Meyfart, professor of theology at Erfurt, in 1642, a fine adaptation of the ancient "Urbs beata Hierusalem.
The phrase 'urbs aeterna' appears in a novel issued by Valentinian III.
The "urbs Guidi" of Bede is described by him as placed in the middle of the Firth of Forth, "in medio sui.
In reference to the supposed identification of Inch Keith and this "urbs Giudi," let me add (1.
The last form irresistibly suggests the Urbs Guidi of Bede, situated in the Firth of Forth.
He was probably received by Michael Choniates, the archbishop who had defended Athens against the tyrant Leo Sgurus, (Nicetas urbs capta, p.
Vetus Urbswas a sanctuary for the princes of the Church.
To the writers of antiquity she was Urbs Vetus, but no man knows her ancient name, and although archaeologists dispute in vain as to the rival claims of Herbanum and Salpinum, it is recognised that the origin of Orvieto is plunged in mystery.
For urbs and oppidum in apposition with a Locative, see ยง 169, 4.
And that feeling of ancient state and majesty with which the memory of Troy is invested in such lines as Urbs antiqua ruit multos dominata per annos(489), had been first expressed in the 'Andromache' of the older poet.
At Urbs Italica, the Roman city of old, is the ring wherein many victims of Pagan persecution were forced to combat with fierce beasts.
The historic city of Orbajosa, whose name is no doubt a corruption of Urbs Augusta, looks like a great dunghill.
Is not its illustrious ancestry evident in the nobleness and high-mindedness of the present Urbs Augustan generation?
This zeal was responsible for our leaving theUrbs Intacta, and pushing on to pass the night in something smaller and more idyllic.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "urbs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: borough; burg; city; metropolis; municipality; outskirts; polis; suburb; township
