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  • Mark Antony. Her suicide at the conquest by Rome marked the end of Ptolemaic ... Made king of Cyrenaica. Bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome. * Ptolemy Philadelphus ...
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  • of Padua and a lecturer at Naples, Rome, Pisa, and Salerno, he studied ... He then lectured successively at Naples, Rome, Pisa and Salerno. Influenced ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Medica] A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (as completed and revised ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • increasingly ineffectual alliance between Rome and Constantinople. During ... leading to renewed hard feelings between Rome and the East. During his reign ...
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  • He published his results with plates of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, maps ... to explore and record the remains of the ancient Egyptian civilization. The ...
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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 ...
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  • from the battle along the Via Appia from Capua to Rome. ... The ancient sources give various accounts on Spartacus' origins ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • with her huge entourage of handmaidens to Rome, where she persuaded Pope ... history. Literary critics theorize that an ancient tradition about the martyrdom ...
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  • " The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (London, UK: Penguin Books ... been several trade agreements between Ancient Rome and Carthage; even a mutual ...
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  • (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 ...
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  • Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, while Rome remained out of communion ... Orthodox Churches, the four Archbishops of Rome, Alexandria, Ephesus (later ...
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  • character that means life or living. Ancient Egyptian gods are often ... Empire for killing slaves and enemies of Rome. In Egypt, however, the indigenous ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Saint Hippolytus of Rome (died 235 C.E.), sometimes called Ypolitus ... half of the second century, probably in Rome. A disciple of Irenaeus of ...
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  • Ottorino Respighi (Bologna, July 9, 1879 – Rome, April 18, 1936 ... Botticelli Pictures). His passion for ancient Italian music led to an ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • ownership of property, led the Commune of Rome's temporary overthrow ... continued to teach, but eventually came to Rome to seek reconciliation with ...
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  • Cyrene (Greek Κυρήνη, Kurene) was an ancient Greek colony in ... the same history that befell much of the ancient world: one empire conquering ...
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  • and philosophical developments of the ancient Greek philosophers, and ... "On the heavens 1.10-12". [The ancient commentators on Aristotle ...
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  • goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia, whose worship ... Cybele's origins are debated by scholars. Ancient texts and inscriptions ...
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  • to the supernatural mythology of the ancient world. Lucan's epic ... argument Lucan, upon his return to Rome, began to make his mark as ...
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  • (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 ...
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  • bearing on the health and prosperity of Rome and the Roman Empire. The ... scapegoatsC.C. Martindale, Religion of Ancient Rome, Studies in Comparative ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • he openly mocked the epic style of ancient poetry, criticizing even ... the most important figures in literature of the ancient world. ...
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  • Plotinus (Greek: Πλωτίνος)(ca. 205–270), the ancient philosopher ... === Expedition to Persia and return to Rome === He spent the next eleven ...
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  • |right|250px|The Roman census was the most developed in the ancient ... word 'census' originates from ancient Rome, coming from the Latin ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • , 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 ...
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  • Rome ( roʊm ; Roma , ˈroma ; Roma ) is the capital city of Italy ... quot; because the "achievements of ancient Rome in the fields of architecture ...
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  • 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. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Still-life paintings were found on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs ... Still-life paintings adorned the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs. ...
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  • prosperity accrued from economic trade with Rome, India, and elsewhere, but ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...
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  • quot;) is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications ... Josephus has Elazer admitting that it had been wrong to resist Rome ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • presided over the celebrations marking Rome's one thousandth anniversary ... Alexander Severus, who was a Syrian. In ancient Rome the Pretorian Guard was ...
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  • besieged Desiderius, Charlemagne visited Rome where he celebrated Easter ... two more occasions. In 781, he visited Rome with his wife and his son ...
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  • and architect of seventeenth-century Rome. The son of a Mannerist sculptor ... Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in the Piazza Navona Rome. ==Early Life== ...
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  • manage the German Archaeological Institute in Rome. le Mérite in 1868, honorary citizenship of Rome, and the Nobel prize for literature ...
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  • inscriptions, and carvings. First used in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece ... regarding the lives of those who lived in ancient times. Often decorated with ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • the design of which originated in Ancient Rome. The word now refers to ... The first catacombs constructed in the world are the ancient Jewish ...
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  • soaked foods were part of daily life in Ancient Rome (Kurlansky 2002). Cleopatra ... and Vegetables: A Global Perspective. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization ...
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  • was followed by the Acacian schism, between Rome and Constantinople, which ... to the Henotikon, but Pope Felix III of Rome condemned it and excommunicated ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • world, including two journeys to Rome. Plutarch studied philosophy ... of Achaea, and journeys to Alexandria and Rome. He had a number of influential ...
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  • The yodel is an ancient rural form of calling, tens of thousands of ... ===Ancient Rome=== The earliest mention of the yodel dates back to ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... After several confrontations between Dacia and Rome, Emperor Trajan ...
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  • in Egypt, at the Temple of Karnak. This is now in Rome. ... * Ancient Egypt ==Notes== ==References== * Bryan, Betsy M. The Reign ...
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  • of Europe] EIFAC technical paper, 52. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization ... * Nilsen, Tor Helge. 1985. Modern and Ancient Alluvial Fan Deposits ...
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  • such as the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Constantinople and the ... by the long-standing struggle between Rome and Constantinople for supremacy ...
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  • Historically, cumin was used heavily in ancient Roman cuisine. ... Cumin has been in use since ancient times. Seeds, excavated at the ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • and Sicilian Baroque architect in Rome. His major works included ... and, without informing his parents, fled to Rome and changed his name from ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • traditionally considered Pauline (although Rome questioned its authorship ... #039;s name, as was common practice in the ancient world. ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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, ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Mithridates was summoned back to Rome where he was kept a prisoner ... ==Between Rome and Parthia== Unhappy with the growing Parthian influence ...
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  • visitors to have an experience of life in ancient times. ... After graduation, Evans traveled to Bosnia and Macedonia to study ...
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  • == Mica in ancient times == [[Image:Hand Hopewell mica.jpg|thumb|175px ... Mica was known to ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Aeolic Greek Ψάπφα Psappha) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Along ... the greatest poets and thinkers of ancient Rome continued to emulate her ...
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  • Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...
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  • in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). While differing ... Most Eastern Catholic Churches arose when a group within an ancient ...
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  • The word "cardinal" was first used in Rome at the beginning ... their kings to pay them from church monies. Rome accepted the loss of some ...
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  • Rome until its complete assimilation to Ancient Rome in the Roman Republic; ... material level by the time it was absorbed by Rome. The high cultural ...
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  • |city = Rome |country = Italy, but partially extraterritorial ... is a pontifical university located in Rome, Italy. Heir of the Roman ...
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  • of the mouth of the Sarno River (known in ancient times as the Sarnus). Today ... that during the Samnites' domination, Rome conquered Pompeii for a while ...
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  • principle of change. In the context of Ancient Greek philosophy, logos ... In ancient philosophy, Logos was used by Heraclitus, a Pre-Socratic ...
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  • Lorenzo Valla was born in Rome, Italy, around 1406. His father, Luca ... Valla went to Milan and Genoa, tried again to a get a position in ...
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  • Famous Apostolic Fathers include Clement of Rome (c. 30-100), Ignatius of Antioch ... 96) is attributed to this early bishop of Rome. It was widely read in the ...
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  • and his work on the role of women in ancient societies. His work brought ... Spain, and Greece, where he studied ancient civilizations. His masterwork ...
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  • convicted of the charge of sedition against Rome, the crime under which he ... shortly after Pontius Pilate was recalled to Rome. ==Background== ...
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  • holds that the primacy of the Patriarch of Rome (the Pope) is one of honor ... bishops, known as patriarchs: the Bishop of Rome, the Bishop of Alexandria ...
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  • Parallel to his work as a lawyer, Morgan studied the Classics of Ancient ... remains famous for his masterpiece, Ancient Society (1877), in which ...
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  • her uncle Herod II, with whom she lived in Rome and Judea. While on a visit ... coast of the Levant as well as at Rome, where they enjoyed considerable ...
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  • is not known as it was common in the ancient world to credit to a famous ... interest for Pythagoreanism was revived in Rome, and a number of forgeries ...
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  • appealed strongly to him, he proceeded to Rome. There, he entered the Jesuit ... million affordable copies of the best ancient and modern Catholic works. ...
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  • him among the most gifted men produced by Rome. He appears to have wanted ... Hadrian was born in Rome to a well-established family that had originated ...
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  • the Etruscans. The region was ruled by Rome for several centuries and ... Greeks, the cultures of Greece, and later Rome, influenced the civilization ...
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  • Mutual excommunications followed, with Rome accusing Photius of being ... and unfortunate history of conflict between Rome and Constantinople. The famous ...
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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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  • #039;s role in the world as similar to Rome's, that is, to bring ... designer in his time. European and ancient influences came to play ...
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  • The ancient Pauline concept of the Mystical Body of Christ provided ... Law for the Orthodox Churches, united with Rome. In its new constitutions ...
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  • The first to practice epigraphy were the ancient Greek scholars Thucydides ... was to play a large role in understanding ancient cultures. The most famous ...
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  • at the age for forty while on a visit to Rome; some scholars believe he ... in 1461, and classes on optics and ancient literature. Regiomantanus ...
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  • Alleged to be an imperial power in the ancient world, the existence of ... Critias claims that his accounts of ancient Athens and Atlantis stem ...
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  • quot; or "father"), the bishop of Rome, who is the leader of the ... as the first pope, who was martyred in Rome. Yet the early bishops of ...
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  • native to Eurasia and have been eaten there since ancient times. Zohary and Hopf (2000) note that the archaeological evidence for the cultivation of ...
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  • " In his boyhood he came to Rome as a slave of Epaphroditus ... In about 89 C.E. the Emperor Domitian banished all philosophers from ...
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  • to the Mesopotamian god Marduk in the ancient city of Babylon. ... [[File:Römerturm, Auf dem Gaulskopf.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Ancient Rome ...
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  • The Fall of Rome or the Fall of the Roman Empire refers to the defeat ... that had been colonized by Rome. Yet Ancient Rome actually lives on in the ...
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  • by Nikolai Minsky's article The Ancient Debate (1884) and Dmitry ... The Altar of Victory (depicting life in Ancient Rome) and The Fiery Angel ...
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  • Plumbing originated during the ancient civilizations, such as those ... In ancient times, water systems relied on gravity for the supply of ...
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  • : means of passing a river, ford, ferry) (the similar Ancient Greek ... the older history of the region. The ancient Greeks analyzed it as "ox ...
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  • Italian masterpieces and the ruins of ancient Rome. David filled sketchbooks ... allowed to stay at the French Academy in Rome for an extra year, but after ...
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  • within any society. It was accepted in ancient Hebrew society, in classical ... century. However, it was not accepted in ancient Greece or Rome, and has ...
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  • He worked primarily in Florence, Padua, and Rome, producing a great number ... with architect Filippo Brunelleschi in Rome (1404-1407), Donatello continued ...
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  • The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... The term was originally used by the Ancient Greeks to describe citizens ...
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  • best known as the excavator of Nimrud, the ancient Assyrian city located on ... identifying the site as the remains of the ancient Assyrian capital of Nineveh ...
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  • and as speaking in riddles. Originating in Ancient Egypt, the sphinx as a mythical ... versions are part-human part-animal. In ancient Egypt there are three distinct ...
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  • of the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican in Rome and The Last Judgment on the ... sold to Cardinal Raffaele Riario as an ancient piece in 1496. The prelate ...
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  • In mosaics in Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome, dating from 432-440, just ... wall painting in the Catacomb of Priscilla, Rome, in which the seated Madonna ...
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  • monumental sculpture and architecture from ancient times to present. ... most famously associated with the art of Ancient Egypt, where strong sunlight ...
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