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

The sun was rising over the Esquiline, when the father and son, in festal dress, went out of the house.

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The buildings on the Esquiline, dimly lighted by the moon, stood out sharper as they approached them against the western sky.

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Remains of the wall and ditch are extant, especially along the east side of the Esquiline, Viminal, and Quirinal hills.

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It was raised on large columns of marble carried on a level from the Palatine to the Esquiline.

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He sat in his palace on the Esquiline in a great columned hall, and feasted his eyes on the magnificent conflagration.

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