Sentence example with the word 'piscinae'

piscinae

Last update: July 14, 2015


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"Piscinae" seem at first to have been mere cups or small basins, supported on perforated stems, placed close to the wall, and afterwards to have been recessed therein and covered with niche heads, which often contained shelves to serve as aumbries.   [Please select]

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Oysters from the Lucrine Lake were in great demand; snails were fattened in ponds for cooking, while the villas of the rich had their piscinae filled with fresh or salt-water fish.   [Please select]

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