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- == Ancient origins == Two quaestores paricidii (Inquisitors of Parricide ... The number of quaestores increased greatly during the expansion of ...22 KB (3,262 words) - 22:52, 5 February 2023
- to present day Ethiopia, this was an ancient African civilization that ... in the Aksumite empire, and in other ancient African civilizations, as ...22 KB (3,389 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- In the second episode of Ancient Rome: The Rise and Fall of an Empire ... * Eyben, Emiel. Restless Youth in Ancient Rome. London, UK: Routledge ...48 KB (7,762 words) - 08:50, 24 November 2022
- so important that the punishment given in ancient times for desecrating Shabbat ... #039; redemption from slavery in Ancient Egypt; #A commemoration of ...24 KB (3,695 words) - 18:30, 22 December 2022
- moved into a house on the Spanish Steps, in Rome, where despite attentive care ... *[https://ksh.roma.it/ The Keats-Shelley House in Rome] ...14 KB (2,196 words) - 06:06, 3 August 2022
- it more flavorful can be found throughout ancient history. The Ancient Greeks ... breads that survive to this day from the ancient Mediterranean world are ...33 KB (5,022 words) - 20:42, 9 April 2023
- ) (also known as Ujain, Ujjayini, Avanti, Avantikapuri), an ancient ... == Ancient monuments in Ujjain == Following is a description of temples ...17 KB (2,475 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- impact in Venice, where the remains of ancient Greek culture provided humanist ... Duomo in Florence and St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. ...32 KB (4,821 words) - 22:45, 22 September 2022
- It includes a number of traditions, both ancient and modern. Liturgical music ... religious rituals can be traced back to ancient cultures such as Chinese ...20 KB (3,074 words) - 20:52, 3 November 2022
- The term Carthage refers both to an ancient city in North Africa—located ... the harsh penalties imposed on Carthage by Rome as conditions of the cessation ...45 KB (7,001 words) - 00:42, 29 November 2023
- The Pharisees were a religious and political movement of ancient Israel ... After the Jewish Revolt against Rome resulted in the destruction ...22 KB (3,391 words) - 02:55, 24 November 2022
- cities, as well as from Brussels, Milan, Basel, Rome, and Venice. The journey by road from Paris takes eight hours via the A8 motorway. Yachts and transatlantic ...16 KB (2,525 words) - 19:24, 25 November 2023
- have a long history, dating back to Ancient Greece. Many early museums ... |left|250px|The earliest museums in ancient Greece were educational ...27 KB (4,097 words) - 02:36, 11 March 2023
- Tightrope walkers were honored in ancient Rome. At fairs during the Middle Ages, tumblers performed somersaults, back flips, and other tricks ...10 KB (1,437 words) - 05:38, 15 June 2023
- which was used throughout the entire Ancient Near East. Documents found ... divine honors claimed by the Pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Sargon's heirs ...13 KB (2,078 words) - 07:18, 16 June 2023
- speculation, curiosity, and plundering of ancient treasures. Kings and princes ... classical archaeology (study of Greece and Rome), and Egyptology (study of ...28 KB (4,112 words) - 06:15, 12 August 2023
- by proving its astonishing likeness to the Ancient IsraelIsrael of King Solomon ... shot up into a splendor only comparable with Ancient Rome. ...26 KB (4,115 words) - 12:30, 6 November 2021
- Ugarit (modern Ras Shamra near Latakia, Syria) was an ancient cosmopolitan ... Age libraries of clay tablets in various ancient languages. The most significant ...15 KB (2,267 words) - 01:27, 3 May 2023
- a sacred place in Hinduism. According to ancient Hindu texts, at one time ... The ancient scriptures mention that the water of Ganges carries the ...23 KB (3,460 words) - 04:25, 18 April 2024
- berries were used medicinally by the Ancient Egyptian doctors, the Ancient ... as medicine by many cultures. Doctors in ancient Egypt used the volatile ...23 KB (3,212 words) - 21:18, 4 October 2022
- and it became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the first millennium ... The name of Athens in Ancient Greek was Athḗnai (Ἀθῆναι ...19 KB (3,013 words) - 18:52, 19 August 2023
- in what is now northern Sudan. While the ancient kingdoms of Nubia had changing ... as well as written records from Egypt and Rome. In antiquity, Nubia was a ...24 KB (3,779 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- The halo first appeared in the culture of Hellenistic Greece and Rome ... ninth-century writer of his vita, John, deacon of Rome. ...19 KB (3,001 words) - 23:21, 3 August 2023
- in favor of the Flavian forces, who entered Rome on December 20. The following ... buried under ash and lava. One year later, Rome was struck by fire and a plague ...53 KB (7,893 words) - 19:45, 12 July 2023
- #039;s history to the Classic Age of Rome and Ancient Greece. ... a coherent chronology of events from Rome's departure from Britain ...18 KB (2,773 words) - 06:00, 28 July 2023
- In Ancient Egypt, Apis or Hapis (alternatively spelt Hapi-ankh) was ... eventually being propagated as far as Ancient Rome. The great syncretic faith ...21 KB (3,246 words) - 06:01, 11 August 2023
- has a very long pedigree, dating back to ancient Sumeria. In a Western context ... director of the choir of St Peter's Rome from 1576 to 1594, would have ...17 KB (2,678 words) - 14:25, 29 November 2023
- Ferdinand II of Spain, and the pope in Rome. When he returned to Florence ... concepts of republican government from ancient Rome and developing them in ...29 KB (4,511 words) - 23:28, 14 November 2022
- Antichrist is translated from the combination of two ancient Greek ... a Roman prophetess, whose seat was the ancient Etruscan town of Tibur ...17 KB (2,693 words) - 06:20, 31 July 2023
- #039;) just before or after his death in Rome. The two brothers lost ... Nor is it known for sure which liturgy—that of Rome or that of Constantin ...33 KB (4,701 words) - 20:51, 17 April 2023
- 15) in 44 B.C.E. sparked a new civil war in Rome, leading to the ascension ... Julius Caesar was born in Rome, into a patrician family (gens Julia ...44 KB (7,133 words) - 19:23, 4 February 2024
- In ancient times the most common form of advertising was by word of mouth; however, commercial messages and political campaign displays have ...19 KB (2,738 words) - 06:22, 15 June 2023
- artists of the circle of Pietro Cavallini of Rome. The Basilica was badly damaged by the earthquake of September 26, 1997. Part of the vault collapsed ...13 KB (1,967 words) - 05:01, 18 August 2023
- building in California was a replica of an ancient Roman villa of the Papyri ... to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome, and Etruria. ...17 KB (2,774 words) - 08:23, 13 March 2024
- Phoenicia was an ancient civilization centered in the north of ancient ... dye Tyrian purple. The dye was used in ancient textile trade, and highly ...30 KB (4,504 words) - 04:20, 24 November 2022
- Perhaps the most salient example of henotheism is found in the ancient ... century B.C.E. texts found at Ugarit (ancient Ras-Shamra). In some cases ...15 KB (2,313 words) - 15:20, 25 January 2023
- of Saint Peter, preserved in San Pietro in Vincoli, Rome, a second-class relic.]] The Roman Catholic Church makes a distinction between veneration ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- empire of Christianity while bringing back ancient Roman religion.Modern Neo ... perhaps in his destiny to restore Rome's days of pagan glory ...29 KB (4,353 words) - 09:46, 12 May 2024
- of the date with Bishop Anicetus of Rome, specifically as to when the ... Shortly after Anicetus became bishop of Rome in about 155 C.E., Polycarp ...23 KB (3,508 words) - 17:05, 10 October 2020
- in Athens, was the largest library in ancient world. Originally founded ... and grew to become the largest city of the ancient world within a century of ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 06:39, 20 July 2023
- depicted the founders of the Church of Rome, the apostles Peter and Paul ... * Huna, Ludwig. The Bulls of Rome. Kessinger Publishing. 2005. ISBN ...15 KB (2,289 words) - 07:29, 18 November 2022
- time), Manichaeism once flourished in the ancient world. At its height, the ... both the east and west. It reached Rome through the apostle Psattiq ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- :"Rome, 27 October '35. A.S.E. Graziani. The use of gas ... :"Rome, 28 December '35. A.S.E. Badoglio. Given the enemy ...21 KB (3,220 words) - 17:42, 25 January 2023
- position, and agreed to travel to Rome, where he could recant his ... At this time, Maximus may have remained in Rome, because he was present ...20 KB (3,077 words) - 01:06, 9 November 2022
- first to use natural theology in fifth–century Rome. ... The germ of the idea is to be found in ancient writers who used sundials ...12 KB (1,729 words) - 15:21, 11 November 2022
- evidence) that all poetry emerged from an ancient religion of goddess-worship ... of Claudius, the fourth emperor of Rome (41-54). The historical Claudius ...16 KB (2,484 words) - 05:05, 15 December 2022
- first mention of the city is found in the ancient Egyptian Tell el Amarna ... from Rib-Hadda of Byblos. The most ancient settlement was on an island ...27 KB (4,043 words) - 18:41, 11 January 2023
- who then resided in great poverty in Rome. News reached them in 1556 ... quot; that adheres to most of the ancient Aristotelian laws of poetry—gaining ...18 KB (2,976 words) - 04:39, 1 May 2023
- be traced even further back, as far as the Ancient Greek and Roman theater. ... *Ancient Greece *Comedy *Drama *Theater *Theater of ancient Greece ...16 KB (2,341 words) - 00:08, 8 January 2024
- form of pain relief then available, allowing ancient surgeons to perform prolonged surgical procedures. Poppies have long been used as a symbol ...16 KB (2,490 words) - 11:58, 13 February 2022
- to defend the nation in time of crisis. In ancient Egypt, corveé labor built ... history; mention is made of slavery in the ancient Babylonian Code of Hammurabi ...22 KB (3,431 words) - 06:20, 1 April 2024
- wish to consider two points. First… most ancient and medieval history was ... are, to name just the most significant and ancient, Clement of Rome (c. 100 ...44 KB (6,589 words) - 16:59, 22 February 2023
- the cultural arts of the western tribes, ancient Egyptian artifacts, and ... abstract and generalize stylistic norms. Ancient Egyptian art, also usually ...17 KB (2,544 words) - 06:05, 16 June 2023
- Oberlin College, acquiring a knowledge of Ancient Greek and Latin, but never ... other European chiefdoms that had conquered Rome in antiquity. By civilization ...11 KB (1,704 words) - 01:23, 10 February 2023
- go. References to them occur frequently in ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman ... In 455, the Vandals attacked and took Rome. They plundered the city ...20 KB (3,041 words) - 22:32, 10 February 2023
- extremely important as the successor to ancient Rome and the largest and wealthiest ... among the most common were Byzantium, New Rome, Constantinople and Stamboul ...32 KB (5,079 words) - 17:54, 16 May 2020
- The Cynics were an influential school of ancient Greek and Roman philosophers ... of Cynicism experienced a resurgence in Rome during the first and second ...9 KB (1,393 words) - 06:54, 12 January 2024
- campaign in Germany and a Triumph in Rome, Germanicus was sent east ... about them, and gossip is common throughout ancient texts. ...28 KB (4,511 words) - 18:28, 25 November 2023
- Cheese is an ancient food whose origins predate recorded history. ... (3200 years before present) was found in ancient Egyptian tombs. ...37 KB (5,561 words) - 17:22, 24 November 2023
- are developed from Scriptural revelation, ancient tradition, reason, and experience ... of what he believed to be the errors of Rome, his contemporary, Pope Clement ...12 KB (1,851 words) - 21:41, 8 December 2022
- Persia, the Middle East, and Europe. In ancient Rome, roses were very popular ... The making of perfume from rose petals dates from ancient times and ...22 KB (3,504 words) - 21:40, 15 August 2022
- definition but it does not always hold. Ancient histories contain many obvious ... The ancient Greek novels Chaereas and Callirhoe Edmund P. Cueva, "Plutarch ...35 KB (5,051 words) - 18:29, 28 February 2023
- his arrest, imprisonment, and trip to Rome. A major theme of the book ... informs a Roman commander that he is a citizen of Rome. ...37 KB (5,957 words) - 07:25, 17 November 2023
- were among the best-known stories from the ancient world circulated in vernacular ... in a marble figure in the Villa Albani in Rome. This biography had actually ...14 KB (2,215 words) - 05:51, 16 June 2023
- Egyptian hieroglyphs are a formal writing system used by the ancient ... excavating sites of importance to the ancient Egyptian culture. Contemporaneously ...23 KB (3,348 words) - 00:01, 13 February 2024
- After spending his childhood in Rome and then devoting himself to ... The only authentic ancient account of Benedict is found in the second ...20 KB (3,232 words) - 09:12, 27 September 2023
- Ancient mythologies frequently represented the divine as a god or ... Anthropomorphic gods are depicted in ancient art found at archaeological ...17 KB (2,392 words) - 06:18, 31 July 2023
- (now Xi'an) in China, Carthage, ancient Rome, its eastern successor ... Forum was the central area around which ancient Rome developed, and served ...41 KB (6,075 words) - 22:26, 10 December 2023
- Anubis is the Greek name for the ancient jackal-headed god of the ... The worldview engendered by ancient Egyptian religion was uniquely ...19 KB (3,124 words) - 05:49, 11 August 2023
- time is internally anonymous, though ancient title headings often attribute ... either Luke the Evangelist or Clement of Rome might be the author. ...18 KB (2,863 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- common form of religious expression. Most ancient religions involved belief ... Christians believed the gods of Greece and Rome to be fallen angels and the ...32 KB (4,963 words) - 08:48, 24 November 2022
- Painted walls have been discovered at certain sites of ancient civilizations ... had been painted prior to the foundation of Rome. He expresses great surprise ...12 KB (1,860 words) - 06:16, 18 November 2022
- religions that were prevalent in the ancient world. According to this ... the New Testament: An Introduction to the Ancient Evidence (Grand Rapids, ...41 KB (6,172 words) - 22:02, 17 February 2023
- uncc.edu/JDTABOR/ebionites.html Ancient Judaism: Nazarenes and Ebionites ... of the beliefs and practices of ancient Ebionites, although their ...19 KB (2,894 words) - 18:00, 12 February 2024
- Provence was known in ancient times as part of Narbonensis, inhabited by Ligurians and later Celts. The coastal strip was settled by Greeks and ...13 KB (1,926 words) - 08:21, 2 December 2022
- The use of the abacus in ancient Egypt is mentioned by the Greek historian ... The normal method of calculation in ancient Rome, as in Greece, was ...17 KB (2,684 words) - 07:14, 13 June 2023
- Charles Perrault (January 12, 1628 – May 16, 1703) was a French author who laid foundations for a new literary genre, the fairy tale. In 1697 ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 22:25, 4 December 2023
- for effect, and tied to resemble the shape of ancient Roman Helmets. The rest of the head was covered in war paint, and the hair was completely shaved ...12 KB (1,846 words) - 06:39, 1 April 2024
- length foot race or stadion. During the ancient Olympics normally only young ... Games and other Panhellenic Games of Ancient Greece. The name derives ...27 KB (4,185 words) - 05:55, 21 August 2023
- mines, water pumps and siege engines in Ancient Rome. The writers of those ... Lucas, "Industrial Milling in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: A Survey ...16 KB (2,420 words) - 18:34, 13 February 2024
- fought side-by-side with Jews against Rome. Possibilities for further ... was the Wadi Zered (Deut. 2:13-18). The ancient capital of Edom was Bozrah ...18 KB (2,821 words) - 21:09, 8 August 2023
- his father is unknown, he was described in ancient times as either the son ... A. Rosalie David. Handbook to life in ancient Egypt. (Oxford, UK: Oxford ...22 KB (3,249 words) - 23:34, 2 December 2022
- oldest forms of body adornment, the most ancient example found being the ... has been used to denote status. In ancient Rome, for instance, only certain ...33 KB (4,967 words) - 20:02, 13 September 2023
- have a long history, being used by the ancient civilizations of Egypt, ... for thousands of years. In addition to ancient civilizations in Mesopotamia ...16 KB (2,270 words) - 12:06, 5 March 2021
- 9.24.8). The gulf was widening between the ancient senatorial aristocracy whose ... amp;source=gbs_summary_r&cad=0#PPR1,M1 Ancient History.] Boston: D.C. Heath ...20 KB (2,964 words) - 18:00, 30 April 2023
- Murals were a common form of wall decoration in ancient Rome. The ... vault of the Mausoleum of Santa Costanza in Rome being a fine example of decorative ...33 KB (5,258 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- he had made to resurrect Italy's ancient glory. Mussolini played ... imperial ambitions had often invoked ancient Rome in their foreign policy ...34 KB (5,044 words) - 06:23, 11 March 2024
- part, was conquered to become the Ancient Roman province of Britannia. After the fall of the Roman Empire, the Brythons of the south and east ...13 KB (1,955 words) - 12:20, 24 January 2023
- Angkor Wat (meaning: "Capital Temple") is an ancient temple ... to that of Solomon, and erected by some ancient Michelangelo—might take ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 01:44, 9 January 2023
- symbolizes misfortune and bad luck. In ancient Rome, carnations were known as "Jove's Flower" as a tribute to one of their beloved ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 00:27, 29 November 2023
- #039;. Sir John was the head of an ancient family, descended from Baron ... notions a separation from the Church of Rome could not be justified," ...9 KB (1,411 words) - 16:56, 7 November 2022
- and music. The style started around 1600 in Rome, Italy and spread to most ... The word baroque is derived from the ancient Portuguese noun "barroco ...30 KB (4,617 words) - 10:52, 20 September 2023
- entertaining moral commentary on both ancient Rome and eighteenth-century ... mostly documents dating back to ancient Rome. The detail within his ...36 KB (5,457 words) - 18:23, 12 February 2024
- The term "ascetic" derives from the ancient Greek word askēsis ... one aspect of ascetic renunciation. The ancient monks and nuns had other ...22 KB (3,334 words) - 03:51, 18 August 2023
- second half of the twentieth century. In ancient traditions, the diaconate ... Clement of Rome (about 95 C.E.) describes the institution of deacons ...20 KB (3,190 words) - 19:56, 22 May 2020
- Benedictine College of Saint Anselm in Rome and the Primate, who takes ... canonical] jurisdiction of the Patriarch of Rome. After some centuries of increasing ...25 KB (3,878 words) - 09:13, 27 September 2023
- Dionysus or Dionysos (from the Ancient Greek Διώνυσος or Διόνυσος ... origin stories in the mythic corpus of the ancient Greeks. The existence of ...32 KB (5,115 words) - 15:25, 29 January 2024
- Important cities in ancient times, such as Rome, had very large populations ... and examples can be seen in many ancient cities. With exploration ...23 KB (3,351 words) - 13:43, 3 May 2023
- trained in the philosophical traditions of Ancient Greece, Justin was one of ... :There existed, long before this time, certain men more ancient than ...34 KB (5,421 words) - 21:24, 4 October 2022
- File:Back of the Pantheon, Walking Tour, Rome (45506980035).jpg|Relieving ... ===Ancient Rome=== The ancient Romans learned the semicircular arch ...55 KB (8,185 words) - 23:26, 18 March 2024
- in the Roman province of Phrygia, on the ancient Lycus River, a tributary ... written from Ephesus; or around 59-62 from Rome. If it is not from Paul, then ...10 KB (1,524 words) - 22:41, 7 January 2024
- has created numerous rock formations. Ancient cypresses and wild olive ... The mountains contain caves with ancient paintings depicting cattle ...19 KB (2,916 words) - 16:15, 25 August 2022
- Semitic goddess who was also worshiped in ancient Egypt. In Ugaritic her name ... would do with a bow? Like Inanna in the ancient Epic of Gilgamesh, ‘Anat ...17 KB (2,817 words) - 19:01, 26 July 2023
- of wisdom, outside the city walls of ancient Athens (Thucydides ii:34 ... survivor is the Accademia dei Lincei of Rome, which became a national academy ...16 KB (2,354 words) - 07:13, 14 June 2023
- [[Image:Hoard of ancient gold coins.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A hoard ... that could be owned by any one family.Livy, Rome and Italy: Books VI-X of the ...21 KB (3,362 words) - 23:23, 3 May 2023
- that ravaged the city-state of Athens in ancient Greece in 430 B.C.E., during ... recent DNA study on pulp of teeth from an ancient Greek burial pit, traced ...19 KB (2,851 words) - 07:48, 24 November 2022
- In ancient Greece and Rome, oratory was studied as a component of ... In ancient Rome, the art of speaking in public (Ars Oratoria) was ...27 KB (4,174 words) - 10:41, 11 March 2023
- Sextus]] and Lucretia by Titian]]In pagan Rome, it was expected that an honorable ... The civil law [of Rome] punishes the crime of ravishment with death ...32 KB (4,983 words) - 17:22, 16 April 2023
- Ancient Jewish religion involved rites of priestly sacrifice of animal ... The Orthodox practice of absolution is equally ancient to that of ...20 KB (3,117 words) - 06:36, 14 June 2023
- Segan (eds.), Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl (Greenwood ... Segan (eds.). Entertaining from Ancient Rome to the Super Bowl. Greenwood ...24 KB (3,459 words) - 03:52, 6 November 2022
- ) was a woman rhetorician and philosopher in ancient Greece, famous ... known about her comes from the comments of ancient philosophers and writers ...30 KB (4,572 words) - 04:50, 18 August 2023
- Akiva and other rabbinic sages reportedly traveled to Rome around ... figure who led a major revolt against Rome and briefly established an ...23 KB (3,911 words) - 07:17, 16 June 2023
- skill in oratory, and had been subjugated by Rome. Gordon, 1936, 150–151; ... As a young man Tacitus studied rhetoric in Rome as preparation for ...43 KB (6,444 words) - 02:48, 27 February 2023
- The word bankruptcy is formed from the ancient Latin bancus (a bench ... trace the origin of bankrupts from the ancient Roman mensarii or argentarii ...20 KB (3,097 words) - 03:35, 17 September 2023
- The famed ruins of the ancient city of Machu Picchu are in the Andean ... sedimentary and metamorphic rocks of the ancient cratons to the east. Tectonic ...15 KB (2,126 words) - 19:59, 26 July 2023
- are Hermagoras (a rhetorician who lived in Rome during the first century C ... ΥΨΟΥΣ) is one of the most important ancient treatises on aesthetics ...20 KB (2,950 words) - 21:04, 3 November 2022
- The Arabian Sea is located in the northwestern part of the Indian Ocean, situated between the Arabian Peninsula and the Indian subcontinent. ...10 KB (1,516 words) - 21:28, 11 August 2023
- In botany, a greenhouse or glasshouse is an enclosed structure that typically is covered primarily with glass, plastic, or fiberglass, and that ...9 KB (1,397 words) - 19:14, 28 November 2021
- In ancient times, the value of chastity was highly debated in both ... For example, Vestal Virgins in Ancient Rome were required to be virgins ...13 KB (1,988 words) - 00:44, 5 December 2023
- 5,000 people a day were said to be dying in Rome. * Plague of Justinian ... amp;ref=sciam&chanID=sa003 Ancient Athenian plague proves to ...22 KB (3,244 words) - 14:30, 11 February 2022
- of individual tribes. Some of these ancient tribes were Gaetulians, ... early as 3000 B.C.E. Greeks, Romans, and ancient Egyptians have indicated ...26 KB (3,865 words) - 10:59, 28 September 2023
- Governor of Galle, Capar de Jong. The ancient Dutch gravestones, both ... According to James Emerson Tennent, Galle had been the ancient seaport ...17 KB (2,690 words) - 03:58, 18 April 2024
- and physicians, excelling all the ancient sages … Their architecture ... in Paris, Berlin, London, Oxford, and Rome. Ascetical and moral theology ...19 KB (3,000 words) - 19:08, 10 February 2023
- ) (c. 287 B.C.E. –212 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek mathematician ... commentaries, in the sixth century C.E. Ancient writers were more interested ...30 KB (4,881 words) - 06:19, 12 August 2023
- In ancient Egypt, head hair was often shaved, especially among children ... In ancient Greece and ancient Rome, men and women already differed ...25 KB (4,025 words) - 13:24, 24 January 2023
- in Chinese religion, Hindu ceremonies, ancient Greek mythology, ancient ... selected for, while in both China and ancient Rome chicken meat became important ...29 KB (4,637 words) - 15:23, 10 December 2023
- of effigies, such as the argei dolls in ancient Rome. Many cultures show traces ... Retainer sacrifice was practiced within the royal tombs of ancient ...36 KB (5,474 words) - 22:07, 16 August 2022
- which led to the First Punic War between Rome and Carthage. Once the war ... encouraged many Sicilian cities to revolt. Rome sent troops to quash the rebellions; ...34 KB (5,061 words) - 14:33, 27 January 2023
- C.E., Quintus Caecilius Metelus Cretieus of Rome captured Knossos, and Crete ... * [http://www.ancient-greece.org/archaeology/knossos.html Knossos ...13 KB (2,102 words) - 03:56, 4 March 2023
- had been in full control of Spain, and the ancient institutions and classic ... was said of allegiance to the bishop of Rome. The council decreed union ...18 KB (2,717 words) - 06:05, 8 March 2024
- Thyme has been used since ancient times for its culinary, medicinal, and even presumed magical qualities (Hanrahan and Odle 2005). Ancient Egyptians ...19 KB (2,939 words) - 23:15, 30 April 2023
- accessories throughout the world from ancient times. They are still widely ... shaped fans were carried by attendants in ancient times and were associated ...28 KB (4,570 words) - 00:41, 25 March 2024
- to steer them away from a tragic war with Rome. of peace ignored. The Jews revolted against Rome, and they were crushed, with ...32 KB (4,998 words) - 08:45, 3 April 2024
- honored on February 14 are Valentine of Rome (Valentinus presb. m. Romae ... Valentine of Rome was a priest in Rome who was martyred in 269 C.E ...35 KB (5,116 words) - 14:12, 3 May 2023
- of Great Britain led the British to emulate Rome when establishing their own ... empire, it set itself the task of emulating Ancient Rome. ...33 KB (5,040 words) - 11:07, 6 March 2024
- Such sea creatures are common to nearly all the ancient civilizations, particularly those that were geographically close to water. Even during ...15 KB (2,465 words) - 22:16, 25 October 2022
- Latin Aristotelianism originated in Rome in the fourth century, and ... From the fall of Rome until 1450, Aristotle’s works, originally ...18 KB (2,450 words) - 06:29, 12 August 2023
- This can be compared to the cursus honorum in ancient Rome. ... people or entities occur commonly. Ancient Rome preferred two consuls ...25 KB (3,568 words) - 18:44, 25 October 2022
- During his first period out of office he composed the Lays of Ancient ... ** Lays of Ancient Rome. Boston: Houghton, Mifflin, 1890 ...19 KB (3,053 words) - 18:39, 30 April 2023
- games were one of the splendors of the ancient world, so much so that warring ... myth associates the first Games with the ancient Greek concept of ἐκεχειρία ...28 KB (4,253 words) - 00:34, 18 November 2022
- #039; might have seemed acceptable in an ancient, primitive way, and indeed ... * Dumézil, Georges. Gods of the Ancient Northmen, Edited by Einar ...16 KB (2,489 words) - 21:02, 3 May 2023
- The Gospel of Mark is an ancient koine Greek document that describes ... for Mark's composition. The first is Rome, which is the traditional ...15 KB (2,392 words) - 20:38, 17 May 2023
- and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and ... Theories of drama date back to the work of the Ancient Greek philosophers ...37 KB (5,637 words) - 17:32, 30 January 2024
- In Greek and Roman mythology, Apollo (Ancient Greek Ἀπόλλων ... the Olympian deities and the patron of the ancient Oracle at Delphi, Apollo ...31 KB (4,788 words) - 06:03, 11 August 2023
- Using this reckoning, the Ancient Roman calendar began the year and the spring season on the first of March, with each season occupying three ...16 KB (2,431 words) - 17:37, 25 January 2023
- should profess the faith of the bishops of Rome and Alexandria (i.e., the ... that Constantinople was second in precedence to Rome." ...21 KB (3,189 words) - 18:01, 30 April 2023
- European centers. The most important were Rome, Spain, Gaul, Milan, and Ireland ... the Mass (liturgy) and chant. At this time, Rome was the religious centre of ...36 KB (5,655 words) - 04:07, 9 November 2022
- Codazzi: Rendition of St. Peter's Square, Rome, dated 1630. Kant referred to St. Peter's as "splendid," a term he used for objects ...17 KB (2,550 words) - 21:10, 26 February 2023
- Druid denotes the priestly class in ancient Celtic societies, which ... Some research done on the ancient Indian scripture Rig Veda, suggests ...19 KB (2,969 words) - 09:43, 15 January 2023
- training, she met Michelangelo while in Rome when she was 23. He recognized ... family had a strong connection to ancient Carthaginian history. Thus ...16 KB (2,469 words) - 22:03, 30 January 2023
- Gandhāra is the name of an ancient, extinct kingdom once located ... the greatest monastic-universities of the ancient world. ...23 KB (3,513 words) - 18:46, 4 December 2023
- a sixteenth century Italian palace in Rome. The arcaded windows of its ... found on basilicas and monuments in ancient Rome, in the entablature on ...17 KB (2,587 words) - 19:51, 20 November 2023
- law. After the Church of England broke from Rome, the English theologian Richard ... of natural law and crimes against humanity. Rome: Vecchiarelli Editore Manziana ...24 KB (3,647 words) - 15:20, 11 November 2022
- notions of a national destiny to emulate Rome as a power for good and as ... education and learning. They also adopted Rome's divide and rule tactics ...53 KB (8,072 words) - 04:48, 16 December 2022
- * Dumézil, Georges. Gods of the Ancient Northmen. Edited by Einar ... and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. New York: Holt ...15 KB (2,466 words) - 15:58, 12 February 2024
- studied philology, art and the history of ancient literature. He became especially ... accompanied Metternich to Italy, visiting Rome at the request of his wife ...14 KB (2,106 words) - 07:21, 5 October 2022
- wisdom Pallas Athene. In 1541 he moved to Rome to study classic architecture. ... appeared in the triumphal arches of ancient Rome. Palladio used the motif ...30 KB (4,521 words) - 20:07, 26 July 2023
- coasts. Tunisia played a prominent role in ancient times, first with the famous ... with Hannibal crossing the Alps to attack Rome. Carthage was eventually destroyed ...35 KB (5,063 words) - 15:12, 2 August 2023
- which has served as both the modern and ancient capital, has a population ... buildings blend with the remnants of ancient civilizations. It is believed ...17 KB (2,613 words) - 00:55, 9 January 2023
- The ancient art of Egyptian sculpture evolved to represent the ancient ... the first free-standing nude statue since ancient times. Conceived fully in ...27 KB (4,032 words) - 17:31, 25 January 2023
- activity," or, since the ancient Romans had the same people ... Ancient Rome required her male citizens to serve as needed for defense ...26 KB (3,981 words) - 10:59, 10 March 2023
- cucumber is also listed among the products of ancient Ur and the legend of Gilgamesh describes people eating cucumbers. Some sources also state that it ...17 KB (2,539 words) - 06:43, 11 January 2024
- first prize in the world exhibition in Rome. In 1915 his mother Anna died ... * Ancient Greece II (Girl from Tanagra) (1890 - 1891) * Portrait of ...15 KB (2,101 words) - 21:28, 26 July 2023
- Maison Carrée at Nîmes in southern France, an ancient Roman temple. Jefferson's work on Monticello helped initiate the ensuing American fashion ...14 KB (2,117 words) - 21:15, 9 November 2022
- a danger to the peace between the Jews and Rome. They succeeded in bribing ... It was a common custom in many lands in the ancient Near East to cover ...17 KB (2,712 words) - 06:25, 18 November 2022
- degree that begins with reading the ancient Greeks Homer and Vergil ... in retirement in 2000 until his death in Rome while on holiday in 2003. ...30 KB (4,357 words) - 20:51, 23 January 2024
- also distinguished imperial from Republican Rome. The expansion of Roman territory ... Augustus to the Fall of the Western Empire, Rome dominated Western Eurasia ...70 KB (11,213 words) - 04:50, 16 December 2022
- recent attempts to separate them. In most ancient civilizations this relationship ... sacred and not secular as was the case in Ancient Egypt. ...41 KB (6,339 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- High places were prevalent in almost all ancient cultures as centers of cultic ... of worship without them. For example, the ancient Celts in Europe practiced ...49 KB (7,532 words) - 23:19, 9 May 2024
- and theory of mineralogy was written of in ancient Babylonia, the ancient Greco ... cloth' as a product of ancient Rome or Arabia (Chinese: Daqin ...27 KB (3,827 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- saw the formation of various kingdoms of ancient India. In its late phase ... of development. The possibility that the ancient world was a more inter-connected ...25 KB (3,858 words) - 14:44, 3 May 2023
- God Heimdall" in Gods of the Ancient Northmen. Edited by Einar ... and Religion of the North: The Religion of Ancient Scandinavia. New York: Holt ...18 KB (2,781 words) - 22:43, 3 February 2022
- to a user of Celtic culture. However, in ancient times the term "Celt ... Polybius published a history of Rome about 150 B.C.E. in which he ...49 KB (7,613 words) - 23:47, 3 December 2023
- There is evidence of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Amenemhet III in ... The Qanats, developed in ancient Persia in about 800 B.C.E., are among ...28 KB (4,276 words) - 13:24, 6 March 2024
- culture supportive of the state. In ancient societies, the king was ... human sacrifice, which was common in some ancient societies. Even in cases ...36 KB (5,594 words) - 10:49, 11 April 2024
- and accessories dates back as far as the ancient Egyptians. Their wigs, hairpieces ... styles once again, especially those from Ancient regime France. Although ...22 KB (3,274 words) - 02:42, 14 July 2022
- saw the demise of the Papal States. Rome became the capita. There is ... independent, and republican nation with Rome as its capital. After Mazzini ...54 KB (8,375 words) - 06:28, 11 March 2024
- based on its lustrous beauty, its ancient use in producing mirrors ... cities that date to 3000 B.C.E., and ancient Egyptian artifacts in copper ...21 KB (3,086 words) - 17:35, 21 May 2020
- information on gnosticism: critiques by ancient orthodox Church Fathers ... a significant following in the Church of Rome. Marcion accepted the gnostic ...36 KB (5,554 words) - 19:08, 31 December 2023
- had requested support from the Pope in Rome to combat Pelagianism. Bishops ... this observation may support the idea of an ancient relationship between ...51 KB (7,614 words) - 13:43, 28 April 2023
- an illuminating experience of life in ancient times. Thus the finding ... According to mythology, the Trojans were the ancient citizens of the ...26 KB (4,181 words) - 18:25, 2 May 2023
- in North Africa is used as a foil to ancient Rome. Its culture is portrayed ... Nallino, Roma], from 1921, the most ancient institution of Modern and ...18 KB (2,670 words) - 01:22, 18 November 2022
- inundations played an important role in ancient Egyptian religion and cosmology ... word Neilos, meaning river valley. In the ancient Egyptian language, the Nile ...23 KB (3,670 words) - 09:48, 11 March 2023
- The archaeological excavations at Pattanam show that the ancient port ... Polo also mentioned the Nasranis and their ancient church in the Malabar coast ...24 KB (3,424 words) - 21:10, 10 December 2023
- the supreme court and legislative body of ancient Israel. The make-up of the ... of an increasingly Christianized Rome it dropped the name Sanhedrin ...18 KB (2,856 words) - 01:20, 21 April 2023
- fourth century B.C.E. who transformed the Ancient Greek city-state of Thebes ... available to modern scholars, and no one ancient historian gives a complete ...33 KB (5,264 words) - 21:39, 9 February 2022
- to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica in Rome. The aggressive marketing ... that, "This practice was confirmed by ancient Tradition that was known ...11 KB (1,734 words) - 19:36, 8 October 2020
- The first cranes were invented by the Ancient Greeks and were powered ... The crane for lifting heavy loads was invented by the ancient Greeks ...36 KB (5,771 words) - 00:17, 15 January 2023
- There was a custom of mother worship in ancient Greece, which kept ... Equinox around Asia Minor and eventually in Rome itself from the Ides of March ...22 KB (3,311 words) - 17:00, 10 November 2022
- the great temple towers (the ziggurats) of ancient Sumer (which many believe ... Biblical narrative is a reaction to the ancient Mesopotamian system of beliefs ...34 KB (5,579 words) - 04:46, 1 May 2023
- a role that links her to the even more ancient goddess Themis. This title ... * Dillon, Matthew. Pilgrims and Pilgrimage in Ancient Greece. London; ...20 KB (3,054 words) - 09:24, 28 January 2024
- Assyrian Church of the East, and the Ancient Church of the East. ... the word church as a translation of the Ancient Greek ἐκκλησία ...73 KB (10,603 words) - 12:23, 7 May 2024
- in the world, a testimony to the very ancient nature of the French state ... Archives were well developed by the ancient Chinese, the ancient Greeks ...30 KB (4,298 words) - 06:20, 12 August 2023
- events damaged his reputation among the ancient writers. More recent historians ... On the personal front, the ancient historians describe Claudius as ...58 KB (9,002 words) - 11:01, 19 December 2023
- Cabbage is any of the various plants of the Capitata Group of the species Brassica oleracea of the mustard family Brassicaceae (or Cruciferae ...15 KB (2,208 words) - 21:18, 24 November 2023
- The Matenadaran or Mashtots Institute of Ancient Manuscripts in Yerevan ... the actual meaning of the words of ancient writers. Texts from the ...39 KB (5,646 words) - 09:18, 10 March 2023
- archives. Archaeological findings from the ancient city-states of Sumer have ... Deipnosophistae pass over the libraries of Rome in silence. At the Villa of ...31 KB (4,437 words) - 22:31, 25 October 2022
- by rows of acacias and palms. The other ancient gardening tradition is of ... The most influential ancient gardens in the western world were Ptolemy ...22 KB (3,333 words) - 04:33, 18 April 2024
- fluctuating area, largely corresponding to ancient Gaul, from the fifth to ... them on its shields in a continuance of ancient practice which made the ...14 KB (2,134 words) - 16:14, 9 November 2022
- === Ancient world === [[Image:Tutankhamun's bed (Cairo Museum ... bed for himself and Penelope, out of an ancient, huge olive tree trunk ...23 KB (3,768 words) - 10:19, 26 September 2023
- are based on the actual surroundings of Rome. In this piece, it is the ... also spent a considerable amount of time in Rome, where he painted altarpieces ...23 KB (3,595 words) - 10:50, 20 September 2023
- (even before it had taken hold in Rome). *Joseph as the original guardian ... Europe and Africa, leaving the city of Rome and all the land to the right ...19 KB (3,085 words) - 05:03, 7 May 2024
- European Union, having signed the Treaty of Rome in 1957. ... southwards (compare the tables for Rome, Naples, and Brindisi). ...48 KB (6,888 words) - 16:16, 22 September 2021
- The ancient city sits in the Negev Desert's Valley of Moses, ... most famous archaeological sites, where ancient Eastern traditions blend ...24 KB (3,829 words) - 14:47, 28 March 2023
- throughout history, all the way back to ancient societies. ... In ancient Rome, while there were some commonalities with the Greek ...45 KB (6,813 words) - 01:19, 12 April 2023
- ===Ancient Rome=== [[File:OstianInsula.JPG|thumb|225px|left|Remains ... In Ancient Rome, the insulae (singular insula) were large apartment ...54 KB (8,047 words) - 01:58, 9 January 2023
- quality. For instance, the engineers of ancient Rome constructed aqueducts to combat drought and create a healthful water supply for the Roman ...12 KB (1,649 words) - 19:00, 13 February 2024
- Plutonic rocks are named after Pluto, the ancient Roman god of the ... contain fossils, the preserved remains of ancient plants and animals. Unlike ...20 KB (3,012 words) - 02:25, 16 December 2022
- variety in musical expression. In the ancient cultures of China, Africa ... In Greece, Rome, and Etruria, the use and development of musical instruments ...26 KB (3,752 words) - 21:15, 27 November 2021
- Brussels sprouts were likely cultivated in Ancient Rome and possibly as early as the 1200s, in Belgium (Pfyffer 2004). The first written description of ...12 KB (1,657 words) - 16:48, 22 November 2023
- C.E. The majority of so-called engraved designs on ancient gold rings or other items were produced by chasing or sometimes a combination of lost-wax casting ...11 KB (1,710 words) - 18:36, 13 February 2024
- and then the military hospitals in ancient Rome. Towards the end of the ... Although physicians were available in varying capacities in ancient ...34 KB (4,867 words) - 16:01, 25 April 2020
- Ages, and one of those who believed that ancient pagan philosophy was relevant ... however, Abélard suddenly appealed to Rome. Bernard, who had power to ...23 KB (3,725 words) - 01:06, 24 November 2022
- famous myths in Western culture come from ancient Greece and usually involve ... such as the Dionysus festivals of ancient Greece. One of the most ...24 KB (3,693 words) - 06:15, 1 April 2024
- Secessio plebis, a form of protest in ancient Rome where the plebeians would ... Centuriata as a popular assembly of early Rome composed of centuriae, voting ...25 KB (3,629 words) - 23:10, 30 September 2023
- Homer, the Psalms, and the (forged) ancient poetry of Ossian. During ... and embraced the art and sculpture of ancient Rome and Greece. Florence and ...29 KB (4,522 words) - 07:15, 5 April 2024
- Marsilius of Padua (Italian Marsilio or Marsiglio da Padova) (1270 – 1342) was an Italian medieval scholar, physician, philosopher, and political ...12 KB (1,929 words) - 16:16, 6 November 2022
- modern scholarship. The supporters of the ancient origin claim the Waldenses ... The claim of an ancient origin was for a long time accepted as valid ...32 KB (4,791 words) - 23:19, 17 January 2024
- UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1979. The ancient city of Carthage is located ... the Third Punic War between Carthage and Rome. The city was rebuilt under ...17 KB (2,367 words) - 12:23, 18 April 2023
- Vico’s recovery of ancient wisdom, his emphasis on the importance ... Eruenda Librir Tres (On the Most Ancient Wisdom of the Italians Unearthed ...17 KB (2,637 words) - 20:24, 14 December 2023
- been the characteristic that most struck the few ancient Romans who established contact with the islands by the sea. == Geography and geology == ...28 KB (4,064 words) - 19:14, 25 November 2023
- I in the Jordan Valley, just eight miles north of ancient Jericho. As the figs were of the parthenocarpic type, they are of an early domestic breed. It ...16 KB (2,692 words) - 19:39, 26 March 2024
- in the hills north of Florence, was an ancient stronghold of the Etruscans ... Florence, which is located 174 miles (280 km) north of Rome in a basin ...28 KB (4,082 words) - 17:40, 28 March 2024
- France). Both tribes originally spoke ancient German, but learned Latin ... the city of Geneva. According to an ancient ballad, Cé qu'è lainô ...16 KB (2,589 words) - 23:17, 21 October 2022
- The reason for the name may be an ancient assignment of colors to ... the mountain ranges and divided the ancient Tethys Ocean into several ...25 KB (3,749 words) - 18:07, 31 October 2023
- Greek) (341 B.C.E. – 270 B.C.E.) was an ancient Greek philosopher, the founder ... and the writings of later followers. In Rome, Lucretius was the school ...19 KB (3,054 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- by Crusaders in 1204 and brought to Rome, but were returned on 27 November ... The Changing Face of Antisemitism: From Ancient Times To The Present Day ...31 KB (4,708 words) - 04:44, 3 August 2022
- After a last visit to Rome, Martin went to Candes, one of the religious centers he had created in his diocese, when he became seriously ill. ...18 KB (2,840 words) - 15:54, 7 November 2022
- wide spread use.J.A. Crook, Law and Life of Rome: 90 B.C.E. to A.D. 212 (Ithaca ... vineyard planting, similar to what the ancient Romans had accomplished ...20 KB (3,132 words) - 16:23, 14 February 2024
- Ancient Western philosophy is marked by the formation and development ... Ancient Western philosophy is generally divided into three periods ...29 KB (4,278 words) - 04:19, 31 January 2023
- Lisbon, which translates as safe harbor in ancient Phonecian, is most famous ... derived from Ulysses, who, according to an Ancient Greek myth, founded the ...34 KB (4,753 words) - 07:44, 9 March 2023
- both Gallic and Germanic, had attacked Rome several times. Conquering ... stable political alliances previously with Rome. During the first century ...77 KB (12,113 words) - 23:58, 4 March 2024
- For example, in the third Punic War, Rome's leaders may have wished ... the Phoenician city of Carthage and Ancient Rome in 149 B.C.E. In 146 B ...40 KB (6,411 words) - 22:53, 3 May 2023
- customs, religious rites, and daily life of the ancient Romans. Sienkiewicz spent ten years researching and writing The Teutonic Knights, set in medieval ...16 KB (2,417 words) - 08:01, 22 January 2024
- Hippokrátēs, was an ancient Greek physician of the "Age of ... commonly portrayed as the paragon of the ancient physician. In particular ...33 KB (4,488 words) - 14:32, 13 July 2023
- Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history that lasted for around ... The civilization of the ancient Greeks has been immensely influential ...48 KB (7,639 words) - 12:24, 14 October 2023
- invention. They were rather based on ancient traditions of symbol systems ... " The hieroglyphic scripts of the Ancient Near East (Egyptian, Sumerian ...22 KB (3,308 words) - 14:05, 20 May 2023
- of Paolo Matthiae of the University of Rome La Sapienza performed a series ... * Bottero, Jean. Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia. University Of Chicago ...18 KB (3,043 words) - 08:34, 5 February 2022
- The Museum's collection ranges from ancient to contemporary with ... works of art from classical antiquity and Ancient Egypt, paintings and sculptures ...38 KB (5,761 words) - 16:50, 24 October 2023
- The word Magi refers to a class of ancient Zoroastrian astrologer ... but "astrologers" because in ancient times "astrology" ...20 KB (3,254 words) - 04:59, 5 November 2022
- cosmologies (from Vedic India, through Rome, and into the Germanic North ... * Dumézil, Georges. Gods of the Ancient Northmen. Edited by Einar ...15 KB (2,416 words) - 21:01, 3 November 2022
- he rejected the concept of the primacy of Rome, arguing that bishops were ... in the fashionable denunciations of Rome." Laud and Fisher (1901 ...19 KB (2,977 words) - 11:10, 10 May 2023
- Athens (ancient Greek: αἱ Ἀθῆναι (plural), evolving into ... Ancient Athens, in contrast with the modern city with the same name ...45 KB (6,393 words) - 18:55, 19 August 2023
- dies used to make seals and currency in ancient times. The basic elements ... The process of printing them must have been copied from ancient Chinese ...43 KB (6,355 words) - 00:40, 3 May 2023
- He also confirms alliances with both Rome and Sparta (1 Macc. 12:1-23). ... which comes down to us is the Septuagint. Ancient manuscripts of the text ...12 KB (1,896 words) - 06:32, 13 June 2023
- When writing systems were invented in ancient civilizations, nearly ... C.E. saw the decline of the culture of ancient Rome. Papyrus became difficult ...32 KB (5,045 words) - 07:24, 17 November 2023
- Sociology of Hinduism and Buddhism, and Ancient Judaism. ... out by China and India. His next work, Ancient Judaism was an attempt to ...28 KB (4,212 words) - 01:03, 9 November 2022
- sixth Pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty of Ancient Egypt. During the first ... III," 403. The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, Ed. Donald Redford ...45 KB (7,145 words) - 14:03, 14 January 2024
- and Character: The Self-Revelation of Ancient Greek Society (Dent 1924) ... **Vol I: Rome and Her Neighbours before Hannibal's Entry ...29 KB (4,250 words) - 03:54, 15 August 2023
- the Lesser Genesis (Leptogenesis), is an ancient Jewish religious work that ... that were outside the jurisdiction of Rome, and the Dead Sea Scrolls ...13 KB (2,033 words) - 20:40, 4 October 2022
