Pomerium
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /pəʊ̆ˈmɪə.ɹɪ.əm/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Pomerium is a noun meaning (historical) The ritually established and sacred formal boundary of the territory of a Roman city; the territory thus bound.
Meaning
(historical) The ritually established and sacred formal boundary of the territory of a Roman city; the territory thus bound.
Example Sentences
Nay Sidonius Apollinaris aſſures us farther, that the Place where St. Peter was buried, tho' there was then a Church built over it, was ſtill in his Time, An. 470. without the Pomœria, or Space before the Walls of Rome. For ſpeaking of his Journey to Rome, he ſays, before ever he came at the Pomœria of the City, he went and ſaluted the Church of the Apoſtles, which ſtood in the Via Triumphalis.
Word Forms
- pomeria
- pomarium
- pomoerium
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include pomoerium, pomarium, propylaeum, prytaneum, propylon, propylaeon.
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