Search results for "Masters of Rome" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Posidonius (or Poseidonus; Greek: Ποσειδώνιος) "of ... to admit that passions were an inherent part of human nature, rather than errors ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 05:44, 30 November 2022
- Rossini, he was a leading composer of bel canto opera. sincere manner about him. He carried a sense of responsibility to nurture and ...18 KB (2,665 words) - 03:45, 18 April 2024
- Simplicius (c. 470 – c. 560), a disciple of Ammonius Hermiae and ... teachings, but preserved valuable fragments of the works of older philosophers ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- and general. He was an important supporter of Gaius Julius Caesar as a military ... Mark Antony was especially criticized in Rome for betraying his Roman ...28 KB (4,345 words) - 16:00, 6 November 2022
- The Epistle to Titus is a book of the New Testament, one of the three ... are truly by the Apostle, due to issues of style, circumstance, and references ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- Hebrew: Mattay or Mattithyahu; "Gift of Yahweh"—first century ... Described as a tax collector working near the Sea of Galilee, Matthew ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- who lived in Jerusalem during the time of King Herod around the beginning ... hearted approach to interpreting the spirit of the law, Hillel and his followers ...16 KB (2,728 words) - 13:17, 22 January 2024
- ) is a region in west-central Italy on the shores of the Ligurian ... and a population of about 3.6 million inhabitants. The regional capital ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- Roman Catholic Church elects a new Bishop of Rome (Pope) at a time when ... In the early centuries of Christianity, the bishop of Rome (like other ...41 KB (6,415 words) - 11:21, 11 March 2023
- style. In the 1780s his cerebral brand of historical painting marked ... David became an active supporter of the French Revolution and friend ...24 KB (3,977 words) - 08:23, 18 March 2024
- educator, and Franciscan friar. He wrote one of the earliest compendia of mathematical ... Pacioli was a man of deep faith coupled with a great love for knowledge ...14 KB (2,158 words) - 04:17, 4 November 2022
- ranked number one in both 1968 and 1975. One of the founders of the influential ... Ashe was also a vocal and long-time protester of apartheid in South ...12 KB (1,843 words) - 11:06, 16 August 2023
- as a real, genuine pope. Indeed, statues of Pope Joan once stood in the ... ==The legend of Pope Joan== The legend of Pope Joan can be found in ...24 KB (4,035 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- Gamaliel the Elder, or Gamaliel I, was the leading Jewish teacher ... disciples from death in a story in the Book of Acts, in which he is quoted ...9 KB (1,475 words) - 04:07, 18 April 2024
- French painter best known for his invention of a new genre, the fête galante ... , Gilles (Louvre), Perspective (Museum of Fine Arts, Boston), Mezzetin ...14 KB (2,082 words) - 06:44, 31 July 2023
- The sport of Fencing is a sport of armed combat that is one of the ... ancient times as fencing was an ancient form of combat in warfare. Today the ...26 KB (4,245 words) - 17:16, 26 March 2024
- artist and scholar during a long sojourn in Rome. There he was admitted to ... Wright is currently rated as one of the leading indigenous British ...28 KB (4,229 words) - 02:57, 2 May 2024
- painter, the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic ... From the first quarter of the seventeenth century, Velázquez's ...37 KB (5,925 words) - 14:27, 29 January 2024
- Ukrainian-born Russian writer. Although many of his works were influenced by ... satire, comic realism, and descriptions of Russian provincials and petty ...15 KB (2,434 words) - 04:07, 15 November 2022
- She is best known for her happy scenes of couples, families, and Dutch ... a greater range than most Dutch painters of the era, and she was one of ...11 KB (1,680 words) - 21:00, 4 October 2022
