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- Dragonfly (4578 bytes)
2: ...[[Image:Dragonfly2.jpg|250px|Blue Dragonfly]] | caption = Blue dragonfly}}
8: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = '''Anisoptera'''}}
23: ...onging to the Order [[Odonata]], Suborder '''Anisoptera''' and characterized by large [[compound eye|m...
34: [[Damselfly|Damselflies]] (Suborder Zygoptera) are often confused with dragonflies, but the ...
37: ...recently discovered that dragonflies employ an [[optical illusion]] to stalk other insects who invade ... - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
27: ...now assumed almost absolute power as military ''[[Imperator]]'', the common people’s sole [[tribune]], ...
42: ...ne containers, [[plague|plagues]], political corruption, a non-productive urban culture, and transfer ...
57: [[Image:Jupiter-God.jpg|frame|A sculpture of the King of gods, [[Jupiter (god)|Jupiter]]...
73: ...(god)|Mars]] was associated with [[Ares]] and [[Neptune]] with [[Poseidon]]. The Roman gods also assum...
79: ...cults grew popular, such as the worship of the Egyptian [[Isis]] and the [[Iran|Persian]] [[Mithras]].... - Trajans Column (10003 bytes)
11: ...ective]]. The imagery is not realistic as the sculptor pays little attention to perspective. Often a v...
23: ...ilar column decorated with a spiral of relief sculpture was erected in the [[Place Vendôme]] in [[Par...
25: == Inscription ==
28: The inscription at the base of the column in finest lettering ...
36: ...tally splitting a line. If anyone knows the inscription and I did mess it up, please fix it. --SheeEtt... - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
27: | Arab armies conquer the Levant and Egypt. In the following decades, they take most of Nor...
51: ...as now reserved for the Frankish monarch, but as "Imperator Graecorum" (Emperor of the Greeks) and the land a...
68: ...itain]], [[Palestine (region)|Palestine]] or [[Egypt]].
84: ...ovinces were all overrun. Mesopotamia, Syria, Egypt, and the [[Exarchate of Africa]] were permanently...
90: ...me the largest city in the Christian world. Attempts by the Arabs to conquer Constantinople failed in... - Tyrannosaurus rex (20653 bytes)
2: ... [[Image:Tyrannosaurus (front view).jpg|250px]]|caption=Fossil skeleton at<br>[[National Museum of Nat...
40: ...out that modern hunters use their forelimbs to capture prey, while ''T. rex'' could hardly manipulate...
42: ====Adapted for running?====
51: ... fact that ''T. rex'''s legs were not suitably adapted for high speed is an important point independen...
60: ...is sometimes depicted as a "forest stalker". The option of being an active predator still remains open... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
11: ...emains inescapable. Roman titles of power were adopted by successor states and other entities with imp...
19: ...emed to threaten the republic - now placidly accepted one man rule.
25: ...h remained the limits of Empire, with minimal exceptions, for the next four hundred years.
33: ... achievement in the areas of poetry, history, sculpture and architecture. At the same time, a tremendo...
40: ...[aerial surveys]], [[Epigraphy|epigraphic]] inscriptions on buildings, and Augustan [[Roman currency|c... - Julius Caesar (50670 bytes)
4: ...Roman Empire]] under Caesar's grand-nephew and adopted son, [[Caesar Augustus]].
15: ...he dictator in relenting on Caesar’s proscription said, "He whose life you so much desire will o...
19: ...former governors notorious for extortion and corruption. The great orator [[Cicero]] even commented, "...
21: ...somed and released, he organized a naval force, captured the pirates and their island stronghold and p...
32: ...BC]], along with a young rival and member of the optimate faction by name of Bibulus. - Pompey (25785 bytes)
3: ...timately was murdered by [[Ptolemy XIII]] in [[Egypt]].
8: Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus was born on September 29, 106 BC, as the son of heir of [[Gnaeus P...
15: Although his young age kept him a privatus (a man holding no political office...
19: ...er hatred among the surviving Marians. Proclaimed imperator by his troops on the field in Africa. Pompey dema...
29: ... the darling of the Roman masses although many [[Optimates]] were deeply suspicious of his intentions.... - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
3: ...sius]], [[Mark Antony]] and [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt]] to emerge victoriously as Caesar Augustus and t...
5: ...tax and financial systems of Rome, as well as prompting an age of great literacy and culture.
10: ...istinguished family of the equestian order on [[September 23]], [[63 BC]]. His father was the [[novus ...
16: ...r (see [[adoption in Rome]]). By virtue of his adoption, following Roman custom, Octavian then assumed...
21: ... Roman was as profoundly effected as his newly adopted son Octavian. At nearly 19 years old, Octavian&... - Nero (23127 bytes)
4: ...er 13]], [[54]]. In [[66]] he added the prefix [[Imperator]] to his name. In [[68]] Nero was deposed. His ...
8: ...oth of whom were of senatorial rank. Their description of the events of Nero's reign are suspect beca...
18: ...second husband [[Caesar Augustus]], nephew and adoptive son of [[Tiberius]], son of [[Nero Claudius Dr...
32: In [[September]], [[39]] Caligula left [[Rome]] with his es...
38: ==== Adoption by Claudius==== - Charlemagne (11466 bytes)
2: ...[Lombards]], and [[Holy Roman Emperor]] — [[Imperator]] and [[Augustus]].
8: ...r son of [[Pepin the Short]] ([[714]] – [[September 24]], [[768]], reigned [[751]] – [[768...
16: ...imself as ''Imperator Romanorum'' but rather as ''Imperator Romanum gubernans Imperium'' (Emperor ruling the ...
20: ...Continent, and Offa's standard was voluntarily adopted by much of [[England]].
32: ... sacramental marriage. This may have been an attempt to control the number of potential alliances. Aft... - Carrot (5864 bytes)
2: ... [[Image:QALace2675.JPG|200px|Daucus carote]] | caption = Wild carrot}}
50: * '''''Imperator''''' carrots are the carrots most commonly sold w...
52: ...point at the tip. They are somewhat shorter than Imperator varieties, but more tolerant of heavy soil. Danv...
55: ...soil than long-rooted varieties such as Nantes or Imperator. The "baby carrots" sold ready-to-eat in superma... - History of Italy during Roman times (5004 bytes)
15: ...le Mediterranean world with the exception of [[Egypt]].
21: ...lied to the queen of Egypt, [[Cleopatra VII of Egypt|Cleopatra]]).
25: ... [[14]], when he died and was succeeded by his adoptive son [[Tiberius]].
27: ...rapacious administrators, rather than to the corrupt senatorial class to whom the administrators usual... - Dragonflies and Damselflies (4651 bytes)
2: ...[[Image:Dragonfly2.jpg|250px|Blue Dragonfly]] | caption = Blue dragonfly}}
8: {{Taxobox_subordo_entry | taxon = '''Anisoptera'''}}
23: ...onging to the Order [[Odonata]], Suborder '''Anisoptera''' and characterized by large [[compound eye|m...
34: [[Damselfly|Damselflies]] (Suborder Zygoptera) are often confused with dragonflies, but the ...
37: ...recently discovered that dragonflies employ an [[optical illusion]] to stalk other insects who invade ...
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