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They were in the Forum, as the provenience of the inscription shows. CIRCUS, Cecconi, Storia di Palestrina, p. 75, n. 32. Cecconi thought there was a circus at the bottom of the depression between Colle S. Martino and the hill of Praeneste.
In 1581 the city undertook to restore the old aqueduct which brought water from back of Capranica, but no description was left of its exact course or ancient construction. While these repairs were in progress, Francesco Cecconi leased to the city his property called Terreni, where there were thirty fine springs of clear water not far from the city walls.
These three inscriptions were found in places so far from one another that they may well refer to three lavationes. See amphitheatrum. In Cecconi's time the city was divided into four quarters, which may well represent ancient tradition. Cecconi, Storia di Palestrina, p. 87. See above, pages 22 ff. See above, page 32. See discussion of temple, page 42.
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