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- Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
1: {{Roman Empire infobox}}
3: ...c]], since the structure of the power in that age was the one of a republic.
5: ...[Eastern Roman Empire|Eastern]] and the [[Western Roman Empire]]. The end of the Western Empire is tradit...
7: ...gably throughout this article to mean the same as Roman Empire.
9: ...e imperial ritual. We now know that the situation was far more nuanced: certain historical forms conti... - Roman architecture (3399 bytes)
1: ...s it hinders understanding by causing us to judge Roman buildings by Greek standards.
3: ... Republic|republican period]], Roman architecture was a nearly exact copy of that of [[Greece]], aside...
5: ...ely decorative columns in front of a load-bearing wall. In smaller-scale architecture, concrete's stre...
7: ...ed the well known [[mural]] in decorating floors, walls, and [[grotto]]es in [[geometry|geometric]] an...
9: Though most would consider concrete the Roman contribution most relevant to the modern world, t... - 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 vie...
6: ...ge.jpg|thumb|380px|Map of central Rome during the Roman Empire, with '''Forum Holitorium''' and '''Forum ...
9: ...imes. Originally it had been marshy ground, which was drained by the [[Tarquinius Priscus|Tarquins]] w...
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: ...rated into the [[Roman Empire]] in [[30 BC]], and was ruled first from [[Rome]] and then from [[Consta...
8: ... BC]] he was ready to depart, and led his forces away to Phoenicia.
12: ...atra V of Egypt|Cleopatra V]] did co-rule, but it was with another female, Berenice IV. [[Cleopatra VI...
14: ...yptian educated class. Nevertheless, the Greeks always remained a privileged minority in Ptolemaic Egy...
17: ...ates to the empire of Alexander. His first object was to hold his position in Egypt securely, and seco... - 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: ...rlying layer to ensure that they kept dry, as the water would flow out from the crushed stone, instead...
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: ... fragments which have been preserved show that it was not a law code in the modern sense. It did not a... - History of Italy during Roman times (5004 bytes)
2: ...an overview of the '''[[history of Italy]] during Roman times'''.
6: ...rbus]] was overthrown, and the [[Roman Republic]] was formed.
8: ...by two elected [[consul]]s at a time, while the [[Roman Senate|Senate]] (formed by the most notable [[Pat...
13: ...rotection, rather than confronting with Rome in a war.
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: ...an Emperors|Emperor]] of the Western Roman Empire was deposed; however there are many other theories&m...
3: ... Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire]]'', but he was not the first, and not the last to speculate on ...
8: ...y here and now and more willing to wait for the rewards of heaven.
10: ..., with the roots of Medieval culture contained in Roman culture. This is a gradual process with no clear ...
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: ... location, as the Greeks, being prepared to build walls and terraces instead of looking for a naturall...
12: ...]]'s [[World Heritage Site]], together with other Roman buildings of the city
28: * [[Roman architecture]] - Roman clothing (10346 bytes)
6: .... [[Silk]], imported from several locations also was known.
9: ...a beautiful golden sheen, known as [[sea silk]], was made from the [[byssus]] or fibres produced by '...
11: ...ties]], flax and hemp were about 25% impure, silk was between 19 and 25% impure, while cotton (the mos...
13: ... the material would be immersed (most probably in water), it would be skinned and then aired. Once dry...
15: ...led "sea silk" was obtained from a mollusk and it was a luxury item as well. - Roman commerce (14626 bytes)
1: ...ere businessmen and the longevity of their empire was due to their commercial [[trade]].
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: There is some information on the economy of Roman Palestine from Jewish sources of around the 3rd c... - 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: ...e [[follis]] (silvered bronze). After the reforms Roman coinage consisted mainly of the gold [[solidus (c...
10: ...ougsmith.ancients.info/worth.html Buying Power of Roman Coins]</ref>
12: ...hen bronze coins were produced, their workmanship was sometimes very crude and of low quality.
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- Mexico (27255 bytes)
28: percent_water = 2.5% |
41: sovereignty_type = [[Mexican War of Independence|Independence]] |
62: For more than 3,000 years, Mexico was the site of several [[Mesoamerica]]n civilizatio...
64: ... of [[Aztlan], the starting point of their tribes wanderings, never thought of themselves as anything ...
68: ...s]], causing a long [[Mexican War of Independence|war]] that eventually led to independence in [[1821]... - Periodic table (7298 bytes)
9: ... IUPAC scheme was developed to replace both older Roman numeral systems as they confusingly used the same...
59: The original table was created without a knowledge of the inner structu...
60: The first to recognize these regularities was the German chemist [[Johann Wolfgang D?einer]] w...
82: ...ements in the empty cells of his table. Mendeleev was later vindicated by the discovery of the electro... - Lighthouse of Alexandria (3491 bytes)
1: ...xandria''" after the island on which it resided), was considered one of the [[Seven Wonders of the Wor...
3: ... 3rd century BC and remained operational until it was largely destroyed by two [[earthquake]]s in the ...
5: ...on an island in the harbour of [[Alexandria]] and was over 134 m (440 ft) tall.]]
7: ...r of the building. Also in the Roman period there was a statue atop the tower.
13: ...logical origin of the word 'lighthouse' in many [[Romance languages]], such as [[French language|French]]... - Rio de Janeiro (14538 bytes)
13: ...e Europeans thought at first the Bay of Guanabara was actually the mouth of a river, they called it "R...
15: ...st invaders - neighbor [[Niteró©, for instance, was founded by a native chief for supporting defense...
17: ... westwards, an urban movement which lasts until nowadays.
19: ...the colonial administration in Portuguese America was moved to Rio.
21: ...y European capital outside of Europe. Since there was no physical space nor urban structure to accommo... - History of China (45919 bytes)
2: ...ces from many parts of Asia as well as successive waves of immigration and emigration merged to create...
7: ...d; the most archaeologically significant of those was found at [[Banpo]], [[Xi'an]].
14: ...d during the [[Xia Dynasty]], and that this model was perpetuated in the successor [[Shang Dynasty|Sha...
18: ...e, where a bronze smelter from around [[2000 BC]] was unearthed. Early markings from this period, foun...
28: ...122 BC - 256 BC)|Zhou]] king until [[256 BC]], he was largely a figurehead and held little real power. - King Arthur (22450 bytes)
1: ...arly texts refer to him as ''[[dux]] bellorum'' ("war leader") and High [[Medieval]] Welsh texts often...
5: ...ower base was probably in either [[Wales]], [[Cornwall]], or the west of what would become [[England]]...
7: ...ttones," who was active during the reign of the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Anthemius]]. Unfortunately, Riothamus...
9: ...itain may have been remembered for centuries afterward. Yet the obscurity surrounding the historical c...
13: ...bers to this school of thought argue that another Roman Briton of the period, for example [[Ambrosius Aur... - Christopher Columbus (44177 bytes)
1: ...hat a ship could reach the [[Far East]] via a westward course.
3: ...ccepted that the earth was round. The main debate was over whether it would be possible to get around ...
5: ... than two decades later, the existence of America was known to the general public throughout Europe. T...
13: It has generally been accepted that he was [[Genoa|Genovese]], although doubts have persist...
15: ...y many contemporaries as a poor administrator and was stripped of his governorship in [[1500]]. - Steel (28384 bytes)
8: ...h as carbon. This process, known as [[smelting]], was first applied to metals with lower [[melting]] p...
11: ...rite phase, resulting in an excess of carbon. One way for carbon to leave the austenite is for [[cemen...
15: ...orms, then '''[[quenching]]''' the hot metal in [[water]] or [[oil]], cooling it so rapidly that the t...
26: Iron was in limited use long before it became possible to...
28: ...haeological sites more than 1000 miles (1600 km) away. When the [[United States|American]] polar expl... - Bagpipes (20858 bytes)
16: ... bellows; the inlet to the bag normally has a one-way [[valve]] which prevents air from returning via ...
23: ...have originated with various ethnic groups in the Roman empire.
42: ...00]]s. In all other respects the Brian Boru pipe was identical with the Great Highland Bagpipe. The ...
45: ...he first beat of a bar, or just as a more musical way to get from one note to the next.
57: ...l. The music, however, is always written in G. Nowadays, chanters are available anywhere from D to G,... - Ionic order (6526 bytes)
4: ...fetime. A longer-lasting 6th century Ionic temple was the [[Temple of Artemis]] at Ephesus, one of the...
6: ... much the standard, that when a Greek Ionic order was eventually reintroduced, in the later [[18th cen...
8: ...llow; Greek fluting runs out to a knife edge that was easily scarred.
10: ...d when Beaux-Arts architect [[John Russell Pope]] wanted to convey the manly stamina combined with int...
12: ...re the Doric order is articulated with triglyphs. Roman and Renaissance practice condensed the height of ... - Ancient Greek theatre (7531 bytes)
3: ... and military power in Greece during this period, was the epicenter of ancient Greek theatre. Athenia...
13: ...ct matter as the tragedies, but in a lighthearted way. By this time, plays featured two actors instea...
21: ...most important contributions was its influence on Roman comedy, such as the surviving works of [[Plautus]...
33: ... the middle of the orchestra; in Athens the altar was dedicated to Dionysus.
35: ...for the religious festival and taken down when it was finished. Later on, theatres included permanent... - Religion in China (12456 bytes)
11: ...d earth. A central idea of the [[dynastic cycle]] was that an unjust imperial dynasty that had lapsed ...
23: ...]] and has been very popular among Chinese of all walks of life, admired by commoners, and sponsored b...
28: ... real person. The philosophy is centered on 'the way', an understanding of which can be likened to re...
33: [[Islam]] was introduced into China via the [[Silk Road]] in t...
42: ...er the first entry of [[Christianity]] into China was the introduction of [[Nestorianism]] spread by E... - May (3270 bytes)
7: ...dess]] of fertility, [[Bona Dea]], whose festival was held in May. - June (1973 bytes)
6: The month is named for the [[Roman mythology|Roman goddess]] [[Juno]], wife of Jupiter. In [[Japanes...
14: ...ke place in many countries in honor of the [[Stonewall riots]] - Burundi (13403 bytes)
1: ...akes]] region of [[Africa]]. It is bordered by [[Rwanda]] on the north, [[Tanzania]] on the south and ...
12: national_anthem = [[Burundi bwacu]] |
13: ...uage|Kirundi]] and [[French language|French]]. [[Swahili]] is widely spoken.|
23: percent_water = 7.8% |
53: ...elgian administrative authority following [[World War II]]. - List of people by name: Ab (7347 bytes)
22: *[[Khwaja Ahmad Abbas|Abbas, Khwaja Ahmad]], (1914-1987), film director
73: ...(1706-1781), British General in French and Indian War
106: *[[Roman Abramovich|Abramovich, Roman]] (born 1966), Russian business oligarch - 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
12: *[[Aelle of Sussex]], (ruled 477-514), Bretwalda, king of the South Saxons - 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)
8: *[[Anu Agarwal|Agarwal, Anu]], (1969-), Indian actress
25: ...es de Poitou]], (1020-1077), regent of the [[Holy Roman Empire]] [[1056]]-[[1068]]
40: ...rippa|Agrippa, Marcus Vipsanius]], (63 BC-12 BC), Roman statesman and general - Cleopatra VII of Egypt (8634 bytes)
4: ...II of Egypt|Ptolemy XII Auletes]], and her mother was probably Auletes's sister, [[Cleopatra V of Egyp...
6: ...ecessors having been largely forgotten. Cleopatra was never in fact the sole ruler of Egypt; she only ...
9: ...f Egypt|Ptolemy XIV]]. Since the Ptolomaic throne was transmited in [[matrilinear]] fashion, the Kings...
11: ...th to their son). After a short war, Ptolemy XIII was killed and Caesar restored Cleopatra to her thro...
13: ... his lover. Egypt remained independent, but three Roman legions were left to protect it. Cleopatra's wint...
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