Search results for "Religion in ancient Rome" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and he is the king named "Herod" in the Acts of the Apostles in ... Sent by Herod the Great to be educated in Rome, the young Agrippa ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (34 – 62 C.E.), was an ancient ... the biography coincide with events mentioned in the satires, and the biography ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 00:44, 24 November 2022
- increasingly ineffectual alliance between Rome and Constantinople. During ... leading to renewed hard feelings between Rome and the East. During his reign ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 11:39, 13 February 2022
- In the Roman Empire, the Vestal Virgins (sacerdos Vestalis), were ... bearing on the health and prosperity of Rome and the Roman Empire. The ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
- standard, or logic, among other things. In religious contexts, it can ... Similar concepts are found in non-western traditions, such as Dao ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- Marcus Antonius Gordianus (January 20 225 – February 11, 244), known ... however, he was one of the most powerful men in the world. As such, he merits ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 02:07, 22 December 2022
- He was given the name Porphyrius (clad in purple, an allusion to the ... Most of the known details of the personal life of Porphyry are found ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- Cybele (Greek Κυβέλη) was a Phrygian goddess originating in ... ("Mountain-Mother"), possibly in connection to the myth that ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- Axum, or Aksum, is a city in northern Ethiopia named after the Kingdom ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- church. Also known as Saint Agnes of Rome and Saint Ines (or Santa Ynez ... during the persecution of Emperor Diocletian in the late third century C.E ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- Marcus Julius Philippus or Philippus I Arabs (c. 204 - 249), known ... ruler, a phihellene who deeply respected Rome's traditions and heritage ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- who became known in his capacity as a Roman citizen as Flavius Josephus, ... and recorded the Destruction of Jerusalem in 70 C.E. His works give an important ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- martyr together with 11,000 other virgins in Cologne, Germany around 383 ... history. Literary critics theorize that an ancient tradition about the martyrdom ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- A native of Cilicia, he was active in the Academy at Athens, under ... of the Presocratics, could be found to be in agreement with NeoPlatonism ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- Pope Saint Stephen I served as bishop of Rome from May 12, 254 to ... Stephen became involved in a major controversy with Saint Cyprian ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- who strongly affirmed the primacy of Rome and promulgated the doctrine ... by descent. Gelasius' own statement in one of his letters that he ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 06:35, 18 April 2024
- known for having met Attila the Hun outside Rome in 452, in an attempt to persuade ... This shows that Leo was known outside of Rome. He was also asked by the ...15 KB (2,335 words) - 20:05, 25 October 2022
- medieval ideal of union of church and state in a united Christendom" ... reign of Stephen II but it is referred to in a letter from Adrian I to Charlemagne ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- Saint Hippolytus of Rome (died 235 C.E.), sometimes called Ypolitus ... writers of the early Church. He was born in the second half of the second ...13 KB (2,034 words) - 15:50, 25 January 2023
- ), the text was bound with the New Testament in the Codex Sinaiticus. Additionally ... The book was originally written in Rome, in the Greek language, but ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
