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- of Pope Sixtus IV, who also admired ancient Rome, the Academia Romana was ... to dedicate his life to the study of ancient Rome. He went to Rome around ...9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
- ==Ancient Rome== [[Image:Roman Republic Empire map.gif|thumb|Area under ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- Pope Saint Alexander I was the bishop of Rome for seven to ten years ... Esquiline Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome. Nothing is known of his life ...6 KB (917 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between 86 and 103 C.E. Martial ... Martial moved to Rome in 64 C.E., perhaps encouraged by the literary ...9 KB (1,468 words) - 16:29, 6 November 2022
- Orthodox Churches comparable to the Pope of Rome. The highest-ranking bishop ... ruled by five patriarchs: The bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- distinguished by his efforts to strengthen Rome's defenses and repair ... and political leaders into line with Rome. He excommunicated Cardinal ...11 KB (1,773 words) - 09:41, 24 November 2022
- (d. c. 67 - 80) was the second bishop of Rome, succeeding the first "pope ... after Peter, while others place Clement of Rome before him, and still others ...11 KB (1,675 words) - 04:02, 26 November 2022
- 1583 in Ferrara – March 1, 1643 in Rome) was an Italian musician and ... the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome in the spring of 1607. Frescobaldi ...5 KB (689 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- ) conveyed it to Rome. The precise time of its writing, however, is ... response to the expulsion of many Jews from Rome around 49 C.E., because of ...13 KB (2,049 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- oldest symbols of the Jewish people. In ancient times, the menorah once ... ==Origin, Description and Ancient use== [[Image:Coin issued by Mattathias ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:09, 9 November 2022
- ===Antiquity and Ancient Rome=== due to a long and lengthy battle with Ancient Rome. According to myth, Queen ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- |name =University of Rome "La Sapienza" |native_name ... * Santo Mazzarino, leading historian of ancient Rome and ancient Greece ...13 KB (1,764 words) - 13:09, 3 May 2023
- Saint Clement I was a bishop of Rome from 88 to 99 C.E. Also called ... Clement of Rome is considered one of the Apostolic Fathers, and the ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- school in Athens, before settling in Rome around 80 B.C.E. He was a ... Citium in Athens. In 80 B.C.E. he came to Rome, and apparently resided at ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 04:12, 24 November 2022
- Although famously associated with the ancient Romans, aqueducts were ... to Africa, and especially in the city of Rome itself, where they totaled ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2023
- Aurelius Carus succeeded in reversing Rome's previous defeats at ... The survival of the Persian empire against Rome prevented one power from totally ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- in response to a problem widely debated by ancient Greek philosophers, of how ... desires. This concept was developed in Rome and adapted by early Christians ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 05:58, 11 August 2023
- philosopher, was a teacher of rhetoric in Rome until the Roman authorities ... skilled in the liberal arts. He came to Rome as a teacher of rhetoric and ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- Sent by Herod the Great to be educated in Rome, the young Agrippa ... Herod the Great, to the imperial court in Rome. There, Emperor Tiberius developed ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- Ishtar of the Mesopotamians, Hathor in Ancient Egypt, Astarte of the Syro ... to found the city that would one day become Rome. Aeneas was born by way of ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- Mark Antony. Her suicide at the conquest by Rome marked the end of Ptolemaic ... Made king of Cyrenaica. Bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome. * Ptolemy Philadelphus ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- of Padua and a lecturer at Naples, Rome, Pisa, and Salerno, he studied ... He then lectured successively at Naples, Rome, Pisa and Salerno. Influenced ...8 KB (1,200 words) - 06:47, 16 June 2023
- Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (34 – 62 C.E.), was an ancient ... in his twelfth year he was taken to Rome where he attended the lectures ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 00:44, 24 November 2022
- Pope Saint Fabian was bishop of Rome from January 236 to January 20 ... and Fabian could thus bring back to Rome the bodies of Pope Pontian ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Medica] A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (as completed and revised ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- church. Also known as Saint Agnes of Rome and Saint Ines (or Santa Ynez ... The mature legend of Saint Agnes of Rome exists in at least three ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- several victories. His ashes were taken to Rome, where he was deified. He ... of the European space and its debt to Rome, the Empire had yet to develop ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 02:07, 22 December 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
- He published his results with plates of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, maps ... to explore and record the remains of the ancient Egyptian civilization. The ...9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- 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
- 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
- (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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- of Flavius Vespasian, the future emperor of Rome, an educated man who could ... In 71 C.E. he arrived in Rome in the entourage of Titus, becoming ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- he openly mocked the epic style of ancient poetry, criticizing even ... the most important figures in literature of the ancient world. ...12 KB (1,947 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- Plotinus (Greek: Πλωτίνος)(ca. 205–270), the ancient philosopher ... === Expedition to Persia and return to Rome === He spent the next eleven ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:05, 24 November 2022
- |right|250px|The Roman census was the most developed in the ancient ... word 'census' originates from ancient Rome, coming from the Latin ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- hexameter, a verse form first used by the ancient Greeks which would fall ... was educated in Cremona, Milan, and finally Rome, where he came under the tutelage ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- Rome ( roʊm ; Roma , ˈroma ; Roma ) is the capital city of Italy ... quot; because the "achievements of ancient Rome in the fields of architecture ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- , was one of the canonical nine poets of ancient Greece who is considered ... known to us only by quotations in other ancient authors or papyrus scraps ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 06:16, 24 November 2022
- of the Biblical canon. Written in or near Rome in the late second century ... which he holds to have been written by the ancient king and his associates. ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- voyage, helped enhance trade between India and Rome. Gary Keith Young ... and Rome's loss of the Red Sea ports, Augustin F. C. Holl. Ethnoarchaeology ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- famous and successful living painters in Rome. She was also one of the signatories ... for a woman to see and copy the works of ancient and Renaissance masters ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- e. – August 12, 30 b.c.e.) was queen of Ancient Egypt, the last member of ... legal heir, Octavian, brought the might of Rome against Egypt, Cleopatra took ...20 KB (3,144 words) - 22:04, 7 January 2024
- Pope Saint Stephen I served as bishop of Rome from May 12, 254 to ... According to the most ancient lists, Stephen I was a Roman by birth ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- reflecting the uses of the Romans (and ancient Greeks) to use lavender ... and scent. The plant has been grown since ancient times in perfumery, and ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 17:55, 25 October 2022
- prosperity accrued from economic trade with Rome, India, and elsewhere, but ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- Still-life paintings were found on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs ... Still-life paintings adorned the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs. ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 18:01, 21 October 2022
- quot;) is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications ... Josephus has Elazer admitting that it had been wrong to resist Rome ...14 KB (2,172 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- Cassius Longinus. Born in Tyre, he went to Rome in 262 C.E. and studied under ... purple dye in Tyre. In 262 C.E. he came to Rome and studied under Plotinus ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- a prominent city of the Roman Empire. The ancient city's most famous ... important cities. Leptis Magna weakened as Rome weakened. It fell under control ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:59, 25 October 2022
- presided over the celebrations marking Rome's one thousandth anniversary ... Alexander Severus, who was a Syrian. In ancient Rome the Pretorian Guard was ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- besieged Desiderius, Charlemagne visited Rome where he celebrated Easter ... two more occasions. In 781, he visited Rome with his wife and his son ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- and architect of seventeenth-century Rome. The son of a Mannerist sculptor ... Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in the Piazza Navona Rome. ==Early Life== ...23 KB (3,452 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- manage the German Archaeological Institute in Rome. le Mérite in 1868, honorary citizenship of Rome, and the Nobel prize for literature ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:56, 30 April 2023
- inscriptions, and carvings. First used in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece ... regarding the lives of those who lived in ancient times. Often decorated with ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- The book was originally written in Rome, in the Greek language, but ... :"He who brought me up sold me to a certain Rhoda, who was at ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- the design of which originated in Ancient Rome. The word now refers to ... The first catacombs constructed in the world are the ancient Jewish ...16 KB (2,439 words) - 14:27, 29 November 2023
- soaked foods were part of daily life in Ancient Rome (Kurlansky 2002). Cleopatra ... and Vegetables: A Global Perspective. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 22:47, 28 March 2023
- was followed by the Acacian schism, between Rome and Constantinople, which ... to the Henotikon, but Pope Felix III of Rome condemned it and excommunicated ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 18:33, 7 February 2022
- of Paul's imprisonments, probably at Rome in the early 60s C.E., though ... accepted by virtually all Bible scholars, ancient and modern. Some critical ...10 KB (1,691 words) - 20:40, 17 May 2023
- world, including two journeys to Rome. Plutarch studied philosophy ... of Achaea, and journeys to Alexandria and Rome. He had a number of influential ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- The yodel is an ancient rural form of calling, tens of thousands of ... ===Ancient Rome=== The earliest mention of the yodel dates back to ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- of honor and authority equal to that of the Rome. This rule, however, was rejected ... was both divine and human. Pope Leo I, from Rome, insisted on two natures in ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 08:25, 10 January 2024
- he became a dedicated scholar of the ancient classics and of German history ... Beatus believed that the wisdom of the ancient classical writers with the ...12 KB (1,792 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- century B.C.E. to refer to a group of ancient philosophers, including ... century B.C.E. to refer to a group of ancient philosophers who attached ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... After several confrontations between Dacia and Rome, Emperor Trajan ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- in Egypt, at the Temple of Karnak. This is now in Rome. ... * Ancient Egypt ==Notes== ==References== * Bryan, Betsy M. The Reign ...7 KB (1,124 words) - 02:51, 4 November 2022
- of Europe] EIFAC technical paper, 52. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization ... * Nilsen, Tor Helge. 1985. Modern and Ancient Alluvial Fan Deposits ...5 KB (763 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- such as the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Constantinople and the ... by the long-standing struggle between Rome and Constantinople for supremacy ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- Historically, cumin was used heavily in ancient Roman cuisine. ... Cumin has been in use since ancient times. Seeds, excavated at the ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- After civil unrest broke out in 162 C.E., Galen moved to Rome where ... (written around 1000 C.E.), Galen died in Rome around 199-200 C.E. New research ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 03:50, 18 April 2024
- and Sicilian Baroque architect in Rome. His major works included ... and, without informing his parents, fled to Rome and changed his name from ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 06:44, 1 April 2024
- of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. At approximately 108.7 acres ... monarchy that is ruled by the Bishop of Rome—the Pope. The highest state ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- traditionally considered Pauline (although Rome questioned its authorship ... #039;s name, as was common practice in the ancient world. ...24 KB (3,164 words) - 00:13, 30 January 2024
- today. His work chronicled the history of Rome from 96 to 378, although only ... to influence the future. Less centered on Rome than Tacitus had been, he ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- before accepting Pope Sixtus IV’s call to Rome to occupy the chair of eloquence ... died, Filelfo turned his thoughts towards Rome. He was now 77 years old, ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- Mithridates was summoned back to Rome where he was kept a prisoner ... ==Between Rome and Parthia== Unhappy with the growing Parthian influence ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- He spent much of his time championing the ancient poets and literally digging ... In 1341 Petrarch was crowned poet laureate in Rome, the first man ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 01:38, 24 November 2022
- visitors to have an experience of life in ancient times. ... After graduation, Evans traveled to Bosnia and Macedonia to study ...10 KB (1,447 words) - 12:20, 7 November 2021
- Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was an ancient state, located in eastern ... in the early first century C.E. Under Rome, it continued to enjoy a high ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- == Mica in ancient times == [[Image:Hand Hopewell mica.jpg|thumb|175px ... Mica was known to ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). While differing ... Most Eastern Catholic Churches arose when a group within an ancient ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
