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- Theodora (6th century) (3433 bytes)
2: ...s of the [[Byzantine Empire]] and the wife of Emperor [[Justinian I]]. Along with her husband, she is...
4: ... her life comes from the ''Secret History'' of [[Procopius]], published posthumously.
6: ...ist was of one nature, remaining their partisan throughout her life. Others instead argue that her as...
8: ...tant) response caused the riot to be quelled and probably saved the empire.
10: ...stian sects that loomed large over her time; she probably had a large part in Justinian's efforts to r... - Mosaic (6524 bytes)
3: ...phitrite_mosaic.jpg|thumb|150px|Detail of mosaic from [[Herculaneum]] depicting [[Amphitrite]]]]
5: ...200px|A small part of '''The Great Pavement''', a Roman mosaic laid in AD 325 at Woodchester, Gloucest...
16: ...ious Roman villas across north Africa. In Rome, Nero and his architects innovated the extension of ref...
18: ... [[San Marco di Venezia|St Mark's]]. In Western Europe, the demanding techniques of fresco replaced th...
20: ...w claimed to succeed Constantinople as the "Third Rome." - Byzantine Empire (29975 bytes)
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15: | [[527]] || Justinian I becomes emperor.
21: ...th Africa and Italy from the [[Vandals]] and [[Ostrogoths]].
29: ...he Empire's remaining Italian territories, aside from some territories in the south. - Pope Innocent I (2364 bytes)
1: ... of Albano; but according to his contemporary [[Jerome]], his father was [[Pope Anastasius I]], whom h...
3: ...on to [[Flavius Augustus Honorius|Honorius]] at [[Ravenna]] at the time of the sack in [[410]].
5: ... the decisions of the synod of the province of [[proconsular]] [[Africa]] held in [[Carthage]] in [[41...
7: Among his letters is one to [[Jerome]] and another to John, bishop of [[Jerusalem]],... - Pope John I (1137 bytes)
1: '''John I''' was [[Pope]] from [[523]] to [[526]]. He was a native of [[Tuscan...
3: ...inople]] to secure a moderation of [[Justin I|Emperor Justin]]'s decree of [[523]] against the Arians....
5: ...spired with Emperor Justin. He was imprisoned at Ravenna, where he died of neglect and ill treatment.
7: His body was transported to [[Rome, Italy|Rome]] and buried in the [[Basilica of St. Peter]]. ...
9: ...deacon]] and a [[subdeacon]]. He is venerated at Ravenna and in [[Tuscany]]. - Pope Boniface V (3289 bytes)
1: ...V''' (died [[October 25]], [[625]]) was [[pope]] from [[619]] to [[625]].
5: ...he could reach the city, he was slain by his own troops.
9: ...p of Canterbury]], and to [[Justus]], [[Bishop of Rochester]], are no longer extant, but certain other...
16: *Gregorovius, Ferdinand. II, 113
17: *Hunt, William. ''The English Church from Its Foundation to the Norman Conquest''. Vol. 1.... - Pope John IV (2299 bytes)
1: ...r Christian teachers. It is supposed that the emperor to whom this message was sent was Heraclius I hi...
4: ...he "Ecthesis". To his son, [[Constantine III (emperor)|Constantine III]], John addressed his apology f... - Pope Donus (1379 bytes)
1: ... [[676]] to his death. He was the son of a [[Rome|Roman]] named Mauricius. Not much is known of this p...
3: ... who were discovered at a [[Syria]]n monastery in Rome and gave their monastery to Catholic monks.
5: ...cephalous]] status and return to the authority of Rome.
11: ...ion of the title ''domnus'' (''dominus'') and the Roman name ''Donus'' (''LP'' II, XVIII, and 256).
15: *[http://www.routledge-ny.com/ref/papacy/onomastics.pdf Pontifica... - Pope Leo II (1357 bytes)
1: ...e that in the Greek text of the letter to the emperor which the phrase occurs, the milder expression '...
3: ...dependence of the see of [[Ravenna]] upon that of Rome was finally settled by imperial edict. - Pope Gregory III (1999 bytes)
1: ... disturbed by the [[Iconoclasm|iconoclastic]] controversy in the [[Byzantine Empire]], in which he vai...
4: ...to bring the Pope under control. This included appropriating papal territories, and transferring eccle...
5: ...ts of the Lombard monarch [[Liutprand]] and then from the [[Franks]]. He sent embassies to [[Charles M...
6: ... [[Archbishop of Canterbury]]. He also beautified Rome and supported [[monasticism]]. - Pope Zacharias (1925 bytes)
1: ... (or '''Zachary'''), [[pope]] ([[741]]-[[752]]), from a Greek family of [[Calabria]], appears to have ...
3: ...hat the [[exarch]]ate of [[Ravenna]] was rescued from becoming a Lombard duchy.
5: ... had taken in the [[Iconoclasm|iconoclastic]] controversy. He died [[March 14]], 752, and was succeede...
7: ...ias are published in [[Jacques Paul Migne]], ''Patrolog. lat.'' lxxxix. p. 917-960. - Pope Stephen III (1340 bytes)
1: ...atholic Church]] ([[752]] - [[757]]). There is a problem in the numbering of popes named Stephen: see ...
3: ...re]] itself was beset by [[Turks]]; no help came from [[Constantinople]]. Stephen turned to [[Pepin t...
5: ...nd delivered the territory between [[Rome]] and [[Ravenna]] to the papacy, but left the Lombard kings in po... - Pope Paul I (2040 bytes)
1: ...oman]] deacon and was frequently employed by his brother, [[Pope Stephen III]], in negotiations with t...
3: ...ologna]], and [[Ancona]], which were claimed by [[Rome]], and in [[758]] seized upon the duchies of [[...
5: ...ope some support and acted as arbiter between the Roman and Lombard claims.
7: ... the Greek emperor would send an armament against Rome; and he lived in continual dread lest Byzantine... - Pope Adrian I (2590 bytes)
1: ... to [[795]]. He was the son of Theodore, a [[Rome|Roman]] nobleman.
4: ...d of the "five cities" on the [[Adriatic]] coast from [[Rimini]] to [[Ancona]] with the coastal plain ...
6: ...nnection with this controversy that the ''Libri Carolini'' were written, to which Adrian replied by le...
8: ...ian restored some of the ancient [[aqueduct]]s of Rome. At the time of his death, his was the longest ... - Pope John IX (941 bytes)
1: ...e Formosus|Formosus]], but at a council held at [[Ravenna]] decreed that the records of the [[synod]] which...
3: ...hattered the hopes which this alliance seemed to promise. John was succeeded by [[Pope Benedict IV|Ben... - Pope John X (1367 bytes)
1: ...see of Bologna and then to the archbishopric of [[Ravenna]].
3: ... to secure himself against his temporal enemies through a close alliance with Theophylact and [[Alberi...
5: ...fusion John perished through the intrigues of [[Marozia]], daughter of Theodora. His successor was [[P... - Pope Silvester II (8276 bytes)
1: ...]] (see [[List of French popes|list]]), reigning from [[999]] until his death in [[1003]].
5: ...rgne (province)|Auvergne]] region of [[France]]. Around [[963]], he entered the monastery of [[Gerald ...
7: ... school by [[Adalberon, archbishop of Reims|Adalberon]], [[Archbishop of Reims]].
9: When Otto II became [[Holy Roman Emperor]] in [[983]], he appointed Gerbert the abbot of ...
11: ...t]]. Capet became king of France, ending the [[Carolingian]] line of kings. - Giovanni Boccaccio (10149 bytes)
2: ...alistic, spirited and clever individuals who are grounded in reality (in contradiction to the characte...
5: ...his birth, this has been largely depreciated as a romanticism and his place of birth is more likely to...
7: ...Florentine [[Niccolo Acciaiuoli]] and benefitted from his influence as lover of [[Catherine of Valois]...
9: ... Barrili, and the theologian Dionigi da San Sepolcro. In the 1330s Boccaccio also became a father, two...
11: ...'Filocolo'' a prose version of an existing French romance, and ''La caccia di Diana'' a poem in octave... - Carthage (20744 bytes)
3: ...ed on the eastern side of [[Lake Tunis]], across from the center of modern [[Tunis]] in [[Tunisia]]. I...
6: ... foundation myths have survived through Greek and Roman literature.
8: ...dence on maritime trade, the maritime faction controlled the government, and during the [[6th century ...
10: ... had also spread into the Mediterranean, with control over [[Sardinia]], [[Malta]], the [[Balearic Isl...
17: ...e Atlantic coast of Africa and brought back gold from as far as [[Senegal]]. - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
1: {{Roman Empire infobox}}
3: ...gustan state is conventionally described as the [[Roman Republic]], since the structure of the power i...
5: ...n [[476]], when [[Odovacar]] deposed the last Emperor and sent the Imperial insignia to [[Constantinop...
7: ...gably throughout this article to mean the same as Roman Empire.
9: ...ed, and displays of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
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