A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.

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Title: A complete dictionary of the Greek and Roman antiquities explaining the obscure places in classic authors and ancient historians relating to the religion, mythology, history, geography and chronology of the ancient Greeks and Romans, their ... rites and customs, laws, polity, arts and engines of war : also an account of their navigations, arts and sciences and the inventors of them : with the lives and opinions of their philosophers / compiled originally in French ... by Monsieur Danet ; made English, with the addition of very useful mapps.
Author: Danet, Pierre, ca. 1650-1709.
Publication: London :: Printed for John Nicholson ... Tho. Newborough ... and John Bulford ...,; 1700.
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Subject terms: Classical dictionaries.; Rome -- Antiquities -- Dictionaries.; Greece -- Antiquities -- Dictionaries.
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VOTA,

Vows made by the Romans every Year after the Calends of January for the Eter∣nity of their Empire, and Health of the Empe∣ror and Citizens; and this was called Nuncupare vota. We find by the Emperors Moneys that there were Vows called Quinquennalia, Decennalia, Vi∣cennalia, Tricennalia, and Quadricennalia: The Magistrates ordered these Vows to be graven upon Brass Plates and Marble, which denoted the Number of Years they pray'd for, as 5, 10, 20, 30, and 40 Years: We find these Words on Maxentius and Decentius's Money, Votis Quinquen∣nalibus, multis Decennalibus. By the Medals of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius, we find Vows made for twenty Years, Vota suscepta Vi∣cennalia; which are thus inscribed:

VOT.
XXX
MULTIS
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When these Vows were accomplished, they e∣rected Altars, kindled Fires, and offered Sacri∣fices, and feasted in the Streets and publick Places.