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Ordo Urbium Nobilium

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A ranking of the great cities of the Roman Empire — Rome first, Constantinople second, Carthage third, and downward through Bordeaux (naturally well placed) to Arles.

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  • ROMA

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    1 lines
  • Constantinopolis et Carthago

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    13 lines
  • Antiochia et Alexandria

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    13 lines
  • Treveris

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    7 lines
  • MEDIOLANUM

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    11 lines
  • CAPUA

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    18 lines
  • AQUILEIA

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    9 lines
  • ARELAS

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    8 lines
  • Hispalis. Corduba. Tarraco. Bracara

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    5 lines
  • Athenae

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    6 lines
  • Catina. Syracusae.

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    6 lines
  • Tolosa

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    9 lines
  • NARBO

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    21 lines
  • BURDIGALA

    A verse portrait of a famous city of the Roman world — its history, monuments, and claims to distinction — in Ausonius' poetic ranking of noble cities.

    41 lines
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