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    Tiberius Claudius Caesar Britannicus (12 February AD 41 – 11 February AD 55), usually called Britannicus, was the son of Roman Emperor Claudius and his...
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    in Paris. Britannicus is the first play in which Racine depicted Roman history. The tale of moral choice takes as its subject Britannicus, the son of...
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    Britannicus vol. 3, 1725 Houghton Hall in Norfolk; James Gibbs added the domes to Campbell's design Mereworth Castle in Kent, Vitruvius Britannicus vol...
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    1700 in emulation of Orpheus Britannicus'. A later engraver, Benjamin Cole (fl 1740–1760), printed as Orpheus Britannicus a seemingly unrelated set of...
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     britannicus was selected by Kew Gardens as a highlight of taxa described by the organisation's staff and affiliates in 2020. Cortinarius britannicus was...
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    While E. britannicus also has a concave rear to the head capsule, it is a larger species than E. antiquus and the antenna scape of E. britannicus is much...
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    time, Agrippina was left very wealthy. Later that year, Messalina and Britannicus attended the performance of the Troy Pageant at the Secular Games, where...
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  • summer of 2022, Curtis returned to the stage to play the title role in Britannicus at the Lyric Theatre, Hammersmith. He played the role of Brian in The...
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    dynasty. She supposedly took part in the assassinations of Claudius and Britannicus. She was a favourite of emperor Nero for several years, and Nero had...
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     117–138) erected Hadrian's Wall in northern England: 12  and the Limes Britannicus became the northern border of the Roman Empire. The Roman influence on...
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    Britannicus died as well, during a banquet where Octavia, Nero, and Agrippina were all present. Octavia and Agrippina were shocked at Britannicus' sudden...
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    issued of Claudius and his son Britannicus, who had been a friend of Emperor Titus (Titus was born in 39, Britannicus was born in 41). When Nero's Golden...
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    called woolly thyme - is now also classified as Thymus praecox subsp. britannicus. It was also formerly known as Thymus lanuginosus. This low-growing creeping...
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    minuscule manuscript of the New Testament on paper. Erasmus named it Codex Britannicus. Its completion is dated on the basis of its textual affinities to no...
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  • tenant. The original design for the house was featured in Vitruvius Britannicus in 1715. Pevsner describes Benson's design as "the first, not Neo-Palladian...
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    Santos-Vicente, Anderb., E.Rico & M.M.Mart.Ort. Synonyms Synonymy Aster britannicus All. Aster orientalis S.G.Gmel. Aster undulatus Moench Conyza britannica...
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  • ("great victor in Parthia"), 198 Britannicus Maximus ("great victor in Britain"), 209 or 210 Caracalla, 198–217 Britannicus Maximus ("great victor in Britain")...
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    portrayed by John Cater. The French tragedy Britannicus, written by Racine in 1669, about the assassination of Britannicus by Nero. Simon Scarrow's Eagles of the...
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    – supposedly so he could marry Poppaea Sabina – and his stepbrother Britannicus. Nero's practical contributions to Rome's governance focused on diplomacy...
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    a prominent commission could hardly fail to be included in Vitruvius Britannicus. The plan of Devonshire House defines it as one of the earliest of the...
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    dell'architettura (The Four Books of Architecture) and Colen Campbell's Vitruvius Britannicus. Campbell's book included illustrations of Wanstead House, a building...
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    a collected edition of English translations was published as Casimir Britannicus: English Translations, Paraphrases and Emulations of the Poetry of Maciej...
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    physician and academic John Caius refers in his 16th century De Canibus Britannicus to lesser as well as greater sorts of Leporarius, Grehounde (greyhound)...
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    Tiberius Gemellus do so as well; Claudius left the empire to Nero and Britannicus, imagining that they would accept equal rank. All of these arrangements...
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    The frontier of the Roman Empire in Britain is sometimes styled Limes Britannicus ("British Limes") by authors for the boundaries, including fortifications...
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  • ambush by Celts where he and Caius Britannicus are injured. While thinking about his time spent with Britannicus recovering from these injuries, his...
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    lepidus Holmb. Synonyms List Bromus bidentatus Holmstr. & H.Scholz Bromus britannicus I.A.Williams Bromus gracilis Krösche Bromus hordeaceus subsp. lepidus...
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    was Nero, son of Agrippina and her former husband, since Claudius' son Britannicus had not reached manhood upon his father's death. Nero sent his general...
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    French actor Talma as Nero in Racine's Britannicus....
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    contemporaries. One was the lack of historic veracity in plays such as Britannicus (1669) and Mithridate (1673). Racine was quick to point out that his...
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