urbs
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Everything inside was urbs, city space consecrated by priests who interpreted the will of the gods; everything outside was ager — unhallowed open territory.
From New York Times ● May 1, 2023
It suggests a place where the rubes rub against the urbs, and where rhubarb is grown and sold at roadside stands.
From Time Magazine Archive
Man has been moving to the suburbs ever since he invented the urbs.
From Time Magazine Archive
But as their industries, their urbs, suburbs and highways encroach upon the wilderness, that wilderness becomes particularly precious.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now came the last and most important ceremony, the tracing of the line of the wall around the city itself,—the urbs, the home of the people.
From The Childhood of Rome by Louise Lamprey
