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- Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
1: {{Roman Empire infobox}}
3: ...gustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the structure of the power in t...
5: ...lennium, in [[1453]], the Eastern Empire, better known as the [[Byzantine Empire]], fell to the [[Otto...
7: ...gably throughout this article to mean the same as Roman Empire.
9: ...golden crowns and ornate imperial ritual. We now know that the situation was far more nuanced: certain... - Roman architecture (3399 bytes)
1: ...s it hinders understanding by causing us to judge Roman buildings by Greek standards.
3: ...hole of the [[Roman Republic|republican period]], Roman architecture was a nearly exact copy of that of [...
5: ~Innovation started in the [[1st century BC|first centu...
7: ... century]] and in the Roman home joined the well known [[mural]] in decorating floors, walls, and [[gr...
9: ...cy, can still be seen throughout [[Europe]] and [[North America]] in the arches and domes of many [[go... - Roman Forum (4543 bytes)
2: |[[Image:Forum_Romanum_panorama.jpg|thumb|380px|Roman Forum with [[Palatine Hill]] in the background.]]
4: |[[Image:Forum_Romanum_panorama_2.jpg|thumb|380px|From a different view]]
6: ...ge.jpg|thumb|380px|Map of central Rome during the Roman Empire, with '''Forum Holitorium''' and '''Forum ...
9: ...Roman Forum''' ('''Forum Romanum''', although the Romans referred to it more often as the '''Forum Magnum...
11: ...use of urban spaces during the Roman Age. The '''Roman Forum''' includes the following major monuments, ... - History of Greek and Roman Egypt (25856 bytes)
3: ...uled first from [[Rome]] and then from [[Constantinople]] until the Arab conquest in AD [[639]].
8: ... to be the new capital. The wealth of Egypt could now be harnessed for Alexander's conquest of the [[P...
12: ...Egypt|Cleopatra V]] did co-rule, but it was with another female, Berenice IV. [[Cleopatra VII]] offici...
14: ...ls of Greek culture, in which most Egyptians were not in any case interested.
21: Feeling the kingdom was now secure, Ptolemy abdicated in [[285 BC]] in favou... - Roman road (3913 bytes)
1: [[Image:3392pomP.jpg|thumb|250px|A Roman road in [[Pompeii]]]]
2: ...ues of invasion to the barbarians, contributed to Roman military reverses.
4: The Roman roads vary from simple [[corduroy#corduroy road|c...
6: ... resistance against the Empire. At its peak, the Roman road system spanned 50,000 [[mile]]s.
8: ==Some Roman roads== - Roman law (15349 bytes)
2: ...n]] of Emperor [[Justinian I]] (around [[530]]). Roman law as preserved in Justinian's codes became the ...
4: ...Common law]] owes some debt to Roman law although Roman law exercised much less influence on the English ...
6: ==The history of Roman law in antiquity==
7: ===The Roman Republic===
8: ...it was not a law code in the modern sense. It did not aim to provide a complete and coherent system of... - History of Italy during Roman times (5004 bytes)
2: ...an overview of the '''[[history of Italy]] during Roman times'''.
6: ...s|Tarquinius Superbus]] was overthrown, and the [[Roman Republic]] was formed.
8: ...e the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] (formed by the most notable [[Patrician]]s, that is, aristocrats) and a ...
13: ...cities in Tuscany and Campania actually asked for Roman protection, rather than confronting with Rome in ...
15: ...n the east. At the end of [[2nd century BC]], the Roman state, having defeated the [[Hellenistic]] kingdo... - Fall of the Western Roman Empire (2775 bytes)
1: ...he last [[Roman Emperors|Emperor]] of the Western Roman Empire was deposed; however there are many other ...
3: ...e Roman Empire]]'', but he was not the first, and not the last to speculate on why and when the Empire...
8: ... populace less interested in the worldly here and now and more willing to wait for the rewards of heav...
10: ... in Roman culture. This is a gradual process with no clear break.
12: ...]] in the early [[2nd century]], at the height of Roman power, criticizing the peoples' obsession with "[... - Roman theatre (952 bytes)
1: ...[Image:Orange roman theatre.jpg|right|thumb|300px|Roman theatre at Orange, France]]
3: ... [[theatre]] building built by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]].
5: ...]]s, semicircular in form, although Romans tended not to be as concerned about the location, as the Gr...
12: ...]]'s [[World Heritage Site]], together with other Roman buildings of the city
13: * [[Lillebonne]] in [[Normandie]] - Roman clothing (10346 bytes)
6: ...ilk]], imported from several locations also was known.
9: ...from the [[byssus]] or fibres produced by ''Pinna noblis'', a large Mediterranean seashell.
11: ...Forbes, their wool contained around 50% fatty [[lanolin|impurities]], flax and hemp were about 25% imp...
13: ...owned for the quality of their wool, although the Romans never ceased trying to optimise the quality of w...
15: ... afforded only to the richest and worn by women. Another type of silk, called "sea silk" was obtained ... - Roman commerce (14626 bytes)
1: ...hile being at the same time part of its backbone. Romans were businessmen and the longevity of their empi...
3: ...d minor uprisings, they gave a distinct flavor to Roman commerce.
5: ... tallying of [[Ancient Roman weights and measures|Roman measures]].
9: ...the side of the road. They were also present near Roman military camps during campaigns, where they sold ...
11: ...population (Safra p78). This suggests that the economic benefits of the Empire did reach, at least, th... - Roman economy (23678 bytes)
2: ... [[Roman Republic]] and the western half of the [[Roman Empire]] consisted of coins including the [[aureu...
4: ...ination]]s, either called [[Greek Imperial]] or [[Roman provincial coins]].
6: ...old [[solidus (coin)|solidus]] and small bronze denominations. This trend continued to the end of the ...
10: ...ougsmith.ancients.info/worth.html Buying Power of Roman Coins]</ref>
12: ...e time of [[Sulla]] till the time of [[Augustus]] no bronze coins were minted at all; even during the ...
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
2: ...e]] and [[Guatemala]] to the southeast. It is the northernmost and westernmost country in [[Latin Amer...
10: native_name = Estados Unidos Mexicanos |
15: national_motto =''Sufragio efectivo, No reelecci
16: ...Spanish language|Spanish]]: ''Effective suffrage, no reelection)'' |
17: national_anthem = ''[[Mexicanos, al grito de guerra]]'' | - Periodic table (7298 bytes)
1: ...v periodic table''', is a tabular display of the known [[chemical element]]s. First created by [[Dmitr...
9: ... IUPAC scheme was developed to replace both older Roman numeral systems as they confusingly used the same...
22: ...Periodic table (metals and non-metals)|Metals and Non Metals]]
48: ...ifferences in [[mass]]. Elements adjacent to one another within a period have similar mass but differe...
51: ...rts burning, diatomic nitrogen is a gas that does not support burning, and carbon is a [[solid]] which... - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
7: ... one on every corner of the building. Also in the Roman period there was a statue atop the tower.
9: ...e to the lack of modern optics and reflective technology in the time period in which the lighthouse ex...
13: ...logical origin of the word 'lighthouse' in many [[Romance languages]], such as [[French language|French]]...
20: ... that the Arab traveller [[Ibn Battuta]] reported not being able to enter the ruin. Even the stubby re... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
7: ... [[Ipanema]], for the giant statue of [[Jesus]], known as [[Christ the Redeemer (statue)|Christ the Re...
13: The area where Rio de Janeiro is now was reached by Portuguese explorers in an expedi...
15: ...eiro'' (San Sebastian of the January River), in honor of then King [[Sebastian I of Portugal]]. For ce...
17: ...en westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...[[Ren頄uguay-Trouin]], and [[Nicolas de Villegaignon]]. After [[1720]], when the Portuguese found gol... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...arian-based Chinese an advantage over neighboring nomadic and mountain-dwelling cultures. The developm...
7: ...and administrators: in short, civilization as we know it. In late [[Neolithic]] times, the [[Huang He]...
14: ...torical Records]]'' written by [[Sima Qian]], a renowned Chinese historiographer of the [[2nd century ...
18: ...aracter]]s, but such claims are unsupported. With no clear written records to match the Shang [[oracle...
24: ...he early Zhou (successor state of the Shang), is known to have existed at the same time as the Shang. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...he central character in the cycle of [[legend]]s known as the "[[Matter of Britain]]." There is disagr...
5: ...] to early [[6th century]], to have been of [[Romano-British]] origin, and to have fought against the ...
7: ...y figure of whom we know little, and scholars are not certain whether the "Brettones" he led were [[Br...
9: ...d as one [[Lucius Artorius Castus]], a historical Roman of the [[2nd century]], whose military exploits i...
11: Another school of thought believes that Arthur is a h... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...' in [[Portuguese]]) was most probably [[Genova|Genoese]], although some historians claim he could hav...
3: ...windless regions. Although his explorations were not the first to reach the Americas, they inaugurate...
5: ... two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. This i...
7: ..., including the isles of Juana ([[Cuba]]) and Espanola ([[Hispaniola]]), as well as the coasts of [[Ce...
11: ...ope, and slavery in the [[West Indies]]. Others honour him for the massive boost his explorations gave... - Steel (28384 bytes)
3: ... alloys with higher carbon content than this are known as [[cast iron|iron]].
8: ...d chemical partner such as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals wi...
11: ...ng this process, leading to a patterned layering known as [[pearlite]] due to its [[pearl]]-like appea...
15: ...hat the transformation to ferrite or perlite does not have time to take place. The transformation int...
19: ...s so critical to the end result, this process is known as '''[[tempering]]''', source of the term '''t... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
6: [[Image:annotated_stand.jpg|right|thumb|A set of Scottish Grea...
11: 5) Tenor drones<br>
16: ...lowpipe or a set of bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] which prevents air ...
23: ...have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
25: ... as [[Robert the Bruce]]'s troops marched to [[Bannockburn]] in [[1314]]. - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
2: ...]] of [[classical architecture]], the other two canonic orders being the [[Doric order|Doric]] and the...
4: ...he southwestern coastland and islands of [[Asia Minor]] settled by Ionian Greeks, where an Ionian dial...
6: Unlike the Greek Doric order, Ionic [[column]]s normally stand on a base (''but see illustration, le...
8: ...en when the height of the column was exaggerated. Roman fluting leaves a little of the column surface bet...
9: ...|thumb|right|An archaic Greek Ionic capital, in ''Nordisk familjebok'', 1910]] - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
1: [[image:Epidaurus_Theater.jpg|thumb|400px|Panoramic view of the Greek theater at [[Epidaurus]]]]
7: ...honoring Dionysus. However, it is impossible to know for sure how fertility rituals developed into tr...
17: ...e]]s such as Aristotle, are the basis of what is known about Greek theatre.
21: ...most important contributions was its influence on Roman comedy, such as the surviving works of [[Plautus]...
27: ...ion of the norm, not a prescription of an ideal. Not all Greek plays adhere rigidly to the Unities, b... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
5: ... of a sacred and sometimes spiritual world yet do not invoke a concept of [[God]], classifying a Chine...
7: ...stian concepts into Buddhism while the reverse is not necessarily the case.
11: ...rt in performing elaborate annual rituals. He was not believed to be a [[deity]], but rather someone w...
13: Minor religions introduced from abroad include [[Islam...
28: ...ing]] is attributed to [[Lao Zi]], who may or may not have been a real person. The philosophy is cent... - May (3270 bytes)
5: ...Taurus]] and ends in the sign of [[Gemini]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellat...
7: ...k god]]dess [[Maia]], who was identified with the Roman [[goddess]] of fertility, [[Bona Dea]], whose fes...
14: ...ear]] May begins at or near [[Bealtaine]] in the northern hemisphere and [[Samhain]] in the southern ...
23: ...] on or before [[May 24]]. In [[Quebec]], it is known as Patriots' Day (''Journ饠nationale des [[pat...
26: * [[No Pants Day]] is celebrated the first Friday in May... - June (1973 bytes)
4: ...Gemini]] and ends in the sign of [[Cancer]]. Astronomically speaking, the sun begins in the constellat...
6: ...med for the [[Roman mythology|Roman goddess]] [[Juno]], wife of Jupiter. In [[Japanese calendar|old Ja...
11: ...[solstice]] called the [[summer]] solstice in the northern hemisphere and the [[winter]] solstice in t...
14: ...]] celebrations take place in many countries in honor of the [[Stonewall riots]]
19: *No other month begins on the same day of the week as... - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...f [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[Tanzania]] on the south and east, and the [...
3: ... the supremacist claims of the ruling [[Tutsi]] minority with the growing demands for political partic...
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47: footnotes = <sup>1</sup> Estimate is base...
58: ...ost extreme Hutu group, Palipehutu-FNL (commonly known as "FNL"), continued to refuse negotiations. In... - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
68: ...ls Henrik Abel|Abel, Niels Henrik]], (1802-1829), Norwegian mathematician
71: ...en Abell|Abell, George Ogden]], (1927-1983), astronomer
106: *[[Roman Abramovich|Abramovich, Roman]] (born 1966), Russian business oligarch
109: *[[Norm Abrams|Abrams, Norm]]
112: *[[Norman Abramson|Abramson, Norman]] - List of people by name: Ae (1061 bytes)
10: *[[Aemilianus]], (circa 207-253), [[Roman Empire|Roman Emperor]]
11: ...audius Aelianus|Aelianus, Claudius]], (died 222), Roman author and teacher of rhetoric
16: *[[Aethelnoth]], (died 1038), Archbishop of Canterbury - List of people by name: Af (1105 bytes)
17: ...Afranius (poet)|Lucius Afranius]], (died 60 BCE), Roman [[poet]] - List of people by name: Ag (3474 bytes)
6: ... Agapetus|Agapetus, John]], patriarch of Constantinople
13: *[[Agathangelus I]], patriarch of Constantinople
25: ...es de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]]
29: *[[S.Y. Agnon|Agnon, S.Y.]], (1888-1970), [[Nobel]] prizewinning author
31: *[[Paolo Agostino|Agostino, Paolo]], (1593-1629), Italian musician - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
6: ...of all of ancient Egypt's rulers, and is usually known as simply '''Cleopatra''', all of her similarly...
9: ...emy XIII of Egypt|Ptolemy XIII]], who opposed the Roman domination, and [[Ptolemy XIV of Egypt|Ptolemy XI...
11: ...al claims of Ptolemy and Cleopatra. (It should be noted that Pompey had been married to Caesar's daugh...
13: ... his lover. Egypt remained independent, but three Roman legions were left to protect it. Cleopatra's wint...
19: ...llow triumvir [[Octavian]]. He and Cleopatra had another child, [[Ptolemy Philadelphus]]. At the [[Don...
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