Quadrivium

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Quadrivium (plural -- quadrivia) is a set of four lectures widely used in Septem Artes Administrativi. In Ancient Rome and Middle Ages, the quadrivium stood for a set of four upper courses in septem artes liberalis.


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In Latin, quadro stands for four, via stands for road or way, and -um is the ending of the singular noun.