200 years that began with Augustus's rule is traditionally regarded as the Pax Romana ("Roman Peace"). The cohesion of the empire was furthered by a degree...
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Roman (2003) Le pianiste, Paris: Avant-Scene, 126p, ISBN 2-84725-016-6 /pəˈlænski/ pə-LAN-skee, French: [ʁɛmɔ̃ ʁɔmɑ̃ tjɛʁi pɔlɑ̃ski], Polish: [ˈrɔman...
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Catholic Church (redirect from Roman Catholic)
Mary by the faithful. Mary is held in special regard, declared the Mother of God (Greek: Θεοτόκος, romanized: Theotokos, lit. 'God-bearer'), and believed...
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these variants may have been regarded as errors even by contemporaries. IIXX was how people associated with the XXII Roman Legion used to write their number...
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2024 Cannes Film Festival (section Un Certain Regard)
Fargeat Un Certain Regard Prize: Black Dog by Guan Hu Un Certain Regard Jury Prize: Souleymane's Story by Boris Lojkine Un Certain Regard Best Director: The...
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Western Roman Emperor. Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius (480–525?), one of the last great philosophers of Rome. He was regarded as last of the Romans and...
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Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich (Russian: Роман Аркадьевич Абрамович, IPA: [rɐˈman ɐrˈkadʲjɪvʲɪtɕ ɐbrɐˈmovʲɪtɕ]; born 24 October 1966) is a Russian oligarch...
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Ancient Rome (redirect from Ancient Roman)
through his will, arrived in Rome. Octavian (historians regard Octavius as Octavian due to the Roman naming conventions) tried to align himself with the Caesarian...
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collected in Pour un Nouveau Roman. Rejecting many of the established features of the novel to date, Robbe-Grillet regarded many earlier novelists as old-fashioned...
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language and other Romanizing influences, but its citizens continued to regard themselves as Romans. While Britain certainly was Romanized, its approximation...
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Pytheas in the 4th. It was regarded as a place of mystery, with some writers refusing to believe it existed. The first direct Roman contact was when Julius...
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The Gallo-Roman enclosure of Le Mans, also referred to as the Roman enclosure of Le Mans, is located in the city once known as Vindinum or Vindunum. This...
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Byzantine Empire (redirect from Eastern Roman Empire)
Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centred in Constantinople during late antiquity...
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The Holy Roman Empire, also known as the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation after 1512, was a polity in Central and Western Europe, usually headed...
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(German: Franz II.; 12 February 1768 – 2 March 1835) was the last Holy Roman Emperor as Francis II from 1792 to 1806, and the first Emperor of Austria...
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Lady Justice (category Personifications in Roman mythology)
ideal that justice should be applied without regard to wealth, power, or other status. The earliest Roman coins depicted Justitia with the sword in one...
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The Roman expansion in Italy covers a series of conflicts in which Rome grew from being a small Italian city-state to be the ruler of the Italian region...
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opposed what it regarded at the time as uncivilized spectacles. It was probably pillaged by the Visigoths in 412, and like most Roman buildings was certainly...
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noˈaʔ.i] ah-no-AH ee; born May 25, 1985), better known by his ring name Roman Reigns, is an American professional wrestler and former football player...
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The Roman calendar was the calendar used by the Roman Kingdom and Roman Republic. Although the term is primarily used for Rome's pre-Julian calendars...
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one of the official deities of Roman religion, and led the rituals relating to that deity. The flamines were regarded as the most ancient among the sacerdotes...
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Vesta (mythology) (redirect from Vesta (Roman religion and mythology))
considered a guardian of the Roman people, her festival, the Vestalia (7–15 June), was regarded as one of the most important Roman holidays. During the Vestalia...
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individuals, families and significant events. In Greco-Roman antiquity, the bodies of the dead were regarded as polluting. At the same time, loving duty toward...
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dominant languages of the Roman Empire, but other languages were regionally important. Latin was the original language of the Romans and remained the language...
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cherished by the Roman emperors Caracalla, Alexander Severus, and Julian. Roman sources reveal long-standing prejudices with regard to the Eastern powers'...
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with Le Pen receiving a positive welcome. Macron then also visited the factory workers, but was booed by a hostile crowd. Le Pen was generally regarded as...
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Hispania (redirect from Roman Iberia)
(Ancient Greek: Ἱσπανία, romanized: Hispanía; Latin: Hispānia [hɪsˈpaːnia]) was the Roman name for the Iberian Peninsula. Under the Roman Republic, Hispania...
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The Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church is an office of the papal household that administers the property and revenues of the Holy See. Formerly, his...
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Morgan le Fay (/ˈmɔːrɡən lə ˈfeɪ/; Welsh and Cornish: Morgen; with le Fay being garbled French la Fée, thus meaning 'Morgan the Fairy'), alternatively...
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Colosseum (redirect from Roman Colosseum)
generally regarded by Christians as a site of the martyrdom of large numbers of believers during the persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire, as...
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