Raymond Roman Thierry Polański (né Liebling; born 18 August 1933) is a French and Polish film director, producer, screenwriter, and actor. He is the recipient...
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distant and unsupportive. Running out of new leads, Clavius revisits a disgraced Roman soldier, assigned to guard Yeshua's cave tomb, now a drunkard, and...
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The Roman emperor was the ruler and monarchical head of state of the Roman Empire, starting with the granting of the title augustus to Octavian in 27 BC...
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Ancient Rome (redirect from Ancient Roman)
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 Empire in the...
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The Roman legion (Latin: legiō, Latin: [ˈɫɛɡioː]), the largest military unit of the Roman army, was composed of Roman citizens serving as legionaries...
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The six-volume work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by the English historian Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) has been reprinted many...
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On March 10, 1977, 43-year-old film director Roman Polanski was arrested and charged in Los Angeles with six offenses against Samantha Gailey (now Geimer)...
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the List of undated Roman consuls. For those individuals who were elected consul but never assumed the office due to death, disgrace, or any other reason...
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Gladiator (redirect from Roman gladiator)
gladius 'sword') was an armed combatant who entertained audiences in the Roman Republic and Roman Empire in violent confrontations with other gladiators, wild animals...
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The Romans constructed aqueducts throughout their Republic and later Empire, to bring water from outside sources into cities and towns. Aqueduct water...
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The First Jewish–Roman War (66–74 CE), sometimes called the Great Jewish Revolt, the First Jewish Revolt, or the Jewish War, was the first of three major...
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The dissolution of the Holy Roman Empire occurred on 6 August 1806, when the last Holy Roman Emperor, Francis II of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine, abdicated...
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Clothing in ancient Rome (redirect from Roman costume)
considered Rome's "national costume," privileged to Roman citizens but for day-to-day activities most Romans preferred more casual, practical and comfortable...
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Imperial Roman Army was the military land force of the Roman Empire from 27 BC to 476 AD, and the final incarnation in the long history of the Roman army...
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This is a list of Roman legions, including key facts about each legion, primarily focusing on the Principate (early Empire, 27 BC – 284 AD) legions, for...
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Gallic Empire (redirect from Gallo-Roman Empire)
The Gallic Empire or the Gallic Roman Empire are names used in modern historiography for a breakaway part of the Roman Empire that functioned de facto...
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Titus (redirect from Roman emperor Titus)
was Roman emperor from 79 to 81. A member of the Flavian dynasty, Titus succeeded his father Vespasian upon his death, becoming the first Roman emperor...
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also known as Lothair of Supplinburg (1075 – 4 December 1137), was Holy Roman Emperor from 1133 until his death. He was appointed Duke of Saxony in 1106...
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Cohort (military unit) (redirect from Cohort (Roman military unit))
wikt:cohors for full inflection table) was a standard tactical military unit of a Roman legion. Although the standard size changed with time and situation, it was...
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is a list of Roman consuls designate, individuals who were either elected or nominated to the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic, or...
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(Flammarion 1986, J'ai Lu 1987) Jeanne (Flammarion 1984, J'ai Lu 1985) La Disgrâce (Albin Michel 1980, J'ai Lu 1982) Monsieur de Lyon (Albin Michel 1979,...
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of Sicily from 1198, King of Germany from 1212, King of Italy and Holy Roman Emperor from 1220 and King of Jerusalem from 1225. He was the son of Emperor...
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Diaspora Revolt (redirect from Second Jewish-Roman War)
the Origins of Roman Hostility to the Jews". Past & Present (182): 3–29 – via JSTOR. Hacham, Noah (2003). "From Splendor to Disgrace: On the Destruction...
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II (955 – 7 December 983), called the Red (German: der Rote), was Holy Roman Emperor from 973 until his death in 983. A member of the Ottonian dynasty...
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Battle of Carrhae (redirect from Roman Invasion of Parthia)
the Roman Republic and the Parthian Empire near the ancient town of Carrhae (present-day Harran, Turkey). An invading force of seven legions of Roman heavy...
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The Roman–Parthian War of 58–63 or the War of the Armenian Succession was fought between the Roman Empire and the Parthian Empire over control of Armenia...
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Legionary (redirect from Roman legionary)
The Roman legionary (in Latin legionarius; pl.: legionarii) was a citizen soldier of the Roman army. These soldiers would conquer and defend the territories...
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AD 8 (section Roman Empire)
AD 8 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Camillus and Quinctilianus...
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Mars (mythology) (redirect from Mars (Roman religion and mythology))
In ancient Roman religion and mythology, Mars (Latin: Mārs, pronounced [maːrs]) is the god of war and also an agricultural guardian, a combination characteristic...
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Decimation (punishment) (redirect from Decimation (Roman Army))
members of his cohort. The discipline was used by senior commanders in the Roman army to punish units or large groups guilty of capital offences, such as...
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