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- Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
11: ... ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic and trade.
13: ...al or semi-mythical kings are (in chronological order): [[Romulus]], [[Numa Pompilius]] (Good King Num...
23: ...rs]], conquering [[Sicily]] and [[Iberia]]. After defeating [[Macedonia]] and the [[Seleucids]] in the...
25: ...and [[Gaius Cassius Longinus|Cassius]], on the [[Ides of March]] [[44 BC]].
27: ...epublic to an Empire. His designated successor, [[Tiberius]], took power without any bloodshed (or even m... - Pope Leo IV (1445 bytes)
1: ...affaello Santi|Raphael]]'s great work in the Sala dell'Incendio of the [[Vatican City|Vatican]].
3: ...ever, some believe the female [[Pope Joan]] succeeded him, disguising herself as a man; however, Joan ...
7: Predecessor=[[Pope Sergius II|Sergius II]]| - Pope Formosus (4107 bytes)
2: ...nd [[France]] ([[869]] and [[872]]), and he persuaded [[Charles the Bald]], King of France, to be crow...
4: ...omen for the destruction of the papal see. The condemnation of Formosus and others was announced in Ju...
8: ...ple]] for the [[France|French]] crown, the pope sided with Charles.
10: ...arolingian]]s. In the autumn of [[895]], Arnulf undertook his second Italian campaign, and in [[896]] ...
12: ...[[April 4]], [[896]], Formosus died. He was succeeded by [[Pope Boniface VI]]. - Pope Stephen VII (1936 bytes)
3: He had been made [[bishop]] of [[Anagni]] by [[Pope Formosus]]. Th...
5: ...uried; it was then re-exhumed and thrown in the [[Tiber]]. All ordinations performed by Formosus were ann...
7: ...e outrage ended in Stephen's imprisonment and his death by strangling that summer.
18: Predecessor=[[Pope Boniface VI|Boniface VI]]| - Pope Theodore II (608 bytes)
1: ... body of Formosus, which had been thrown in the [[Tiber]] and recovered near Porto, reburied in St. Peter...
4: Predecessor=[[Pope Romanus|Romanus]]| - Italy (17022 bytes)
3: The independent countries of [[San Marino]] and the [[Vatican C...
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13: | width="130px"| ([[Flag of Italy|In Detail]])
24: |'''[[President of Italy|President]]''' || [[Carlo Azeglio Ciampi]] - Hadrian (6480 bytes)
1: ....jpg|right|thumb|250px|Emperor Hadrian|Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
5: ...ajan named Hadrian emperor immediately before his death. However, Trajan's wife was well-disposed towa...
13: ...s keen interest and knowledge of the army and his demonstrated skill of administration show possible s...
20: ...ve [[Bar Kokhba's revolt|Jewish uprising]] in [[Judea]] ([[132]]-[[135]]) led by [[Bar Kokhba]], as we...
22: ...ders were strengthened with a series of mostly wooden fortifications, forts, outposts and watchtowers,... - Vatican City (21873 bytes)
1: ...he world in terms of area and population. Its borders are coextensive with the [[Holy See]], the eccl...
3: ...Vatican City]] (sometimes referred to as the President of Vatican City). Currently, they are [[Pope B...
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8: ...itatis Vaticanæ<br>Stato della Città del Vaticano'''</big></big>
10: {| border=0 cellpadding=2 cellspacing=0 style="background:... - Rome (33048 bytes)
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12: |align="center" width="140px"|City [[Seal (device)|seal]]
15: |align="center" colspan=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|<small>City [[motto]]: '...
17: |Founded|| [[21 April]][[753 BC]] mythical,<br> [[1st mil... - Roman Forum (4543 bytes)
9: ...uences of remains of paving show that sediment eroded from the surrounding hills was already raising t...
11: ...during the Roman Age. The '''Roman Forum''' includes the following major monuments, buildings and oth...
23: The last monument built inside the Forum is the [[Column of Phocas]].<br>
24: ...f Septimius Severus in 1803, and archaeologists under the Napoleonic regime marked the beginning of cl...
29: ...was between the [[Palatine Hill]] and the river [[Tiber]]. - River (12397 bytes)
1: ...b|A Feluca sailing down the nile river.Image provided by [http://classroomclipart.com Classroom Clip A...
4: ...ly widens at its end and forms what is known as a delta or estuary.
7: ...of [[sediment]] develop conspicuous [[river delta|delta]]s at their mouths. Rivers whose mouths are in...
9: Where a river descends quickly over sloped topography, [[rapid]]s ...
25: ...dents (and/or negligence) account for much of the destruction of riparian [[biome|biomes]]. Heated wat... - Roman commerce (14626 bytes)
1: ... of their empire was due to their commercial [[trade]].
3: ...)|Equestrian]] order were involved in businesses, despite their upper class values that laid the empha...
5: ...cus]]. The abacus, using [[Roman numerals]], was ideally suited to the counting of [[Roman currency]] ...
9: ...d shops, manning stalls or hawking goods by the side of the road. They were also present near Roman mi...
16: ...were preferred for small settlements and piracy made coastal settlement particularly hazardous for all... - Soap (8342 bytes)
3: ...loped world, synthetic [[detergent]]s have superseded soap as a [[laundry]] aid.
5: ...lly, the alkali used was [[potash]] made from the deliberate burning of vegetation such as [[bracken]]...
9: ...edient in many, is in fact [[Kitchen_rendering|rendered]] animal fat.
12: ...hese impurities are removed by [[boiling]] the crude soap [[curd]]s in water and re-precipitating the ...
14: ...d in the 1940s and 1950s. This process was superseded by spray dryers and then by vacuum dryers.
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