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Sphendone insolita,
common name the
Palau rock snail, is a
species of air-breathing
tropical land snail, a
terrestrial pulmonate gastropod in the family...
- (παιδόπουλοι, paidopouloi),
while the parakoimōmenos tēs
sphendonēs who was
entrusted with
keeping the
sphendonē, the ring with the emperor's
personal seal, used...
- wide. The
carceres (starting gates)
stood at the
northern end; and the
sphendone (curved
tribune of the U-shaped structure, the
lower part of
which still...
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Megas konostaulos Protosebastos Pinkernes Kouropalates Parakoimomenos tes
sphendones Parakoimomenos tou
koitonos Logothetes tou
genikou Protovestiarites Domestikos...
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Tetradrachm from Olympia, 360 BC. Obverse: Head of Zeus
wearing laurel wreath. Reverse: Head of the
nymph Olympia wearing sphendone. ΟΛΥΜΠΙΑ to right....
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Ottoman archives. Four
other structures of the
complex were
built over the
sphendone, the semi-circular
southwest end of the Hippodrome. The
largest and furthest...
- just
after the city's foundation, the
stadium has two
semicircular ends (
sphendones),
typical of the
Roman amphitheatre type. The
stadiums of
ancient Laodicea...
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Megas konostaulos Protosebastos Pinkernes Kouropalates Parakoimomenos tes
sphendones Parakoimomenos tou
koitonos Logothetes tou
genikou Protovestiarites Domestikos...
-
Megas konostaulos Protosebastos Pinkernes Kouropalates Parakoimomenos tes
sphendones Parakoimomenos tou
koitonos Logothetes tou
genikou Protovestiarites Domestikos...
- 30,000 spectators. Today, the
northern curved part of the
stadium (the
sphendone) is
partially restored and is one of the most
recognisable landmarks of...
