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- ε1620Ἐξελοφίζετοused to be quarried out… from missing parts of the Excerpta of Constantine Porphyrogenitus.) The "earth" in question is presumably pozzolana, a precursor of cement, mined in the vicinity of Dikaiarcheia (= Puteoli) in Campania, delta 1061. For "earth-hills" …
- ε1535Ἔξαμμον μιλίουexammon of the Milion… 618 (Chron. Pasch. 711), and removed an official, nicknamed "the Earthquake,” who had attempted to double the price of bread (ibid. 715-716). It is certainly possible that Heraclius, involved in activities similar to those …