Orestes (fl. 415 AD) was a Roman state official serving as governor of the diocese of Egypt (the Augustal prefect) in 415. During his term of office,...
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governor of Roman Egypt (praefectus Aegypti) was a prefect who administered the Roman province of Egypt with the delegated authority (imperium) of the emperor...
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Jews—into sedition. Orestes had Hierax tortured in public in a theatre. This order had two aims: one to quell the riot, the other to mark Orestes' authority over...
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provinces of Egypt and Cyrenaica. Its capital was at Alexandria, and its governor had the unique title of praefectus augustalis ("Augustal Prefect", of the...
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Agora (film) (category Films set in Roman Egypt)
father's slave, and Oscar Isaac as Hypatia's student, and later prefect of Alexandria, Orestes. The story uses historical fiction to highlight the relationship...
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Ammonius (Alexandrian monk) (category 5th-century Egyptian people)
confronted the Prefect riding in his open chariot in the streets of Alexandria. During the confrontation, he hurled a stone towards Orestes, which struck...
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Hypatia (novel) (category Novels set in ancient Egypt)
Christianity. The plot is played out against the backdrop of Orestes' scheming to become emperor of Egypt and Africa; he uses Hypatia as a pawn. A subplot involves...
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Hypatia (redirect from Hypathia of Alexandria)
the end of her life, Hypatia advised Orestes, the Roman prefect of Alexandria, who was in the midst of a political feud with Cyril, the bishop of Alexandria...
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established with Roman prefects. Hypatia was later implicated in a political feud between Orestes, the Roman prefect of Alexandria, and Cyril of Alexandria, Theophilus'...
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Aurelia gens (section Stemma of the Aurelii Cottae)
L. f. L. n. Orestes, consul in 103 BC, with Gaius Marius as his colleague. Orestes died during his year of office. Gnaeus Aurelius Orestes, praetor urbanus...
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Cambridge History of Judaism. Vol. 4th. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77248-8. Kerkeslager, Allen (2006). "The Jews in Egypt and Cyrenaica,...
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Western Roman Empire (redirect from History of the Western Roman Empire)
spring of 474. Orestes, magister militum of Nepos, deposed him a year later in 475, forcing Nepos to flee Ravenna to his estates in Dalmatia. Orestes crowned...
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general-in-chief, Orestes, from a Roman family in Pannonia, to overthrow Nepos. Content to act as regent, Orestes had his son Romulus Augustulus, a teenager of around...
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Justinian I (redirect from Justinian I of the Roman Empire)
century of rule by the Ostrogoths. The praetorian prefect Liberius reclaimed the south of the Iberian Peninsula, establishing the province of Spania....
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Anthemius. 475 – Battle of Ravenna – Orestes deposes Julius Nepos and installs his son, Romulus Augustulus as emperor. 476 Battle of Pavia – Odoacer captures...
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sanctuary. Orestes was soon forced to flee Pavia, when Odoacer's army broke through the city walls and ravaged the city. Odoacer's army chased Orestes to Piacenza...
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Odoacer and his men captured and executed Orestes; weeks later they captured Ravenna and deposed Orestes' usurper son, Romulus Augustus. This event has...
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Prefect Emeritus, Congregation of Rites 15 June 1962: Vicente Puyal Gil, former politician, Spain 19 July 1962: Ademar de Barros, former governor of São...
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Neoplatonism (redirect from Bibliography of Neoplatonism)
been advising the Christian prefect of Egypt Orestes during his feud with Cyril, Alexandria's dynastic archbishop. The extent of Cyril's personal involvement...
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Christianity and paganism (category Persecution of Pagans)
former Roman Empire, such as Germanic paganism, Egyptian paganism and Baltic paganism. From the point of view of the early Christians, these religions all qualified...
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Roman Empire (redirect from Empire of rome)
patrician Orestes had married the daughter of Count Romulus, of Petovio in Noricum: the name of Augustus, notwithstanding the jealousy of power, was...
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of the Roman Empire from the granting of the name and title Augustus to Octavian by the Roman Senate in 27 BC onward. Augustus maintained a facade of...
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Ancient Rome (redirect from Capitals of ancient Rome)
defeated and killed Orestes, invaded Ravenna and dethroned Romulus Augustus, son of Orestes. This event of 476, usually marks the end of Classical antiquity...
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language. Wife of Peter Geach Francis Arinze: Nigerian Cardinal and Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments...
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committed by a mob of pagans,: 7, 11, 15–16 A Christian mob threw objects at Orestes and, finally, Hypatia was killed by a Christian mob though politics and...
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Prehistoric Italy. Date of the prehistoric era are approximate. For further background, see history of Italy and list of prime ministers of Italy. Millennia:...
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Ordinary language philosophy Orestes Brownson Organ donation Organ donation in Jewish law Organic (model) Organic composition of capital Organic law Organic...
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request. Flavius Orestes, Roman aristocrat, is sent to Attila's court and becomes a high-ranking secretary (notarius). He is the father of the future emperor...
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militum, Orestes, forcing Nepos to flee from Ravenna to Dalmatia in August 475, from where he attempted to rule in Salona. Meanwhile, Orestes installed...
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1946 Italian institutional referendum (redirect from Birth of the italian republic)
demonstrations with reduced military parades that have been reviewed by the prefect in his capacity as the highest governmental authority in the province....
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