Vicus
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Vicus may refer to:
- Vicus (Rome)Vicus (Rome)In ancient Rome, the vicus was a neighborhood. During the Republican era, the four regiones of the city of Rome were subdivided into vici. In the 1st century BC, Augustus reorganized the city for administrative purposes into 14 regions, comprising 265 vici. Each vicus had its own board of...
, plural vici, a neighborhood or local administrative unit of ancient Rome- Vicus TuscusVicus TuscusVicus Tuscus was an ancient street in the city of Rome, running southwest out of the Forum Romanum between the Basilica Iulia and the Temple of Castor and Pollux towards the Forum Boarium and Circus Maximus via the west side of the Palatine Hill and Velabrum.-History:The name of Vicus Tuscus is...
in Rome - Vicus JugariusVicus JugariusThe Vicus Jugarius, or the Street of the Yoke-Makers, was an ancient street leading into the Roman Forum. The Vicus Jugarius was very old—perhaps even older than Rome itself...
, leading into the Roman Forum - Gensis (vicus)Gensis (vicus)Gensis was the Roman settlement vicus in Moesia Superior, now central Serbia, on Cer mountain near Lešnica.-Tabula Peutingeriana:It is recorded in the Tabula Peutingeriana as situated XXX m.p. south of Sirmium, on via Argentaria, a road leading in the direction of Drina; on the mountain Cer area,...
in Moesia Superior - Vicus Ausonensis, the Latin name of VicVicVic is the capital of the comarca of Osona, in the Barcelona Province, Catalonia, Spain. Vic's location, only 69 km far from Barcelona and 60 km from Girona, has made it one of the most important towns in central Catalonia.-History:...
, Spain - Vicus Novanensis, the Latin name of Santa Maria a VicoSanta Maria a VicoSanta Maria a Vico is a comune in the Province of Caserta in the Italian region Campania, located about 30 km northeast of Naples and about 13 km southeast of Caserta.It has a largely agricultural economy.-History:...
, Italy
- Vicus Tuscus
- Vicús culture of Peru