cardo
(noun)
A street that runs north to south in an ancient Roman city.
(noun)
A north-south street in Ancient Roman cities.
(noun)
a hinge (of a door or gate), usually a pivot and socket in Roman times
Examples of cardo in the following topics:
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Ostia
- The two central streets of the city, the cardo and decumanius ran north-south and east-west through the city, intersecting at the forum–the center of the city's civic and religious activities.
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Diocletian's Palace
- The northern half of the palace, divided in two parts by the cardo leading from the northern gate to the Peristyle is not as well preserved that the rest of the palace.
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Architecture under Hadrian
- The two central streets of the city, the cardo and decumanus ran north-south and east-west through the city, intersecting at the forum–the center of the city's civic and religious activities.
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Third Declension