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Glossary: MNO

Mansio

Latin word for a transport café composed of an inn and a stable.

Mortar with broken tiles

Cement used during the Roman period and composed of lime, sand, water, and broken tiles for a better watertightness than the lime mortar. It was usually applied on the inner surfcace of pools and aqueducts, for example.

Oppidum

Latin word for a fortified town. In archaeology, this word is mainly used for the Celtic fortified towns.