Search results for "Ancient Rome" - New World Encyclopedia
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- clear. While numerous authors both ancient and modern have suggested ... Saturnalia, one of the most popular public festivals in ancient Rome ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- from the battle along the Via Appia from Capua to Rome. ... The ancient sources give various accounts on Spartacus' origins ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- 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
- with her huge entourage of handmaidens to Rome, where she persuaded Pope ... history. Literary critics theorize that an ancient tradition about the martyrdom ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- " The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (London, UK: Penguin Books ... been several trade agreements between Ancient Rome and Carthage; even a mutual ...26 KB (4,140 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- (ca. 620 B.C.E. - ? B.C.E. ), was an ancient Greek poet who was considered ... Moreover, Alcaeus' mastery of ancient Greek meter is undisputed ...8 KB (1,188 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, while Rome remained out of communion ... Orthodox Churches, the four Archbishops of Rome, Alexandria, Ephesus (later ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- character that means life or living. Ancient Egyptian gods are often ... Empire for killing slaves and enemies of Rome. In Egypt, however, the indigenous ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- who strongly affirmed the primacy of Rome and promulgated the doctrine ... a man of African heritage who was born in Rome. However, the question of ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 06:35, 18 April 2024
- to the cult of Bacchus introduced into Rome from lower Italy by way of ... its political power over all of Italy. In Rome, where politics and religion ...10 KB (1,570 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- Saint Hippolytus of Rome (died 235 C.E.), sometimes called Ypolitus ... half of the second century, probably in Rome. A disciple of Irenaeus of ...13 KB (2,034 words) - 15:50, 25 January 2023
- Ottorino Respighi (Bologna, July 9, 1879 – Rome, April 18, 1936 ... Botticelli Pictures). His passion for ancient Italian music led to an ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 05:57, 18 November 2022
- more robust figures. At 25, he moved to Rome and was commissioned by Pope ... such as Perugia, Urbino and perhaps also Rome. He made friends with the ...21 KB (3,084 words) - 00:38, 8 December 2022
- ownership of property, led the Commune of Rome's temporary overthrow ... continued to teach, but eventually came to Rome to seek reconciliation with ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 03:56, 15 August 2023
- Cyrene (Greek Κυρήνη, Kurene) was an ancient Greek colony in ... the same history that befell much of the ancient world: one empire conquering ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- and philosophical developments of the ancient Greek philosophers, and ... "On the heavens 1.10-12". [The ancient commentators on Aristotle ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia, whose worship ... Cybele's origins are debated by scholars. Ancient texts and inscriptions ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- to the supernatural mythology of the ancient world. Lucan's epic ... argument Lucan, upon his return to Rome, began to make his mark as ...9 KB (1,450 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- (the word itself comes from "Rome", and it is from Ovid ... of Sulmo, a village about 90 miles east of Rome. His family was of the well ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 06:01, 18 November 2022
- bearing on the health and prosperity of Rome and the Roman Empire. The ... scapegoatsC.C. Martindale, Religion of Ancient Rome, Studies in Comparative ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
