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The seven original hills were covered with palaces and temples, while the valleys were centres of a great population, in which were the forums, the suburra, the quarter of the shops, the circus, and the velabrum.
Ancient States and Empires John Lord 1852
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Every available inch of ground in the suburra and velabrum was filled with dwellings, rising to great altitudes, even to the level of the Capitoline summit.
Ancient States and Empires John Lord 1852
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"I have but to lift my little finger, and my freedmen and slaves would kick your decuries, and yourself after them into the velabrum."
The Roman Traitor (Vol. 2 of 2) Henry William Herbert 1832
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