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- of Pope Sixtus IV, who also admired ancient Rome, the Academia Romana was ... to dedicate his life to the study of ancient Rome. He went to Rome around ...9 KB (1,365 words) - 21:15, 4 October 2022
- ==Ancient Rome== [[Image:Roman Republic Empire map.gif|thumb|Area under ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of ...12 KB (1,804 words) - 10:51, 19 December 2023
- Pope Saint Alexander I was the bishop of Rome for seven to ten years ... Esquiline Hill, one of the Seven hills of Rome. Nothing is known of his life ...6 KB (917 words) - 09:24, 24 November 2022
- his twelve books of Epigrams, published in Rome between 86 and 103 C.E. Martial ... Martial moved to Rome in 64 C.E., perhaps encouraged by the literary ...9 KB (1,468 words) - 16:29, 6 November 2022
- Orthodox Churches comparable to the Pope of Rome. The highest-ranking bishop ... ruled by five patriarchs: The bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria ...9 KB (1,277 words) - 19:40, 22 August 2023
- distinguished by his efforts to strengthen Rome's defenses and repair ... and political leaders into line with Rome. He excommunicated Cardinal ...11 KB (1,773 words) - 09:41, 24 November 2022
- (d. c. 67 - 80) was the second bishop of Rome, succeeding the first "pope ... after Peter, while others place Clement of Rome before him, and still others ...11 KB (1,675 words) - 04:02, 26 November 2022
- 1583 in Ferrara – March 1, 1643 in Rome) was an Italian musician and ... the church of Santa Maria in Trastevere in Rome in the spring of 1607. Frescobaldi ...5 KB (689 words) - 07:48, 24 January 2023
- ) conveyed it to Rome. The precise time of its writing, however, is ... response to the expulsion of many Jews from Rome around 49 C.E., because of ...13 KB (2,049 words) - 19:12, 13 February 2024
- oldest symbols of the Jewish people. In ancient times, the menorah once ... ==Origin, Description and Ancient use== [[Image:Coin issued by Mattathias ...10 KB (1,529 words) - 16:09, 9 November 2022
- ===Antiquity and Ancient Rome=== due to a long and lengthy battle with Ancient Rome. According to myth, Queen ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 06:36, 16 November 2022
- |name =University of Rome "La Sapienza" |native_name ... * Santo Mazzarino, leading historian of ancient Rome and ancient Greece ...13 KB (1,764 words) - 13:09, 3 May 2023
- Saint Clement I was a bishop of Rome from 88 to 99 C.E. Also called ... Clement of Rome is considered one of the Apostolic Fathers, and the ...12 KB (1,812 words) - 09:27, 24 November 2022
- school in Athens, before settling in Rome around 80 B.C.E. He was a ... Citium in Athens. In 80 B.C.E. he came to Rome, and apparently resided at ...9 KB (1,439 words) - 04:12, 24 November 2022
- Although famously associated with the ancient Romans, aqueducts were ... to Africa, and especially in the city of Rome itself, where they totaled ...12 KB (1,676 words) - 15:59, 11 August 2023
- Aurelius Carus succeeded in reversing Rome's previous defeats at ... The survival of the Persian empire against Rome prevented one power from totally ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 01:04, 1 January 2022
- in response to a problem widely debated by ancient Greek philosophers, of how ... desires. This concept was developed in Rome and adapted by early Christians ...9 KB (1,363 words) - 05:58, 11 August 2023
- philosopher, was a teacher of rhetoric in Rome until the Roman authorities ... skilled in the liberal arts. He came to Rome as a teacher of rhetoric and ...7 KB (1,028 words) - 03:46, 18 April 2024
- Sent by Herod the Great to be educated in Rome, the young Agrippa ... Herod the Great, to the imperial court in Rome. There, Emperor Tiberius developed ...11 KB (1,756 words) - 06:49, 16 June 2023
- Ishtar of the Mesopotamians, Hathor in Ancient Egypt, Astarte of the Syro ... to found the city that would one day become Rome. Aeneas was born by way of ...13 KB (1,985 words) - 19:28, 14 November 2022
- Mark Antony. Her suicide at the conquest by Rome marked the end of Ptolemaic ... Made king of Cyrenaica. Bequeathed Cyrenaica to Rome. * Ptolemy Philadelphus ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 23:33, 2 December 2022
- of Padua and a lecturer at Naples, Rome, Pisa, and Salerno, he studied ... He then lectured successively at Naples, Rome, Pisa and Salerno. Influenced ...8 KB (1,200 words) - 06:47, 16 June 2023
- Persius, in full Aulus Persius Flaccus (34 – 62 C.E.), was an ancient ... in his twelfth year he was taken to Rome where he attended the lectures ...9 KB (1,391 words) - 00:44, 24 November 2022
- Pope Saint Fabian was bishop of Rome from January 236 to January 20 ... and Fabian could thus bring back to Rome the bodies of Pope Pontian ...11 KB (1,652 words) - 09:39, 24 November 2022
- Minerva was the ancient Roman goddess of wisdom and war. Her areas ... Medica] A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome (as completed and revised ...11 KB (1,742 words) - 18:48, 9 November 2022
- church. Also known as Saint Agnes of Rome and Saint Ines (or Santa Ynez ... The mature legend of Saint Agnes of Rome exists in at least three ...11 KB (1,796 words) - 06:46, 16 June 2023
- several victories. His ashes were taken to Rome, where he was deified. He ... of the European space and its debt to Rome, the Empire had yet to develop ...15 KB (2,360 words) - 02:07, 22 December 2022
- increasingly ineffectual alliance between Rome and Constantinople. During ... leading to renewed hard feelings between Rome and the East. During his reign ...15 KB (2,341 words) - 11:39, 13 February 2022
- He published his results with plates of ancient Egyptian inscriptions, maps ... to explore and record the remains of the ancient Egyptian civilization. The ...9 KB (1,295 words) - 07:20, 5 October 2022
- clear. While numerous authors both ancient and modern have suggested ... Saturnalia, one of the most popular public festivals in ancient Rome ...11 KB (1,785 words) - 17:00, 23 December 2022
- from the battle along the Via Appia from Capua to Rome. ... The ancient sources give various accounts on Spartacus' origins ...13 KB (1,968 words) - 19:09, 7 February 2023
- known for having met Attila the Hun outside Rome in 452, in an attempt to persuade ... This shows that Leo was known outside of Rome. He was also asked by the ...15 KB (2,335 words) - 20:05, 25 October 2022
- with her huge entourage of handmaidens to Rome, where she persuaded Pope ... history. Literary critics theorize that an ancient tradition about the martyrdom ...11 KB (1,674 words) - 00:54, 23 December 2022
- " The Penguin Historical Atlas of Ancient Rome (London, UK: Penguin Books ... been several trade agreements between Ancient Rome and Carthage; even a mutual ...26 KB (4,140 words) - 18:10, 14 April 2023
- Alexandria, Antioch, and Jerusalem, while Rome remained out of communion ... Orthodox Churches, the four Archbishops of Rome, Alexandria, Ephesus (later ...11 KB (1,534 words) - 01:18, 18 November 2022
- (ca. 620 B.C.E. - ? B.C.E. ), was an ancient Greek poet who was considered ... Moreover, Alcaeus' mastery of ancient Greek meter is undisputed ...8 KB (1,188 words) - 05:05, 17 June 2023
- who strongly affirmed the primacy of Rome and promulgated the doctrine ... a man of African heritage who was born in Rome. However, the question of ...12 KB (1,830 words) - 06:35, 18 April 2024
- character that means life or living. Ancient Egyptian gods are often ... Empire for killing slaves and enemies of Rome. In Egypt, however, the indigenous ...10 KB (1,631 words) - 06:39, 28 July 2023
- to the cult of Bacchus introduced into Rome from lower Italy by way of ... its political power over all of Italy. In Rome, where politics and religion ...10 KB (1,570 words) - 05:25, 26 August 2023
- Saint Hippolytus of Rome (died 235 C.E.), sometimes called Ypolitus ... half of the second century, probably in Rome. A disciple of Irenaeus of ...13 KB (2,034 words) - 15:50, 25 January 2023
- Ottorino Respighi (Bologna, July 9, 1879 – Rome, April 18, 1936 ... Botticelli Pictures). His passion for ancient Italian music led to an ...13 KB (1,835 words) - 05:57, 18 November 2022
- more robust figures. At 25, he moved to Rome and was commissioned by Pope ... such as Perugia, Urbino and perhaps also Rome. He made friends with the ...21 KB (3,084 words) - 00:38, 8 December 2022
- ownership of property, led the Commune of Rome's temporary overthrow ... continued to teach, but eventually came to Rome to seek reconciliation with ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 03:56, 15 August 2023
- Cyrene (Greek Κυρήνη, Kurene) was an ancient Greek colony in ... the same history that befell much of the ancient world: one empire conquering ...13 KB (1,919 words) - 18:50, 12 May 2020
- and philosophical developments of the ancient Greek philosophers, and ... "On the heavens 1.10-12". [The ancient commentators on Aristotle ...9 KB (1,323 words) - 22:13, 29 January 2023
- goddess originating in the mythology of ancient Anatolia, whose worship ... Cybele's origins are debated by scholars. Ancient texts and inscriptions ...16 KB (2,551 words) - 06:50, 12 January 2024
- to the supernatural mythology of the ancient world. Lucan's epic ... argument Lucan, upon his return to Rome, began to make his mark as ...9 KB (1,450 words) - 04:18, 4 November 2022
- (the word itself comes from "Rome", and it is from Ovid ... of Sulmo, a village about 90 miles east of Rome. His family was of the well ...14 KB (2,130 words) - 06:01, 18 November 2022
- bearing on the health and prosperity of Rome and the Roman Empire. The ... scapegoatsC.C. Martindale, Religion of Ancient Rome, Studies in Comparative ...16 KB (2,678 words) - 18:03, 3 May 2023
- of Flavius Vespasian, the future emperor of Rome, an educated man who could ... In 71 C.E. he arrived in Rome in the entourage of Titus, becoming ...15 KB (2,242 words) - 17:37, 28 March 2024
- he openly mocked the epic style of ancient poetry, criticizing even ... the most important figures in literature of the ancient world. ...12 KB (1,947 words) - 16:18, 3 December 2023
- Plotinus (Greek: Πλωτίνος)(ca. 205–270), the ancient philosopher ... === Expedition to Persia and return to Rome === He spent the next eleven ...12 KB (1,813 words) - 08:05, 24 November 2022
- |right|250px|The Roman census was the most developed in the ancient ... word 'census' originates from ancient Rome, coming from the Latin ...12 KB (1,796 words) - 23:49, 3 December 2023
- hexameter, a verse form first used by the ancient Greeks which would fall ... was educated in Cremona, Milan, and finally Rome, where he came under the tutelage ...15 KB (2,361 words) - 20:33, 3 May 2023
- Rome ( roʊm ; Roma , ˈroma ; Roma ) is the capital city of Italy ... quot; because the "achievements of ancient Rome in the fields of architecture ...25 KB (3,724 words) - 04:59, 16 December 2022
- , was one of the canonical nine poets of ancient Greece who is considered ... known to us only by quotations in other ancient authors or papyrus scraps ...7 KB (1,079 words) - 06:16, 24 November 2022
- of the Biblical canon. Written in or near Rome in the late second century ... which he holds to have been written by the ancient king and his associates. ...13 KB (2,046 words) - 18:59, 10 November 2022
- voyage, helped enhance trade between India and Rome. Gary Keith Young ... and Rome's loss of the Red Sea ports, Augustin F. C. Holl. Ethnoarchaeology ...21 KB (3,121 words) - 04:51, 16 December 2022
- famous and successful living painters in Rome. She was also one of the signatories ... for a woman to see and copy the works of ancient and Renaissance masters ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 18:05, 27 July 2023
- e. – August 12, 30 b.c.e.) was queen of Ancient Egypt, the last member of ... legal heir, Octavian, brought the might of Rome against Egypt, Cleopatra took ...20 KB (3,144 words) - 22:04, 7 January 2024
- Pope Saint Stephen I served as bishop of Rome from May 12, 254 to ... According to the most ancient lists, Stephen I was a Roman by birth ...11 KB (1,719 words) - 00:24, 12 April 2023
- reflecting the uses of the Romans (and ancient Greeks) to use lavender ... and scent. The plant has been grown since ancient times in perfumery, and ...11 KB (1,715 words) - 17:55, 25 October 2022
- prosperity accrued from economic trade with Rome, India, and elsewhere, but ... The ancient African civilization of Axum flourished for over a thousand ...13 KB (2,015 words) - 07:23, 23 August 2023
- Still-life paintings were found on the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs ... Still-life paintings adorned the walls of ancient Egyptian tombs. ...11 KB (1,581 words) - 18:01, 21 October 2022
- quot;) is the name for a site of ancient palaces and fortifications ... Josephus has Elazer admitting that it had been wrong to resist Rome ...14 KB (2,172 words) - 16:17, 7 November 2022
- Cassius Longinus. Born in Tyre, he went to Rome in 262 C.E. and studied under ... purple dye in Tyre. In 262 C.E. he came to Rome and studied under Plotinus ...10 KB (1,415 words) - 05:40, 30 November 2022
- a prominent city of the Roman Empire. The ancient city's most famous ... important cities. Leptis Magna weakened as Rome weakened. It fell under control ...13 KB (2,009 words) - 21:59, 25 October 2022
- presided over the celebrations marking Rome's one thousandth anniversary ... Alexander Severus, who was a Syrian. In ancient Rome the Pretorian Guard was ...20 KB (3,034 words) - 03:50, 24 November 2022
- besieged Desiderius, Charlemagne visited Rome where he celebrated Easter ... two more occasions. In 781, he visited Rome with his wife and his son ...12 KB (1,943 words) - 06:17, 15 June 2023
- and architect of seventeenth-century Rome. The son of a Mannerist sculptor ... Fontana dei Quattro Fiumi in the Piazza Navona Rome. ==Early Life== ...23 KB (3,452 words) - 07:41, 24 January 2023
- manage the German Archaeological Institute in Rome. le Mérite in 1868, honorary citizenship of Rome, and the Nobel prize for literature ...16 KB (2,291 words) - 17:56, 30 April 2023
- inscriptions, and carvings. First used in Ancient Egypt and Ancient Greece ... regarding the lives of those who lived in ancient times. Often decorated with ...12 KB (1,915 words) - 02:26, 21 April 2023
- The book was originally written in Rome, in the Greek language, but ... :"He who brought me up sold me to a certain Rhoda, who was at ...12 KB (1,907 words) - 14:09, 27 January 2023
- the design of which originated in Ancient Rome. The word now refers to ... The first catacombs constructed in the world are the ancient Jewish ...16 KB (2,439 words) - 14:27, 29 November 2023
- soaked foods were part of daily life in Ancient Rome (Kurlansky 2002). Cleopatra ... and Vegetables: A Global Perspective. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 22:47, 28 March 2023
- was followed by the Acacian schism, between Rome and Constantinople, which ... to the Henotikon, but Pope Felix III of Rome condemned it and excommunicated ...16 KB (2,523 words) - 18:33, 7 February 2022
- of Paul's imprisonments, probably at Rome in the early 60s C.E., though ... accepted by virtually all Bible scholars, ancient and modern. Some critical ...10 KB (1,691 words) - 20:40, 17 May 2023
- world, including two journeys to Rome. Plutarch studied philosophy ... of Achaea, and journeys to Alexandria and Rome. He had a number of influential ...17 KB (2,619 words) - 08:08, 24 November 2022
- The yodel is an ancient rural form of calling, tens of thousands of ... ===Ancient Rome=== The earliest mention of the yodel dates back to ...12 KB (1,787 words) - 00:48, 17 April 2023
- of honor and authority equal to that of the Rome. This rule, however, was rejected ... was both divine and human. Pope Leo I, from Rome, insisted on two natures in ...15 KB (2,236 words) - 08:25, 10 January 2024
- he became a dedicated scholar of the ancient classics and of German history ... Beatus believed that the wisdom of the ancient classical writers with the ...12 KB (1,792 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- century B.C.E. to refer to a group of ancient philosophers, including ... century B.C.E. to refer to a group of ancient philosophers who attached ...12 KB (1,821 words) - 18:01, 12 February 2024
- Dacia, in ancient history and geography was the land of the Dacians ... After several confrontations between Dacia and Rome, Emperor Trajan ...22 KB (3,335 words) - 07:37, 12 January 2024
- in Egypt, at the Temple of Karnak. This is now in Rome. ... * Ancient Egypt ==Notes== ==References== * Bryan, Betsy M. The Reign ...7 KB (1,124 words) - 02:51, 4 November 2022
- of Europe] EIFAC technical paper, 52. Rome: Food and Agriculture Organization ... * Nilsen, Tor Helge. 1985. Modern and Ancient Alluvial Fan Deposits ...5 KB (763 words) - 08:15, 23 July 2023
- such as the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Constantinople and the ... by the long-standing struggle between Rome and Constantinople for supremacy ...16 KB (2,507 words) - 19:46, 26 March 2024
- Historically, cumin was used heavily in ancient Roman cuisine. ... Cumin has been in use since ancient times. Seeds, excavated at the ...12 KB (1,736 words) - 19:46, 11 May 2020
- After civil unrest broke out in 162 C.E., Galen moved to Rome where ... (written around 1000 C.E.), Galen died in Rome around 199-200 C.E. New research ...12 KB (1,806 words) - 03:50, 18 April 2024
- and Sicilian Baroque architect in Rome. His major works included ... and, without informing his parents, fled to Rome and changed his name from ...13 KB (1,904 words) - 06:44, 1 April 2024
- of a walled enclave within the city of Rome. At approximately 108.7 acres ... monarchy that is ruled by the Bishop of Rome—the Pope. The highest state ...21 KB (3,351 words) - 22:10, 21 December 2023
- traditionally considered Pauline (although Rome questioned its authorship ... #039;s name, as was common practice in the ancient world. ...24 KB (3,164 words) - 00:13, 30 January 2024
- today. His work chronicled the history of Rome from 96 to 378, although only ... to influence the future. Less centered on Rome than Tacitus had been, he ...21 KB (3,270 words) - 07:33, 25 July 2023
- before accepting Pope Sixtus IV’s call to Rome to occupy the chair of eloquence ... died, Filelfo turned his thoughts towards Rome. He was now 77 years old, ...15 KB (2,444 words) - 04:47, 9 April 2024
- Mithridates was summoned back to Rome where he was kept a prisoner ... ==Between Rome and Parthia== Unhappy with the growing Parthian influence ...18 KB (2,729 words) - 03:59, 15 August 2023
- He spent much of his time championing the ancient poets and literally digging ... In 1341 Petrarch was crowned poet laureate in Rome, the first man ...11 KB (1,750 words) - 01:38, 24 November 2022
- visitors to have an experience of life in ancient times. ... After graduation, Evans traveled to Bosnia and Macedonia to study ...10 KB (1,447 words) - 12:20, 7 November 2021
- Kingdom of the Cimmerian Bosporus, was an ancient state, located in eastern ... in the early first century C.E. Under Rome, it continued to enjoy a high ...15 KB (2,433 words) - 19:50, 20 November 2023
- == Mica in ancient times == [[Image:Hand Hopewell mica.jpg|thumb|175px ... Mica was known to ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman civilizations ...9 KB (1,317 words) - 16:34, 9 November 2022
- in full communion with the Bishop of Rome (the Pope). While differing ... Most Eastern Catholic Churches arose when a group within an ancient ...27 KB (4,042 words) - 02:32, 1 October 2020
- Ancient Greek literature refers to literature written in the Greek ... In addition to history and philosophy, Ancient Greek literature is ...25 KB (4,056 words) - 17:49, 13 November 2021
- Aeolic Greek Ψάπφα Psappha) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet. Along ... the greatest poets and thinkers of ancient Rome continued to emulate her ...13 KB (2,038 words) - 03:24, 23 December 2022
- 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 ...9 KB (1,483 words) - 19:13, 26 November 2023
- 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 ...35 KB (5,526 words) - 04:38, 22 March 2024
- |city = Rome |country = Italy, but partially extraterritorial ... is a pontifical university located in Rome, Italy. Heir of the Roman ...17 KB (2,554 words) - 16:14, 17 January 2014
- 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 ...13 KB (2,004 words) - 02:43, 4 November 2022
- 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 ...14 KB (2,204 words) - 08:49, 24 November 2022
- 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 ...21 KB (3,112 words) - 21:58, 10 December 2023
- principle of change. In the context of Ancient Greek philosophy, logos ... In ancient philosophy, Logos was used by Heraclitus, a Pre-Socratic ...11 KB (1,664 words) - 21:00, 3 November 2022
- and his work on the role of women in ancient societies. His work brought ... Spain, and Greece, where he studied ancient civilizations. His masterwork ...10 KB (1,351 words) - 14:47, 1 August 2022
- convicted of the charge of sedition against Rome, the crime under which he ... shortly after Pontius Pilate was recalled to Rome. ==Background== ...15 KB (2,468 words) - 18:17, 25 November 2023
- 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 ...19 KB (2,956 words) - 07:37, 4 January 2024
- Parallel to his work as a lawyer, Morgan studied the Classics of Ancient ... remains famous for his masterpiece, Ancient Society (1877), in which ...14 KB (2,033 words) - 11:00, 7 March 2023
- 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 ...11 KB (1,741 words) - 11:05, 22 January 2024
- 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 ...15 KB (2,230 words) - 03:55, 7 December 2022
- appealed strongly to him, he proceeded to Rome. There, he entered the Jesuit ... million affordable copies of the best ancient and modern Catholic works. ...9 KB (1,350 words) - 19:06, 22 December 2022
- 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 ...23 KB (3,703 words) - 16:36, 21 January 2024
- Mutual excommunications followed, with Rome accusing Photius of being ... and unfortunate history of conflict between Rome and Constantinople. The famous ...13 KB (1,970 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- the Etruscans. The region was ruled by Rome for several centuries and ... Greeks, the cultures of Greece, and later Rome, influenced the civilization ...19 KB (2,716 words) - 00:35, 3 May 2023
- 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 ...16 KB (2,530 words) - 03:10, 6 November 2022
- 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 ...19 KB (2,900 words) - 21:25, 4 October 2022
- collection of art and antiquities from ancient and living cultures." ... Dürer, and antiquities from Egypt, Greece, Rome, the Middle East, the Far ...19 KB (2,966 words) - 02:44, 22 November 2023
- Because the scroll is an ancient publishing method, it is still used ... texts, used in Eastern Mediterranean ancient Egyptian civilizations. ...16 KB (2,500 words) - 17:30, 25 January 2023
- 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 ...13 KB (1,979 words) - 17:27, 25 January 2023
- 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 ...8 KB (1,216 words) - 06:54, 25 July 2023
- the original St. Peter's Basilica in Rome, which was replaced in the ... The oldest known basilica, the Basilica Porcia, was built in Rome ...21 KB (3,233 words) - 03:32, 1 January 2022
- was excommunicated by the early church at Rome as a heretic; Nevertheless ... Marcion travelled to Rome about 142–143. Tertullian dates the beginning ...17 KB (2,698 words) - 11:11, 9 March 2023
- 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 ...15 KB (2,370 words) - 06:36, 28 July 2023
- Catholic lines of apostolic succession recognized by Rome. ... is first amongst equals, continuing the ancient practice of the church, ...31 KB (4,731 words) - 02:04, 9 January 2023
- from antiquities, classical studies, ancient languages, and philology ... in antiquities after studying an ancient Roman gold coin that had ...16 KB (2,441 words) - 23:35, 14 November 2022
- with Basilides and took his teachings to Rome where he further developed ... Clement of Alexandria, and Hippolytus of Rome, whose accounts of his teachings ...17 KB (2,600 words) - 11:07, 20 September 2023
- 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 ...28 KB (4,345 words) - 16:00, 6 November 2022
- Correspondingly, in ancient Rome, Livy referred to the caduceator ... In ancient Rome, Livy refers to the caduceator who negotiated peace ...14 KB (2,126 words) - 10:15, 25 November 2023
- Phoenician city Gebal (earlier Gubla). The ancient city on the coast of the ... with the New Kingdom pharaohs of Ancient Egypt. Archaeological evidence ...14 KB (1,996 words) - 19:08, 24 November 2023
- ben Hananiah (Gen. R. 64). Secret anti-Rome factions, however, began to ... supposed tomb of Solomon. According to the ancient historian Cassius Dio, ...14 KB (2,151 words) - 07:58, 20 September 2023
- 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 ...23 KB (3,529 words) - 20:01, 9 November 2022
- In Catholic tradition, Peter was the first pope. The ancient Christian ... Tradition holds that Peter met martyrdom in Rome, probably at the ...28 KB (4,305 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- amphitheater in the center of the city of Rome. Originally capable of seating ... html A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome] (Oxford University Press ...28 KB (4,452 words) - 22:40, 7 January 2024
- Pontiff") was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of Pontiffs ... was the most important priesthood of ancient Rome. The foundation of this ...31 KB (4,749 words) - 00:22, 12 April 2023
- The ancient Pauline concept of the Mystical Body of Christ provided ... Law for the Orthodox Churches, united with Rome. In its new constitutions ...10 KB (1,484 words) - 22:43, 10 November 2022
- #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 ...10 KB (1,385 words) - 03:09, 15 December 2022
- 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 ...15 KB (2,318 words) - 03:03, 8 December 2022
- The first to practice epigraphy were the ancient Greek scholars Thucydides ... was to play a large role in understanding ancient cultures. The most famous ...14 KB (2,129 words) - 19:07, 13 February 2024
- to the Mesopotamian god Marduk in the ancient city of Babylon. ... [[File:Römerturm, Auf dem Gaulskopf.jpg|thumb|300px|[[Ancient Rome ...15 KB (2,106 words) - 15:43, 29 April 2024
- Alleged to be an imperial power in the ancient world, the existence of ... Critias claims that his accounts of ancient Athens and Atlantis stem ...22 KB (3,236 words) - 06:23, 21 August 2023
- 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 ...30 KB (4,688 words) - 06:38, 18 November 2022
- native to Eurasia and have been eaten there since ancient times. Zohary and Hopf (2000) note that the archaeological evidence for the cultivation of ...7 KB (1,014 words) - 08:54, 18 November 2022
- " In his boyhood he came to Rome as a slave of Epaphroditus ... In about 89 C.E. the Emperor Domitian banished all philosophers from ...11 KB (1,793 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- 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 ...28 KB (4,463 words) - 00:34, 25 March 2024
- by Nikolai Minsky's article The Ancient Debate (1884) and Dmitry ... The Altar of Victory (depicting life in Ancient Rome) and The Fiery Angel ...7 KB (980 words) - 19:56, 27 April 2020
- Plumbing originated during the ancient civilizations, such as those ... In ancient times, water systems relied on gravity for the supply of ...8 KB (1,121 words) - 01:54, 10 April 2023
- : means of passing a river, ford, ferry) (the similar Ancient Greek ... the older history of the region. The ancient Greeks analyzed it as "ox ...18 KB (2,647 words) - 14:59, 9 February 2022
- 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 ...24 KB (3,977 words) - 08:23, 18 March 2024
- 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 ...15 KB (2,204 words) - 08:44, 24 November 2022
- He worked primarily in Florence, Padua, and Rome, producing a great number ... with architect Filippo Brunelleschi in Rome (1404-1407), Donatello continued ...15 KB (2,139 words) - 17:23, 30 January 2024
- The term diaspora (in Ancient Greek, διασπορά – "a ... The term was originally used by the Ancient Greeks to describe citizens ...16 KB (2,452 words) - 11:56, 29 January 2024
- 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 ...11 KB (1,670 words) - 17:54, 22 August 2023
- 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 ...21 KB (3,322 words) - 17:11, 9 November 2022
- 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 ...16 KB (2,587 words) - 15:21, 27 April 2023
- 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 ...21 KB (3,389 words) - 04:56, 5 November 2022
- monumental sculpture and architecture from ancient times to present. ... most famously associated with the art of Ancient Egypt, where strong sunlight ...15 KB (2,307 words) - 03:37, 8 December 2022
- Site in 2001 as Vat Phou and Associated Ancient Settlements within the Champasak ... The ancient town of Shrestapura had been replaced by a town whose ...11 KB (1,724 words) - 23:14, 3 May 2023
- Venice, to a rich merchant. He studied at Rome for a year, and then studied ... world. However, the allusions to ancient Rome, playful and serious at ...8 KB (1,181 words) - 06:43, 1 April 2024
- home to the most extensive collection of ancient Egyptian antiquities in ... of papyrus and coins used in the Ancient world. The numerous pieces ...12 KB (1,932 words) - 00:00, 13 February 2024
- Ancient Minoan civilization had stone sewers that were periodically ... sanitary conditions in crowded cities. The ancient cities of Harappa and Mohenjo ...15 KB (2,180 words) - 10:10, 26 January 2023
- He ended a century of civil wars and gave Rome an era of peace, prosperity ... He was born in Rome (or Velletri) on September 23, 63 B.C.E., with ...27 KB (4,377 words) - 19:08, 21 August 2023
- is first known to have been used in ancient Egypt (at least as far back ... The study of ancient literature, correspondence, legal archives, and ...12 KB (1,870 words) - 07:37, 18 November 2022
- indoor sports and exercise. Originating in Ancient Greece, where they included ... In that sense, the original purpose of the ancient Greek gymnasium continues ...13 KB (1,987 words) - 06:47, 28 July 2023
- emperor and continued their march towards Rome. At the time of his arrival ... During this persecution, the bishops of Rome, Pope Sixtus II, of Carthage ...18 KB (2,788 words) - 14:13, 3 May 2023
- was a Samaritan gnostic who, according to ancient Christian accounts, allegedly ... quot; also became generic terms used by ancient Christians as derogatory ...29 KB (4,732 words) - 22:09, 29 January 2023
- Sea and is built partially atop the famed ancient city. Ancient Alexandria was a thriving Greco-Roman city, one of the most ...24 KB (3,570 words) - 06:37, 20 July 2023
- The name has existed since antiquity; in the Latin of the Romans ... tourist attractions. It was used by the ancient Romans to transport goods ...13 KB (2,044 words) - 06:18, 15 June 2023
- Taxes from all the other city states of Ancient Greece created a monumental ... and worshiped in the deme (township of ancient Attica) of Brauron. The ...17 KB (2,700 words) - 05:39, 15 June 2023
- alphabet and ends with the last led the ancient Jewish rabbis to see in ... idolatry leaving the earth." Said the ancient sage Rabbi Hanina, "This ...10 KB (1,641 words) - 08:22, 23 July 2023
- Great and the time of the Roman Republic. Rome would come to dominate the ... him, however, to withdraw or face war with Rome. After suffering a defeat ...30 KB (4,711 words) - 00:32, 27 December 2021
- ) was one of the most important religious sites in ancient Greece ... over 500 of the best statues from Delphi to Rome. Subsequent Roman emperors ...21 KB (3,318 words) - 09:23, 28 January 2024
- the archaeological site of Kuyunjik (then ancient Nineveh, capital of Assyria ... The ancient libraries were actually comprised of several smaller collections ...22 KB (3,301 words) - 00:41, 12 April 2023
- Marcus Porcius Cato Uticencis was born in 95 B.C.E. in Rome, the son ... On his return to Rome in 65 B.C.E., Cato was elected to the position ...19 KB (3,055 words) - 03:51, 6 November 2022
- not vocalization or gestures, goes back to ancient cave paintings, drawn maps ... Our indebtedness to the Ancient Romans in the field of communication ...17 KB (2,393 words) - 17:12, 9 January 2024
- The Pandyan kingdom was an ancient Tamil state in South India of unknown ... Ptolemaic Egypt and, through Egypt, with Rome by the first century, and ...21 KB (3,154 words) - 06:36, 18 November 2022
- grounds near the sites of the centers of ancient civilizations. Often times ... The word necropolis derives from Ancient Greek: nekro meaning dead ...26 KB (3,983 words) - 04:27, 11 March 2023
- can be seen in accounts of his visit to Rome during the reign of Anicetus ... And when the blessed Polycarp was sojourning in Rome in the time of ...21 KB (3,429 words) - 00:51, 23 December 2022
- quickly became a point of contention in the ancient world, leading the prefect of Egypt to launch a military attack to gain control of the trade. The ...10 KB (1,505 words) - 21:35, 29 December 2023
- of cross-cultural assimilation in the ancient world where a great deal ... Originally Neptune was a god of the ancient Italians, who did not ...9 KB (1,493 words) - 16:21, 11 November 2022
- accompanied by other magi on his journey to Rome in 66 C.E. In the early twentieth ... and accepted the prince favored by Rome. Tacitus, 1942, [http://classics ...29 KB (4,494 words) - 03:48, 1 May 2023
- Roman Empire, particularly in the areas of Rome, Ostia, Mauretania, Britain ... Griffith. "Mithraism" Essays on Ancient Rome. EAWC ...32 KB (4,834 words) - 11:13, 10 March 2023
- examples have been found in China, Phoenicia, Rome, and Crete. Early glass bottle manufacture was conducted by the Phoenicians. Specimens of Phoenician ...10 KB (1,456 words) - 14:41, 28 April 2020
- In the ancient Graeco-Roman world, "Mystery religions," ... After Christianity became the state religion of Rome, dissident Christian ...12 KB (1,732 words) - 21:30, 20 March 2024
- One of four major basilicas of Rome—(St. John Lateran, St. Peter ... of Antioch, and later the first Bishop of Rome. Although the New Testament ...25 KB (3,946 words) - 18:31, 14 October 2022
- is the most complete surviving account of ancient Greek and Roman skepticism ... reported to have lived in Alexandria, Rome, or Athens. Sextus Empiricus ...11 KB (1,515 words) - 10:12, 26 January 2023
- Ancient writers referred to Carneades as the founder of the “third” ... Carneades was sent to Rome in 155 B.C.E., together with Diogenes and ...11 KB (1,736 words) - 00:29, 29 November 2023
- and Persephone based at Eleusis, in ancient Greece. Eleusis (modern ... Of all the mysteries celebrated in ancient Mediterranean world, these ...18 KB (2,798 words) - 16:07, 13 February 2024
- small disc-shaped cymbals based on ancient designs sound a definite ... ancient Egypt, ancient Greece, and ancient Rome. References to cymbals ...15 KB (2,396 words) - 20:32, 28 December 2023
- was the emperor who reconquered the city of Rome from the Ostrogoths. He is ... advanced into Sicily and Italy, recapturing Rome (536) and the Ostrogoth capital ...22 KB (3,355 words) - 21:25, 4 October 2022
- Hadrian's deep affections for him. Ancient Rome, Arab countries up to ... Ancient Greek religious texts, reflecting cultural practices, incorporated ...20 KB (2,817 words) - 17:59, 31 October 2023
- was one of two principal dramatic forms of ancient Greek theater. Athenian ... the origin and early development of ancient Greek comedy. According ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- Tenney Frank's Economic Survey of Ancient Rome (1937). Collingwood’s ... Tenney Frank's Economic Survey of Ancient Rome (1937). ...17 KB (2,548 words) - 02:20, 16 December 2022
- === Ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome === [[Image:Hippo tusk makeup.jpg ... The first archaeological evidence of cosmetics usage is found in Ancient ...24 KB (3,549 words) - 18:25, 17 January 2023
- Many ancient historians attest to the existence and supposed discovery ... Another ancient historian, Socrates Scholasticus (born c. 380), in ...22 KB (3,738 words) - 18:26, 2 May 2023
- It is said that Veronica later traveled to Rome to present the cloth to the ... accounts at different times of a visit to Rome that made direct reference ...20 KB (3,228 words) - 14:45, 3 May 2023
- Cranganore (believed to be the ancient Muziris of Pliny, and the ... In the ancient times it was called "Muziris" in Latin and ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- to have brought the gospel to Greece and Rome, Thomas was said to have taken ... Saint Thomas is also associated with a collection of ancient documents ...21 KB (3,427 words) - 00:53, 23 December 2022
- paradigm shift that occurred in the Ancient Near East. Walter Burkert ... of Western civilization. Though the ancient Greek religions based upon ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 16:42, 23 July 2020
- After Pope Gregory XI migrated to Rome, two "antipopes," ... written as Avennio or Avenio in the ancient texts and inscriptions, ...23 KB (3,549 words) - 07:17, 23 August 2023
- Saqqarah, Saqqara or Sakkara (Arabic: سقارة) is a vast, ancient ... understanding of the civilization of Ancient Egypt, so significant in ...17 KB (2,687 words) - 00:23, 8 November 2023
- In 1803, James Christie II, an expert on ancient Greek and Italian ... In the late 1950s, the firm expanded, opening offices in Rome in 1958 ...9 KB (1,246 words) - 21:11, 10 December 2023
- Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius was born in Rome around 480 C.E ... taking place between the churches of Rome and Constantinople, and applied ...11 KB (1,637 words) - 06:07, 28 July 2023
- wrote both of these letters. However even in ancient times some believed that John the Presbyter was different to the Apostle John who wrote 1 John ...7 KB (1,190 words) - 18:35, 30 April 2023
- 476 when there was no longer an emperor in Rome itself, and to end about 800 ... mainly the earlier centuries after the fall of Rome. ==Modern Academic Use== ...17 KB (2,782 words) - 22:19, 25 January 2024
- Isis was a goddess in ancient Egyptian mythology, often worshiped ... and Egyptologists to approach the ancient Egyptian tradition ...32 KB (5,200 words) - 06:08, 8 March 2024
- modern Tell Mardikh, Syria) was an ancient city about 55 km southwest ... Semitic and Sumerian influences, and many ancient biblical personal names ...11 KB (1,744 words) - 17:22, 11 October 2020
- and the writings of later followers. In Rome, Titus Lucretius Carus (99 ... Empire. It never entered the mainstream of ancient political life, partly because ...15 KB (2,240 words) - 19:06, 13 February 2024
- and seven months and four days, and died in Rome, after which there was a vacancy ... set down in the list of popes or bishops of Rome, because she was a woman who ...24 KB (4,035 words) - 00:23, 12 April 2023
- Rabbi Shimeon bar Yochai.), was a famous ancient rabbi and one of the greatest ... and, according to legend, was sent to Rome as an envoy, where he exorcised ...16 KB (2,585 words) - 14:13, 27 January 2023
- Many figures in the ancient world used the phrase "Son of God ... by wonder-workers such as Dositheus in the ancient world. ...22 KB (3,158 words) - 15:11, 27 April 2023
- Many have believed that ancient China was the first to create factories. ... Although large mills and manufactories were established in ancient ...10 KB (1,387 words) - 23:24, 26 June 2022
- attributed the moral irresponsibility in Rome to the doctrine of divine ... and the Pelagians were expelled from Rome. Pelagianism continued in ...24 KB (3,917 words) - 07:13, 23 November 2022
- of elephants (the word is ultimately from Ancient Egyptian âb, âbu, meaning ... Carving of tusks is an ancient art. Mammoth tusks were carved by Paleolithic ...12 KB (1,807 words) - 03:52, 13 March 2024
- called the Cradle of Civilization due to its ancient history. ... In ancient times the river's valley was heavily irrigated and ...12 KB (1,782 words) - 04:26, 23 March 2024
- hear cases and render judgments appeared in Rome which formed the background ... 1, 2002—the date its founding treaty, the Rome Statute of the International ...21 KB (3,221 words) - 08:44, 10 January 2024
- took up the command of the defence of Rome. His wife, Anita, fought with ... the unification movement set its gaze on Rome and Venice. Mazzini was discontented ...22 KB (3,486 words) - 16:50, 15 December 2022
- to study the economic systems of ancient empires. His seminar in ... Polynesian tribal societies to Egypt and Rome and found not one use of a ...16 KB (2,415 words) - 07:19, 5 October 2022
- as early as 1600 B.C.E., the date of the ancient Egyptian Edwin Smith papyrus ... part survives today is Hippocrates, an ancient Greek physician active in ...14 KB (2,224 words) - 19:02, 26 July 2023
- unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602]] ... Stories of the unicorn stretch back to ancient Greece from such sources ...12 KB (1,900 words) - 23:41, 8 November 2023
- greatest and most beautiful city of all Ancient Greece. ... into the population, were tribes known to ancient Greek writers as the Elymians ...33 KB (4,988 words) - 11:46, 1 February 2024
- Jewish tetrarch of that region who ruled at Rome's pleasure. Men of this ... in the church of San Luigi dei Francesi in Rome are among the best classic ...15 KB (2,288 words) - 00:47, 23 December 2022
- including Volhynia, Galicia and Rus' ancient capital of Kiev, which Daniil ... of Halych is situated 5 km away from the ancient capital of Galicia, on the ...16 KB (2,454 words) - 03:54, 18 April 2024
- to date uniformly to the earliest days of ancient Egypt. They are now believed ... the attention of the Inquisition. He left Rome for the same reason and abandoned ...16 KB (2,416 words) - 13:28, 15 December 2022
- who metaphorically "fiddled while Rome burned." Because of his ... started fires were common in ancient Rome and this was probably ...39 KB (6,311 words) - 04:33, 11 March 2023
- Infanticide was common in most literate ancient cultures, including ... Ancient Jewish practice condemned infanticide. Josephus wrote, "The ...20 KB (2,994 words) - 22:37, 5 February 2023
- In ancient Europe, liquids such as oil and wine were carried in vessels, for instance amphora, sealed with pine resin. The Romans began to use ...10 KB (1,477 words) - 10:53, 20 September 2023
- involved in the political conflicts of Rome, an involvement which led ... [[Image:CiceroBust.jpg|frame|Cicero at about age 60, from an ancient ...34 KB (5,558 words) - 22:01, 10 December 2023
- authority. In the West, after the fall of Rome, the Popes enjoyed this status ... a European superpower comparable to ancient Rome, but these plans came ...39 KB (5,978 words) - 19:13, 24 November 2023
- In ancient China, castration was both a traditional punishment (until ... considered by some to be eunuchs. In late Rome, emperors such as Constantine ...18 KB (2,792 words) - 18:55, 11 September 2023
- In ancient Israel, the culture from which the roots of the Christian ... head of the church, and then martyred in Rome, the seat of the worldwide ...19 KB (2,961 words) - 11:04, 2 February 2024
- Dante; he made the first steps out of the ancient world and into the modern ... that his family descended from the ancient Romans (Inferno, XV, 76 ...23 KB (3,672 words) - 22:11, 25 January 2024
- the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still remaining. ... This has led to the belief that the ancient Egyptian pyramids and objects ...37 KB (5,368 words) - 21:28, 9 November 2023
- of these methods exists in the writings of the ancient Greek, Chaldean, Egyptian, and Roman civilizations, as well as archaeological evidence from Europe ...11 KB (1,557 words) - 06:18, 1 April 2024
- around 400 B.C.E. by refugees from the ancient city of Cuicuilco who fled ... power and influence comparable to ancient Rome. At its height the city ...14 KB (2,091 words) - 03:47, 30 April 2023
- Crucifixion was an ancient method of execution practiced in the Roman ... According to some, the custom of crucifixion in Ancient Rome may have ...29 KB (4,573 words) - 06:30, 11 January 2024
- in Babylon in 500 B.C.E. according to ancient Greek scribes. Emily Davidow ... Aurelius: The Philosopher–Emperor of Rome.] Retrieved February 25, 2007 ...16 KB (2,512 words) - 05:57, 10 January 2023
- Acts 27:7, when Paul was on his voyage to Rome as a prisoner, and where he ... polygamy, even if it also perpetuated the ancient attitude of inferiority ...12 KB (1,906 words) - 19:11, 13 February 2024
- the Roman pontiff from Bologna on a trip to Rome, in order to settle a dispute ... *Adam, L.L.D. Alexander. A Summary of Geography and History both ancient ...12 KB (1,827 words) - 20:28, 26 September 2023
- philologist to study the works of the ancient Roman poets, Alberti loved ... law in 1428. In the early 1430s, he went to Rome, where he worked as an abbreviator ...24 KB (3,831 words) - 20:08, 25 October 2022
- of long or short yarrow sticks. Another ancient Chinese divinatory practice ... Agrippa was leaning while a prisoner at Rome; whereupon a fellow prisoner ...16 KB (2,402 words) - 15:31, 29 January 2024
- and the Western Roman Empire, centered in Rome, were reflected within the ... the teachings of Nestorius. Cyril sent to Rome his correspondence with Nestorius ...12 KB (1,909 words) - 16:23, 11 November 2022
- extensive correspondence with the bishop of Rome, Pope Celestine I. His formal ... mutual, as Cyril affirmed that he must, by ancient custom, consult with the ...19 KB (2,930 words) - 07:26, 12 January 2024
- about six stadia outside the city walls of ancient Athens (Thucydides ii:34 ... and instilled in him a reverence for the ancient Greeks. Lorenzo de Medici ...15 KB (2,305 words) - 08:02, 24 November 2022
- before the trial and execution of Saint Paul in Rome. ===Pauline epistles=== ... In ancient times there were dozens or even hundreds of Christian writings ...25 KB (3,826 words) - 16:33, 11 November 2022
- the Mediterranean, with both Carthage and Rome (then the Roman Republic) ... catastrophic defeats in the history of Ancient Rome, and one of the bloodiest ...41 KB (6,779 words) - 19:11, 29 January 2022
- == 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ) (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
- 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 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 (4,399 words) - 21:10, 4 October 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ) 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- #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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- XII, Eugenio Pacelli, who came from an ancient aristocratic family, long ... because he was from one of the most ancient and prominent Episcopal ...21 KB (3,310 words) - 08:07, 3 August 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- * 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
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- 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) - 02:14, 11 August 2022
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- it was widely accepted that the psalms of ancient Israel and Jewish worship ... . Other ancient witnesses such as Pope Clement I, Tertullian, Athanasius ...47 KB (7,182 words) - 13:41, 31 January 2023
- In maintaining the remnants of the ancient law, which gave the princes ... continued to rise. They exercised their ancient rights in order to wring ...21 KB (3,237 words) - 23:30, 4 December 2022
