Search results for "Roman name" - New World Encyclopedia
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- The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 6 (Philadelphia ... For the Jewish community this marked the end of nearly 500 years of ...21 KB (2,975 words) - 21:24, 26 February 2024
- Vojk, John's father, took the family name of Hunyadi when he received ... also of high-rank (Szilágy being the name of a county overlapping with ...19 KB (2,971 words) - 07:01, 8 April 2024
- Friars Minor, and cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He set forth ... after entering the order he received the name Bonaventure. ...20 KB (3,032 words) - 07:21, 17 November 2023
- been controlled alternately by Celts, the Roman Empire, Visigoths, Huns, ... The Roman name Mediolanum includes the suffix -lanum meaning plain ...27 KB (3,967 words) - 10:58, 10 March 2023
- Nicola (Antonio) Porpora (August 17, 1686 – March 3, 1768) was an Italian composer of baroque operas and opera seria. He was also a teacher ...5 KB (709 words) - 23:33, 14 November 2022
- In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων ... by Rose, who argues that "since his name apparently is not Greek, or ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- Born into a high-ranking Christian Roman family and highly educated ... Boethius, erudite and highly educated, lived in an era when Roman ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- Similar to other female monsters in Greco-Roman myth (such as the ... Lamia's name derives from the Greek word Laimos ("gullet ...10 KB (1,536 words) - 20:54, 22 October 2022
- that led to Henry's break with the Roman Catholic Church and his subsequent ... She was an aunt to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, John III of Portugal ...22 KB (3,326 words) - 16:17, 3 December 2023
- The name Salzburg literally means "Salt Castle," and derives ... the largest Romanesque church in the Holy Roman Empire. Remains of the frescoes ...19 KB (2,898 words) - 01:56, 23 December 2022
- 1650 when an Irish adventurer by the name of William Lamport, escaped ... was Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, the criollo Roman Catholic priest from the ...15 KB (2,102 words) - 16:30, 9 November 2022
- According to the Gospel of Luke, a decree of the Roman emperor Augustus ... She is the only woman mentioned by name as being present at the election ...30 KB (4,633 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- Roman numerals indicate the root of the chord as a scale degree within ... Many analysts use lower-case Roman numerals to indicate minor triads ...34 KB (5,534 words) - 17:56, 10 December 2023
- pejoratively to describe the books in the Roman Catholic canon that are absent ... of the canon became a major concern for Roman Catholics and Protestants ...29 KB (4,388 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- Radish is the common name for herbaceous plant, Raphanus sativus, ... As a root vegetable, the radish has been cultivated since pre-Roman ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 17:19, 16 April 2023
- Though Sebastian's name is the subject of an elaborate etymology ... character led him to become involved in the Roman military, culminating with ...18 KB (2,711 words) - 20:50, 17 April 2023
- staunchly defended the regime's pro-Roman Catholic policies and its ... by family members, who were minority Roman Catholics from central Vietnam. ...20 KB (3,103 words) - 23:35, 15 December 2022
- with both Carthage and Rome (then the Roman Republic) vying for control ... conclusion. During that period of time, the Roman armies regrouped. A Roman ...41 KB (6,779 words) - 19:11, 29 January 2022
- of Thomas Aquinas. The word comes from the name of its originator, whose summary ... (Italian, San Bonaventura, original name Giovanni Di Fidanza), represented ...28 KB (4,356 words) - 22:59, 30 April 2023
- Following his defeat in Italy by the Roman Republic, Pyrrhus was forced ... After arriving in Italy in 280 B.C.E., Pyrrhus defeated a Roman army ...24 KB (3,591 words) - 22:02, 26 February 2024
