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Cardines

Scope note

Designates the north-south streets used in laying out ancient Roman countryside tracts and associated towns and thus, by extension, the main north-south streets, distinguished by greater width and scale of appointments, of planned Roman towns.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000122265

Broader Terms used

main streets

Term used for

cardos

Equivalent Terms used

cardo

Created

13yrs ago

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