Esquiline

[ es-kwuh-lahyn ]

noun

1. one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built.

Esquiline

/ ˈɛskwəˌlaɪn /

noun

1. one of the seven hills on which ancient Rome was built

Example Sentences

I would also recommend books by two authors who love Rome and the Italian language: Jhumpa Lahiri, whose “In Other Words” devotes beautiful pages to the city, and Amara Lakhous, whose “Clash of Civilizations Over an Elevator in Piazza Vittorio” is set on Esquiline Hill.

From New York Times

With the Esquiline Hill in the midst of a building boom, the Italian archaeologist Rodolfo Lanciani nosed around freshly excavated construction sites and uncovered an immense gallery with an alabaster floor and fluted columns of giallo antico, considered the finest of the yellow marbles.

From New York Times

The treasures included the Lancellotti Discobolus, now housed at the National Museum of Rome; the Esquiline Venus and a bust of Commodus depicted as Hercules, now at the Capitoline Museums.

From New York Times

The vast residential compound spread out on the Esquiline Hill, one of the seven hills on which the city was originally built, in the area around the current Piazza Vittorio Emanuele II.

From New York Times

Esquiline: Michelangelo's statue of Moses in San Pietro in Vincoli and the important basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore draw visitors to the base of the Esquiline.

From Washington Post