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    Claudius James Rich (28 March 1787 – 5 October 1821) was a British Assyriologist, business agent, traveller and antiquarian scholar. Rich was born near...
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    city of Babylon, Iraq. Its discovery was first documented in 1817 by Claudius Rich, although it may have been seen as early as 1790 by Joseph de Beauchamp...
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    name may have been Tiberius Claudius Drusus Nero Germanicus. Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus While Claudius had never been formally adopted...
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    vol. 107, no. 2, pp. 257–75, 2003 [2]Claudius J. Rich, "Memoir on the Ruins of Babylon", 1815 [3]Claudius J. Rich, "Second memoir on Babylon; containing...
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    that time, 14 m (46 ft) of the foundation of the gate was uncovered. Claudius Rich, British resident of Baghdad and a self-taught historian, did personal...
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    Huntsman believe it may have been Decimus Claudius Nero, Decimus Claudius Nero Drusus or Decimus Claudius Drusus Nero instead. Livia may have passed...
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    and ʿAdhaim rivers. The fragment was first observed and described by Claudius Rich in 1821. This location had been suggested much earlier by Lane. More...
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  • Tahmasp I to send a military force against the Kurds. According to Claudius Rich, the dynasty gained Ottoman recognition of the hereditary rights of...
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    early figures in Assyrian archaeology was the British business agent Claudius Rich (1787–1821), who visited the site of Nineveh in 1820, traded antiquities...
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    archeological and academic expeditions to the Middle East. In 1811, Claudius James Rich, an Englishman and a resident for the East India Company in Baghdad...
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    digging them up. The first hint of future discoveries came in 1820 when Claudius Rich, British Resident (a sort of local ambassador or consul) in Bagdhad...
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  • Ur. Julliberrie's Grave - 1702 - Heneage Finch Babylon - 1811–12 - Claudius Rich Dur-Sharrukin (Knorsabad) - 1842 - Paul-Émile Botta Ninevah - 1843 -...
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    city was populated by both Kurds and Turkmens in the 19th century. Claudius Rich visited the town in 1820 and stated that the town had a population of...
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    Gallienus' assassination in 268. Following that, Claudius Gothicus became emperor until his own death in 270. Claudius' brother Quintillus then ruled for three...
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    Christian population and the ancient Assyrians. The British traveller Claudius Rich (1787–1821) referenced "Assyrian Christians" in Narrative of a Residence...
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  • Bozan, Iraq Bozca Burç Çayırlı, Midyat Charchakis Çilesiz, Nusaybin Claudius Rich Dalal Khario Dalshad Said Darkar Dayrabun Ddmasar December 2014 Sinjar...
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  • October – John Rennie the Elder, civil engineer (born 1761) 5 October – Claudius Rich, archaeologist and anthropologist (born 1787) November – Alexander Gordon...
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  • – William Etty, painter, especially of nudes (died 1849) 28 March – Claudius Rich, archaeologist and anthropologist (died 1821) 7 June – William Conybeare...
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    Mohl's inspiration. Mohl, of the French Asiatic Society, had read Claudius Rich's Memoirs and Narrative, concluding Mosul held possibilities for excavation...
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  • the basic reference work for understanding the Akkadian language. Claudius Rich (British, 1787–1821), traveller and antiquarian scholar who explored...
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    archaeologcial finds of the British business agent Claudius Rich at the site of Nineveh in 1820. After Rich's findings, Julius von Mohl, secretary of the French...
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    board, including passengers.{{|efn|One of the surviving passengers was Claudius Rich, who became an Assyriologist, business agent, traveller, and antiquarian...
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  • Claudian (redirect from Claudius Claudianus)
    Claudius Claudianus, known in English as Claudian (Greek: Κλαυδιανός; c. 370 – c. 404 AD), was a Latin poet associated with the court of the Roman emperor...
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    situated some eight kilometers south-west of Kifri. In the 19th century, Claudius Rich found artefacts at the site dating to the Sasanian and Middle Assyrian...
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    Messalina (category Wives of Claudius)
    whereby they each informed Claudius that they had had identical dreams during the night portending that Silanus would murder Claudius. When Silanus arrived...
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    version. Hamlet – son of the late king and nephew of the present king, Claudius Claudius – King of Denmark, Hamlet's uncle and brother to the former king Gertrude –...
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  • Its name is in the Turkmen dialect, meaning 'black hill'. In 1820, Claudius Rich visited Qara Tapa, describing it as a village populated by Turkmen....
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    (goddess) of the Roman state under Claudius. The temple had been vowed in her lifetime, but not constructed. Claudius was made Caligula's consular colleague...
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    report so that Claudius would not believe the lies of the Jews. Historically, being a letter to Claudius is rather strange, as Claudius began his reign...
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    Polybius, one of Claudius' freedmen, focused on consoling Polybius on the death of his brother. It is noted for its flattery of Claudius, and Seneca expresses...
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