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- Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
8: ...''magister militum praesentalis'' in [[Constantinople]]. On his accession to the Roman Imperial throne...
14: ...t [[Ravenna]] in northern [[Italy]], which was completed a year before her death. - Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
2: ...hor and poet, the greatest of [[Petrarch]]'s disciples, an important [[Renaissance humanism|Renaissanc...
5: ...been largely depreciated as a romanticism and his place of birth is more likely to have been in [[Tusc...
7: ...hieri|Dante]]. Around 1327 Boccaccio moved to [[Naples]] when his father was appointed to head the Neo...
11: In Naples Boccaccio began what he considered his true voc...
13: ...s ''Ameto'') a mix of prose and poems in 1341, completing the fifty canto allegorical poem ''Amorosa v... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
5: ...or and sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinople]]. After another millennium, in [[1453]], the Ea...
9: ...ne thousand years after they were created, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earli...
19: ... ambitions seemed to threaten the republic - now placidly accepted one man rule.
35: ...period that preceded it. While [[Livy]] wrote his magisterial history during Augustus's reign and his work c...
42: ...ustan Age include [[Tacitus]], [[Dio Cassius]], [[Plutarch]] and [[Suetonius]]. [[Josephus]]'s ''[[Jew... - Pirate (23151 bytes)
2: A '''pirate''' is one who [[Robbery|robs]] or plunders at sea without a commission from a recognis...
8: ...eir governor. Buccaneers were also occasionally employed as privateers.
10: ...were known as '''kapers''' or '''vrijbuiters''' ("plunderers"), the latter combining the words ''vrij'...
12: ...f Malacca]]. Originally a culture of seafaring people, their name became synonymous with piracy in the...
40: ...l freedom of the high seas, and violate the principle ''extra territorium jus dicenti impune non paret... - Attila the Hun (23655 bytes)
3: ...aded the Balkans twice and encircled [[Constantinople]] in the second invasion. He marched through Fra...
5: ...ies lionise him as a great and noble king, and he plays major roles in three [[Norse saga]]s.
9: ... of them highly cultured and civilized) by their splendid state of readiness for combat, amazing mobil...
15: ...portunity to strengthen the [[walls of Constantinople]], building the city's first [[sea wall]], and t...
21: ...ty during the invasion; the yearly tribute was tripled, rising to 2,100 Roman pounds (c. 687 kg) in go...
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