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  • 26, 121 – March 17, 180) was emperor of Rome from 161 C.E. until his death ... === Emperor of Rome === In 161, Emperor Antoninus Pius died after indicating ...
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  • are a vital source for the study of ancient Rome from a vast number of ... *Edwards, Catherine. 2002. The Politics of Immorality in Ancient Rome ...
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  • collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures." ... Dürer, and antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle East, the Far ...
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  • Because the scroll is an ancient publishing method, it is still used ... texts, used in Eastern Mediterranean ancient Egyptian civilizations. ...
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  • protected its owner from drunkenness. The ancient Greeks and Romans wore amethyst ... Amethyst was used as a gemstone by the ancient Egyptians and was largely ...
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  • century B.C.E. have been found in ancient Egypt. [http://inventors ... the tips and handles, were used in ancient Rome, China, Japan, and Korea ...
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  • the original St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, which was replaced in the ... The oldest known basilica, the Basilica Porcia, was built in Rome ...
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  • was excommunicated by the early church at Rome as a heretic; Nevertheless ... Marcion travelled to Rome about 142–143. Tertullian dates the beginning ...
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  • rule, Ankara was a gateway to the east for Rome, and as such was well developed ... and a new section, called Yenişehir. Ancient buildings reflecting Roman ...
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  • from antiquities, classical studies, ancient languages, and philology ... in antiquities after studying an ancient Roman gold coin that had ...
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  • Catholic lines of apostolic succession recognized by Rome. ... is first amongst equals, continuing the ancient practice of the church, ...
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  • with Basilides and took his teachings to Rome where he further developed ... Clement of Alexandria, and Hippolytus of Rome, whose accounts of his teachings ...
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  • Mark Antony was especially criticized in Rome for betraying his Roman ... A member of the Antonia gens, Antony was born in Rome, around 83 B ...
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  • Correspondingly, in ancient Rome, Livy referred to the caduceator ... In ancient Rome, Livy refers to the caduceator who negotiated peace ...
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  • Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla). The ancient city on the coast of the ... with the New Kingdom pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Archaeological evidence ...
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  • ben Hananiah (Gen. R. 64). Secret anti-Rome factions, however, began to ... supposed tomb of Solomon. According to the ancient historian Cassius Dio, ...
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  • in the eastern church, and Pope Leo I, from Rome, wrote that Eutyches' ... in fear of his own life, returned to Rome by back roads, reporting that ...
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  • In Catholic tradition, Peter was the first pope. The ancient Christian ... Tradition holds that Peter met martyrdom in Rome, probably at the ...
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  • amphitheater in the center of the city of Rome. Originally capable of seating ... html A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome] (Oxford University Press ...
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  • Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of Pontiffs ... was the most important priesthood of ancient Rome. The foundation of this ...
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