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  • Back-formation from eponymous, from Ancient Greek ἐπώνῠμος ... #:Romulus is the eponym of Rome. # A word formed from a real or fictive ...
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  • #: the secular games of ancient Rome # Continuing over a long period ... #: The secular games of ancient Rome were held to mark the end of ...
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  • From Middle English scisme, from Old French cisme or scisme, from ... a group no longer recognizes the Bishop of Rome as the head of the Church ...
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  • leaving multiple enduring landmarks in the city of Rome, the most spectacular of which was the Flavian Amphitheatre, better known as the Colosseum. ...
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  • {{Main page article box| type=Featured| title=Arch| image_name=St Louis Gateway Arch.jpg| image_desc=Gateway Arch St Louis| text=An arch is a ...
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  • {{UA| Modern historians disagree on whether the plague was a critical factor in the loss of the Peloponnesian War. However, it is generally agreed ...
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  • image_desc=Secessio plebis, a form of protest in ancient Rome where the plebeians would leave the city, causing the economy to collapse| ...
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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 ...
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  • gouvreneur, from Latin gubernator, from Ancient Greek κυβερνήτης ... a member of a federation or an empire. In Rome, they were endorsed by the ...
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  • {{Unification Aspects|An arch is a curved vertical structure spanning an open space underneath it. An arch can either support the load above ...
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  • ==Ancient Rome== [[Image:Roman Republic Empire map.gif|thumb|Area under ... Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of the city-state of ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • Orthodox Churches comparable to the Pope of Rome. The highest-ranking bishop ... ruled by five patriarchs: The bishops of Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria ...
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  • * Ancient * Sumerian * Babylonian * Hebrew * Pahlavi * Persian ... ** Matter of Rome ** Matter of France ** Matter of Britain ...
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  • distinguished by his efforts to strengthen Rome's defenses and repair ... and political leaders into line with Rome. He excommunicated Cardinal ...
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  • (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 ...
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  • 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 ...
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  • ) 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 ...
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  • oldest symbols of the Jewish people. In ancient times, the menorah once ... ==Origin, Description and Ancient use== [[Image:Coin issued by Mattathias ...
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