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AUXIMUM (mod. Osimo) , an ancient town in Picenum, situated on an isolated hill 8 m. from the Adriatic, on the road from Ancona to Nuceria. It was selected by the Romans as a fortress to protect their settlements in northern Picenum, and strongly fortified in 174 B.C. The walls erected at that period, of large rectangular blocks of stone, still exist in great
part
Auximum
patron
inscriptions and the monuments of its forum (the present piazza) show. In the 6th century it is called by Procopius
chief
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