Word: salarian
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...band tramped down the Salarian Way, along which Romans had once marched to capture the Sabine women and found ancient Rome, the grim thump of drums woke Adolfo Boscaini. Farmer Boscaini kept 200 milk cows, 600 sheep on 220 hectares (about 490 acres). His barns were freshly painted. So was his tractor, ready for autumn ploughing. His cowsheds smelt only of sour-sweet silage...
...before the city that St. Jerome called the "clearest light of the universe." Once Rome's terror-shaken citizens had bought off the barbarian with ransom of gold, silver, silk, skins, and 3,000 Ib. of pepper. Now, by stealth or treason, Alaric's men burst the Salarian Gate. For three days and nights they pillaged palaces and temples, dragged Romans into slavery. Moved perhaps by awe, they spared the precious vessels which "belonged to St. Peter," respected the sanctuary of Christian churches, did not fire Rome's noble buildings. But when their booty-laden wagons trundled...
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