Quirinus

Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 8: Peasant to Eoumelia, p. 537

Quirinus (see MARS).—The QUIRINAL (Lat. Collis Quirinalis) is one of the seven hills of ancient Rome (q.v.), and next to the Palatine and Capitoline the oldest and most famous quarter of the city. For Quirites, also, see ROME.

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