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    Pater Patriae (plural Patres Patriae) was an honorific title in ancient Rome. In Latin, it means "father of the country", or more literally, "father of...
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  • "that moral law, honora patrem… doubtless doth extend to him that is pater patriae." The parens patrae doctrine was gradually applied to children throughout...
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  • priests Pater familias Pater Patriae Pater, the leader of a Mithraeum in Mithraism Grzegorz Pater (born 1974), Polish soccer player Jean-Baptiste Pater (1695–1736)...
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  • the traditional potestas of the pater familias. Augustus was not only Rome's princeps but also its father (pater patriae). As such, he was responsible for...
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    Caesar". Also included at times is the epithet divi filius and the title Pater Patriae. He was born in Rome on 23 September 63 BC. His paternal family was...
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    Garibaldi, and Giuseppe Mazzini. Borrowing from the old Latin title Pater Patriae of the Roman emperors, the Italians gave to King Victor Emmanuel II...
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    the Netherlands, he is also known as Father of the Fatherland (Latin: Pater Patriae; Dutch: Vader des Vaderlands). A wealthy nobleman, William originally...
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    inducted into the Arval Brethren. By the end of 199 he was entitled pater patriae. In 202, he was Roman consul, having been named consul designatus the...
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    a proportional system of taxation. Giovanni's son Cosimo the Elder, Pater Patriae (father of the country), took over in 1434 as gran maestro (the unofficial...
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  • Father of the Country could mean: Pater Patriae or Father of the Nation, a Roman honorific Father of the Nation List of national founders This disambiguation...
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  • establishment of a country, state, or nation. Pater Patriae (plural Patres Patriae), also seen as Parens Patriae, was a Roman honorific meaning the "Father...
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    he held until his death in 1878. Borrowing from the old Latin title Pater Patriae of the Roman emperors, the Italians gave him the epithet of Father of...
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    Magnificent. After Cosimo's death, the Signoria awarded him the title Pater Patriae, "Father of the Fatherland", an honour once awarded to Cicero, and had...
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    31 BC, and ended when the Roman Senate granted Augustus the title "Pater Patriae" in 2 BC. The Constitution of the Roman Republic was a mostly unwritten...
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    Mater Patriae ("Mother of the Fatherland") that the Senate wished to bestow upon her, in the same manner in which Augustus had been named Pater Patriae ("Father...
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    Neoplatonic philosopher. Inscription: FL(AVIVS) CL(AVDIVS) IVLIANVS PP(=Pater Patriae, "father of the nation") AVG(=Augustus). Reverse: an armed Roman, military...
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  • of the additional title Pater Patriae, which would render Caesar's complete name as Imperator Gaius Iulius Caesar Pater Patriae Divus. Gaius is an archaic...
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    power, the office of Pontifex Maximus, and the titles of Augustus, and Pater Patriae. Consequently, Domitia Longina became Empress of Rome. Shortly following...
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    himself a general. Aemilian received the titles of Pius, Felix and Pater Patriae, the tribunicia potestas, and was elevated to the rank of pontifex maximus;...
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    the first Duke of Brittany from 846 to his death. He is the Breton pater patriae and to Breton nationalists he is known as Tad ar Vro ("father of the...
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    ratified this the following day, conferring on him the titles of Augustus, Pater patriae and Pontifex maximus. Throughout his life, Alexander relied heavily...
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    political powers of the Princeps, but he lacked the titles of Augustus and Pater Patriae ("Father of the country"), and refused the Civic Crown. Like Augustus...
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    Bueri, he had four sons: Cosimo di Giovanni de' Medici (1389–1464). Pater Patriae and Lord of Florence, grandfather of Lorenzo the Magnificent. Damiano...
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    Pater Patriae on 5 February 2 BC. A similar briefer inscription exists on an Imperial Temple at Pola: ROMAE ET AVGVSTO CAESARI DIVI F. PATRI PATRIAE....
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    d'Anzio. Augustus received a delegation from Rome there to acclaim him Pater patriae ("Father of his Country"). The Julian and Claudian emperors frequently...
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    celebration of his 13th consulship as well as his acceptance of the title Pater Patriae. The temple (and the forum within which it was placed) was part of imperial...
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    of pontifex maximus, and the titles of Augustus ("venerable"), and Pater Patriae ("father of the country"). As emperor, Domitian quickly dispensed with...
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    was appointed commander of the Praetorian Guard. Elagabalus was named Pater Patriae by the Senate before 13 July 218. On 14 July, Elagabalus was inducted...
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    out by Nominoe, king between 845 and 851 and considered as the Breton Pater Patriae. Among the immigrant Britons, there were some clergymen who helped the...
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    was hailed by his troops as another Romulus, father of his country 'Pater Patriae' and second founder of Rome. Livy says us that the Senones besieging...
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