Jabal is described as "the first to live in tents and raise sheep and goats". The Roman Army used leather tents, copies of which have been used successfully...
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Tabernacle (redirect from Tent of meeting)
מִשְׁכַּן, romanized: miškan, lit. 'residence, dwelling place'), also known as the Tent of the Congregation (Hebrew: אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד, romanized: ʔōhel mōʕēḏ...
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A tent peg (or tent stake) is a spike, usually with a hook or hole on the top end, typically made from wood, metal, plastic, or composite material, pushed...
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Castra (redirect from Roman forts)
In the Roman Republic and the Roman Empire, the Latin word castrum (pl.: castra) was a military-related term. In Latin usage, the singular form castrum...
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The contubernium (Latin for 'tenting-together') was the smallest organized unit of soldiers in the Roman Army and was composed of ten legionaries, essentially...
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The Roman Republic (Latin: Res publica Romana [ˈreːs ˈpuːblɪka roːˈmaːna]) was the era of classical Roman civilization beginning with the overthrow of...
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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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Captain Holland hides in the Roman ruins at Leptis Magna. The senior German officer then finds Holland's service revolver in a tent. The chief persuades the...
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A Truck tent is a tent designed to be set up in the bed of a pickup truck. It was invented in 1990 by Roman Napieraj, founder of Napier Enterprises. For...
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Praetorium (category Roman fortifications)
originally identified the tent of a general within a Roman castrum (encampment), and derived from the title praetor, which identified a Roman magistrate. Originally...
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This is a list of Roman army units and bureaucrats. Accensus – Light infantry men in the armies of the early Roman Republic, made up of the poorest men...
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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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Cicero (redirect from Cicero and the Roman Republic)
[ˈmaːrkʊs ˈtʊlli.ʊs ˈkɪkɛroː]; 3 January 106 BC – 7 December 43 BC) was a Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, philosopher, writer and Academic skeptic, who...
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as a film by Roman Polanski) and Les voleurs de beauté (The Beauty Stealers) (Prix Renaudot in 1997). Among his essays are La tentation de l'innocence...
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Clothing in ancient Rome (redirect from Roman costume)
The Roman military consumed large quantities of leather; for jerkins, belts, boots, saddles, harness and strap-work, but mostly for military tents. The...
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Roman funerary practices include the Ancient Romans' religious rituals concerning funerals, cremations, and burials. They were part of time-hallowed tradition...
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Sexuality in ancient Rome (redirect from Roman sex)
regarded sex throughout the Greco-Roman world as governed by restraint and the art of managing sexual pleasure. Roman society was patriarchal (see paterfamilias)...
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Medicine in ancient Rome (redirect from Ancient Roman Medicine)
cluster of tents and fortresses dedicated to wounded soldiers. The original hospitals were built along major roads, and soon became part of Roman fort architecture...
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Roman infantry tactics are the theoretical and historical deployment, formation, and manoeuvres of the Roman infantry from the start of the Roman Republic...
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Constantine the Great (redirect from Constantine I of the Roman Empire)
337), also known as Constantine the Great, was a Roman emperor from AD 306 to 337 and the first Roman emperor to convert to Christianity. He played a pivotal...
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The Roman Theatre of Cartagena is a Roman theatre in the Roman colonia of Cartago Nova –present-day Cartagena, Spain–. Built between the years 5 and 1...
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(Arabic: مِنَى, romanized: Minā), also known as Muna (Arabic: مُنَى, romanized: Munā), and commonly known as the "City of the Tents" is a valley located...
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ancient Roman religion was highly specialized. Its study affords important information about the religion, traditions and beliefs of the ancient Romans. This...
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1988: La Force de l'admiration, Autrement [fr] 1990: Charles Du Bos ou la Tentation de l'irréprochable, éditions du Félin 1995: Dieu est avec celui qui ne...
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The structural history of the Roman military concerns the major transformations in the organization and constitution of ancient Rome's armed forces, "the...
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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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King of Rome (redirect from List of Roman Kings)
The king of Rome (Latin: rex Romae) was the ruler of the Roman Kingdom. According to legend, the first king of Rome was Romulus, who founded the city...
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Ships of ancient Rome (redirect from Ancient Roman ships)
time of war. Roman ships are named in different ways, often in compound expressions with the word navis. These are found in many ancient Roman texts, and...
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and ‘tent’, because the canvas of a tent resembled a butterfly's spread wings. The word is from the early 13c., paviloun, "large, stately tent raised...
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Crepitus (mythology) (category Roman gods)
the Wayback Machine Translation for Wikipedia by Roberto Salazar. La Tentation de St. Antoine, Project Gutenberg etext (French). Translation for Wikipedia...
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