Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (268 page)

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1
A band of decoration on a wall or vessel, which may be painted or in bas-relief.
2
That member in the entablature of an order which occurs between the architrave and the cornice.
3
Horizontal band above an architrave, sometimes carved with sculpture.

 
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A Latin term used to describe an unheated room in a bath-house containing a cold bath and sometimes a labrum or emplacement for a cold shower.

 
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A crust decoration found on most tazzae.

 
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Peoples who inhabited the Dutch coastal plain (Frisia) and low-lying areas of northern Holland and northwest Germany in the late 1st millennium
bc
and early 1st millennium
ad
. According to the Roman author Procopius they were involved in the Anglo-Saxon colonization of Britain in the 5th century
ad
, but have left little record of their activities there. During the 8th century
ad
Frisia was annexed into the Frankish kingdom.

 
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Governor of Britain between ad 73 or 74 and 77 or 78. His period of office was marked by the establishment of a legionary fortress at Caerleon and campaigns which conquered and pacified the Silures of south Wales.

 
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The upper skull and antlers of a deer or stag.

 
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