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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
