• Alexander of Rome (died 289) is a Christian martyr. The date of his birth is unknown. He died in 289 AD and his mother Pimenia buried him near the river...
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  • Rome: Total War: Alexander is the second expansion pack for Rome: Total War. It is set in an earlier time period, putting the player in the role of Alexander...
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    emperor of a united empire, after Gordian III. Alexander's peacetime reign was prosperous. However, Rome was militarily confronted with the rising Sassanid...
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    Rome (Italian and Latin: Roma, pronounced [ˈroːma] ) is the capital city of Italy. It is also the capital of the Lazio region, the centre of the Metropolitan...
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  • martyred in Lyon, 178 AD Alexander of Rome (died c. 289), Christian martyr Alexander of Bergamo (died c. 303), patron saint of Bergamo; may have been a...
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    The Club of Rome is a nonprofit, informal organization of intellectuals and business leaders whose goal is a critical discussion of pressing global issues...
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  • by Alexander Stille Le sac de Rome, an essay by Andre Chastel "Sack of Rome", a chess tournament victory by Sofia Polgar Search for "sack of rome" on...
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    Clement of Rome (Latin: Clemens Romanus; Ancient Greek: Κλήμης Ῥώμης, romanized: Klēmēs Rōmēs; died c. 100 AD), also known as Pope Clement I, was the...
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    of all, Alexander, favoured his ruthless son Cesare, creating for him a personal Duchy out of territories of the Papal States, and banning from Rome Cesare's...
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    the name of Alexander VI (due to confusion about the status of Pope Alexander V, elected by the Council of Pisa). Many inhabitants of Rome were happy...
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    Pope Alexander I (Greek: Αλέξανδρος, died c. 115) was the bishop of Rome from about 108/109 to 116/119 (according to the 2012 Annuario Pontificio). Some...
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    historiography, ancient Rome is the Roman civilisation from the founding of the Italian city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman...
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    Alexander III of Macedon (Ancient Greek: Ἀλέξανδρος, romanized: Alexandros; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the...
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  • This is a list of characters from the HBO series Rome. The historical figures upon which certain characters are based are noted where appropriate. The...
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    frictions with French diplomats. Alexander was interested in architecture and supported various urban projects in Rome. He also wrote poetry and patronized...
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    lives of Alexander Helios and Ptolemy Philadelphus as a favor to the couple. After Helios arrives in Rome he disappears from historical records. List of people...
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  • the 1st century BC, during Ancient Rome's transition from Republic to Empire. The series features a sprawling cast of characters, many based on real figures...
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    the poor in Begamo. She and her sister Asteria buried the body of St. Alexander of Rome, after Grata wrapped his head in a napkin. After her parents' death...
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  • Laura Orsini (category Illegitimate children of Pope Alexander VI)
    presumably, of her lover Pope Alexander VI Borgia. Laura Orsini was born in Rome, Italy, on 30 November 1492. She was the only child of Giulia Farnese (Pope Paulus...
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  • election of the pontiff, unilaterally abrogating the rights of the emperor, the nobles of Rome, the clergy, and the people of Rome. The new Pope Alexander II...
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    Christian martyr in 3rd-century Rome during the reign of Emperor Severus Alexander. According to legend, she was the daughter of a Roman civil servant who was...
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    assassination of Caracalla and the usurpation of the throne by Macrinus. Sometime after Alexander's accession, she died in Rome. She was later deified in Syria along...
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    1493, Alexander VI sent his seventeen-year-old son to Spain equipped with a large amount of textiles, jewels, silver and portable goods. "He left Rome loaded...
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    episcopate had already developed in Rome. These first lists combined contradictory traditions, and even the succession of the first popes is disputed. The...
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    the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy. It was built on the site of an earlier temple commissioned by Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa during the reign of Augustus (27 BC...
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  • ruler of the Seleucid Empire 150-145 BC Pope Alexander I (died 115), early bishop of Rome Pope Alexander I of Alexandria (died 320s), patriarch of Alexandria...
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    in 1181. A native of Siena, Alexander became pope after a contested election, but had to spend much of his pontificate outside Rome while several rivals...
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    Hippolytus of Rome (/həˈpɑːlɪtəs/ hə-PAW-lit-əs, ‹See Tfd›Greek: Ἱππόλυτος; Romanized: Hippólytos, c. 170 – c. 235 AD) was a Bishop of Rome and one of the most...
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    Gabriel of Iveron (10th century) Saint Abban of Ireland, baptized in 165 AD, missionary in Abingdon, Oxfordshire (2nd century) Martyr Alexander of Rome (284-305)...
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  • tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome, Italy. It was the 81st edition of the Italian Open and is classified as an ATP 1000 event...
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