo maximus, intersected at or close to the forum, around...
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    long. It began in the Northern area and ended south on the central road (Decumanus) which went through the city. The northern side connected to the city...
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    also evident in the arrangement of the interior. The transverse road (decumanus) linking the Eastern gate and Western gate divided the complex into two...
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    View north from Umm Qais: the Decumanus street of ancient Gadara in the foreground; the Galilean hills and the Sea of Galilee (centre-left), and the Golan...
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    as late as the Great Thessaloniki Fire of 1917. Ancient Thessaloniki's Decumanus Maximus was also found and 75 metres (246 ft) of the marble-paved and...
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    with a Roman-style grid of streets based around a central cardo and/or decumanus. The Romans sponsored and built numerous temples and other public buildings...
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