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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 ...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
- (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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- , 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
