decumani

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Scope note
Designates the east-west streets used in laying out ancient Roman countryside tracts and associated towns and thus, by extension, the main east-west streets, distinguished by greater width and scale of appointments, of planned Roman towns.
decumani
Accepted term: 18-Nov-2024