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- Nero (23127 bytes)
2: [[Image:nero.JPG|frame|Nero]]
4: ... [[suicide]] assisted by his [[scribe]] [[Epaphroditos]].
6: ==Sources on Nero==
8: ... professional ancient historians, who know the limits of the remote, ill-documented past, but not by t...
14: ...Domitius Ahenobarbus (1st century AD) | Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]] and [[Agrippina the younger]], s...
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- Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ...and the Balkans, a whole goatskin is used, cured with salt and alum.
18: ... very mellow [[oboe]]-like sound, while chanters with a conical bore will produce a louder and brighte...
23: ...er and inflation device seems to have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ...or "[[Scots Wha Hae]]", "Hey Tutti Taiti", is traditionally said to have been the tune played as [[Rob...
27: ... of bagpipes has become a common tradition for military funerals and memorials in the [[anglophone]] w... - Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...wo historians, [[Tacitus]] (in his ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'' and ''[[Agricola (book)|Agricola]]'...
7: ...utagus made the [[Roman emperor]] co-heir, along with his two daughters, to his kingdom.
9: ...]] [[Catus Decianus]] for criticism for his "rapacity".
11: ...Legio IX ''Hispana'']], attempted to relieve the city, but his forces were routed.
13: ...time), slaughtering anyone who had not evacuated with Suetonius. [[Verulamium]] ([[St Albans]]) was ne... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
12: ...lae'') or of colored glass or clear glass backed with metal foils, are used to create a pattern or pic...
16: ...as across north Africa. In Rome, Nero and his architects innovated the extension of refined mosaics to...
18: ...venna]] and its territories in [[Sicily]], and in its late rival [[Venice]], where mosaic encrusts the...
20: ...ges, also popular in the [[Eastern Orthodox]] tradition, and extending to Russia, where Moscow claimed... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
1: ..., as well as the entire area surrounding the [[Mediterranean]] Sea and some of the area surrounding th...
11: The city of [[Rome]] grew from settlements on and around ...
17: ...publican Rome by William R Shepherd (died 1934) edited.jpg|thumb|200px|A map of Republican Rome.]]
19: ...h the Roman Senate, which grew in size and power with the establishment of the Republic.
21: ...scans]]. The last threat to Roman [[hegemony]] in Italy came when [[Tarentum]], a major [[Greek]] colo... - St. Peter's Basilica (17805 bytes)
2: ...ntioch]] and later first [[Bishop of Rome]]. Tradition holds that his [[tomb]] is below the baldochin...
4: ...iovanni in Laterano]]. However, due to the proximity of the Papal residence, most Papal ceremonies ta...
8: ...eror Constantine]] officially recognized Christianity he started construction in [[324]] of a great ba...
10: ... should be rebuilt. [[Pope Nicholas V]] asked architect [[Bernardo Rossellino]] to start adding to the...
12: ...he church. [[Carlo Maderno]] became the chief architect later on, and designed the entrance. - Christianity (47078 bytes)
1: {{christianity}}
2: ...'Christianity''' is the world's largest religion. It is based on the life and teachings of [[Jesus|Jes...
8: ...erally grouped into three main branches, which split from one another in disputes over doctrine:
9: ... Catholicism]] (the largest single denomination, with over one billion adherents),
10: #[[Orthodox Christianity]] (including [[Eastern Orthodoxy]] and [[Orienta... - Saint Peter (16028 bytes)
2: ...Furthermore, most [[Protestant]]s do not use the title of saint in reference to Peter as a matter of d...
4: ...ath the [[Basilica of Saint Peter]] in [[Vatican City]]. He is often depicted in art as holding the k...
8: ...de|Šhimʿon}} and in [[Tiberian Hebrew]] it is pronounced as {{unicode|Šhimʿ?. Acc...
13: ... 5:1-10; [[Gospel of John|John]] 1:40-42), along with his brother [[Saint Andrew|Andrew]]. Seeing them...
17: ...s Iscariot|Judas]] (1:15); he is twice examined, with [[John]], by the [[Sanhedrin]] (4:7-22; 5:18-42)... - Timeline of Ancient Rome (22347 bytes)
1: ...e of events concerning Ancient Rome''', from the city foundation until the last attempt of the [[Byzan...
4: * [[753 BC]] – Traditional date for the [[founding of Rome]] by [[Romul...
16: ...Roman king]]: builds temple of [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter Optimus Maximus]]
27: ...] is replaced by an assembly of military tribune with consular powers
38: ...[[367 BC]] – The [[consul]]ship restored in its original form - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
3: ...Ancient Roman]] polity in the centuries following its reorganization under the leadership of Octavian ...
5: ...an Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is traditionally set in [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed ...
9: ...and ornate imperial ritual. We now know that the situation was far more nuanced: certain historical fo...
11: ...e adopted by successor states and other entities with imperial pretensions, including the [[Frankish]]...
14: ===Political Developments=== - Titus (3154 bytes)
2: [[Image:Titus.jpg|right|thumb|Titus]]
3: '''Titus [[Flavius]] Vespasianus''' ([[December 30]], CE...
5: ... he was military [[tribune]] in [[Roman Britain|Britannia]]. In [[64]] he returned to Rome and married...
7: ...eturn to Rome in [[71]]. The Triumphal [[Arch of Titus]], which stands at one entrance to the [[Roman ...
9: ...bellion led by [[Terentius Maximus]], the [[False Nero]]. - Ancient Olympic Games (9077 bytes)
8: ...ival after his defeat of the [[titan (mythology)|Titan]] [[Cronus]].
10: ...nour of the gods. The [[Sparta]]n adversary of Iphitos then decided to stop the war during these games...
12: ...ho switched the lynchpins from Oenomaus' chariot with pins made of beeswax: predictably the lynchpins ...
14: ...the games were held to be one of the two central rituals in Ancient Greece, the other being the [[Eleu...
18: ...pia, Greece, a sanctuary site for the [[List of deities|Greek gods]] near the towns of Elis and [[Pisa... - Trajan (7787 bytes)
3: ...der his rule, the empire reached its greatest territorial extent.
7: ...oremost military commanders of the empire when Domitian was killed in [[96]].
9: ...ithout incident, making him the first non-[[Italy|Italian]] Roman to become Emperor.
11: ...ocess begun by Nerva before his death. His popularity was such that the [[Roman Senate]] eventually be...
13: ... returned to Rome in triumph and was granted the title ''Dacicus Maximus''. - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
5: ...ms of Rome, as well as prompting an age of great literacy and culture.
7: ...e for over 400 years. His surname [[Caesar]] and title [[Augustus]] would be taken by all subsequent E...
12: ...e Tenth Legion stationed in the rear as reserves. It was Octavian’s quick thinking to engage the...
14: ...l about provincial administration, warfare and political manipulation while a part of his uncle’...
16: ...gain loyalty from the Macedonian legions, while waiting to accompany Caesar on a campaign against the ... - Nero (23127 bytes)
2: [[Image:nero.JPG|frame|Nero]]
4: ... [[suicide]] assisted by his [[scribe]] [[Epaphroditos]].
6: ==Sources on Nero==
8: ... professional ancient historians, who know the limits of the remote, ill-documented past, but not by t...
14: ...Domitius Ahenobarbus (1st century AD) | Gnaeus Domitius Ahenobarbus]] and [[Agrippina the younger]], s... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
1: ... a wide range of perspectives in the study of architecture, most of them Western.
3: ...es and styles in the design of [[buildings]] and cities.
4: ...chitecture_egypt.jpg|thumb|left|300px|Ancient Architecture of Egypt.]]
5: ...anguage, they differ on the terms of reference; Critical Theory is largely self-referential, whilst He...
7: ...viously colonised countries and seeks to liberate its history and practice from inappropriate Western ... - Adolf Hitler (51456 bytes)
2: subject_name = Adolf Hitler |
3: image_name = Adolf_Hitler.jpg |
11: '''Adolf Hitler''' ([[April 20]], [[1889]]–[[April 30]],...
13: ...al policy of Nazi Germany|racial policies]] that Hitler directed culminated in the systematic extermin...
15: .... In the final days of the war, [[Hitler's death|Hitler died]] by [[suicide]] in a [[Berlin]] [[F?unke... - March 19 (9902 bytes)
8: ...mes the site of the first [[bank robbery]] in [[United States history]] ($245,000 taken).
11: *[[1914]] - [[Giuseppe Mercalli]], Italian volcanologist (b. [[1850]])
13: ...off in pursuit of [[Pancho Villa]], the first [[United States]] air-combat mission in history.
14: *[[1918]] - The [[Congress of the United States|U.S. Congress]] establishes [[time zone]...
15: *[[1920]] - The [[United States Senate]] rejects the [[Treaty of Versail... - Rome (33048 bytes)
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11: |align="center" width="140px"|City [[flag]]
12: |align="center" width="140px"|City [[Seal (device)|seal]]
15: ...n=2 style="border-bottom:3px solid gray;"|<small>City [[motto]]: ''Senatus Populusque Romanus – ...
23: |[[Area]]<br /> - City Proper || <br /> 1290 [[1 E6 m�|km²]... - Livia (5714 bytes)
1: ...b|A cult statue of Livia represented as [[Ops]], with sheaf of wheat and [[cornucopia]], 1st century A...
2: ...ing several times as regent and being Augustus' faithful advisor.
3: ...She was deified by Claudius who acknowledged her title of '''Augusta'''.
6: ...s that she was second daughter. For Livia's portraiture and representations see: Rolf Winkes, Livia, O...
8: ...ustus remained married for the next 52 years, despite the fact that they had no children, and she alwa... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
3: ...xander the Great]] brought '''Egypt within the orbit of the Greek world''' for the next 900 years. Aft...
8: ... new Greek city, [[Alexandria]], to be the new capital. The wealth of Egypt could now be harnessed for...
12: ...renice IV. [[Cleopatra VII]] officially co-ruled with [[Ptolemy XIII of Egypt|Ptolemy XIII]], [[Ptolem...
14: ... had been in Greece. The Egyptians were rarely admitted to the higher levels of Greek culture, in whic...
17: ...the coalition against him. In [[312 BC]], allied with [[Seleucus]], the ruler of [[Babylonia]], he def...
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