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Carinae was an area of ancient Rome. It was one of its most exclusive neighborhoods, where many of the senatorial class lived. Florus described the Carinae as the "most celebrated part of the city" (celeberrima pars urbis).

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Carinae was an area of ancient Rome. It was one of its most exclusive neighborhoods, where many of the senatorial class lived. Florus described the Carinae as the "most celebrated part of the city" (celeberrima pars urbis).

== Description == The Carinae occupied the western end of the southern spur of the Esquiline Hill in Rome. The district likely incorporated the earlier Fagutal, with the northern tip of the Oppian Hill on its western side; it extended between the Velian Hill and the Clivus Pullius. Its outlook was southwestern, across the swamps of the Palus Ceroliae toward the Aventine.

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