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    In the Roman Empire, a mansio (from the Latin word mansus, the perfect passive participle of manere "to remain" or "to stay") was an official stopping...
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    concentrated on the sites of the mansio and bath-house. The remains visible today are those of the stone bath house and mansio, built in approximately 130 CE...
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  • Bona Mansio Island (Bulgarian: остров Бона Мансио, romanized: ostrov Bona Mansio, IPA: [ˈɔstrov ˈbɔnɐ ˈmansio]) is the ice-covered island extending 750...
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    twelve Roman miles, and tended to grow into villages or trading posts. A mansio (plural mansiones) was a privately run service station franchised by the...
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    followed. The archaeologists discovered a Roman mansio now known as the "Roman Painted House". The mansio, a hostel for government officials, was built...
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    dwelling house. The word itself derives through Old French from the Latin word mansio "dwelling", an abstract noun derived from the verb manere "to dwell". The...
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  • Mesnil is derived from Latin mansionile, meaning a small mansio or dwelling, and may refer to: Mesnil, Mauritius, a suburb in the town of Vacoas-Phoenix...
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    Polis, près de la commune de Babjë, que se trouvait la station Ad Dianam (mansio Grandavia). Près du pont de Qukës se trouvait la station In Candavia (mutatio...
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    Roman era, a temple dedicated to Jupiter was erected nearby along with a mansio serving travellers along the pass, and it is thought that Carthaginian general...
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    district of West Sussex, England. It is close to a Roman way station or mansio on the Chichester to Silchester Way. Because titty is a slang term for breast...
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