| Keywords |
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| ID |
21 |
| Text |
Sexti Pompei Festi 'De verborum significatu' : Epitome (787 - 799) Paul the Deacon |
| Quotation |
…et praecipue civitatis vestrae Romuleae, portarum, viarum, montium, locorum, tribuumque vocabula diserta repperietis; ritus praeterea gentilium et consuetudines, varias dictiones quoque poetis et historiographis familiares, quas in suis opusculis frequentius posuere. |
| Translation |
…you will find especially the learned names of the citygates, the streets, the hills, the places, the tribes of your Romulean city; moreover the heathens’ rites and their habits and also the various expressions, which were familiar to poets and historiographers, who used them quite frequently in their works. (C. Grifoni) |
| Quotation source |
Prefatory Letter, 16-21 |
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| Comment |
Paul describes Rome as Charlemagne's city. |
