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Muhlenberg, William Augustus
(Encyclopedia) Muhlenberg, William AugustusMuhlenberg, William Augustusmy&oomacr;ˈlənbûrg [key], 1796–1877, American Episcopal clergyman, hymn writer, and philanthropist, b. Philadelphia. He was…Cinna, d. 44 b.c., Roman tribune
(Encyclopedia) Cinna (Caius Helvius Cinna), d. 44 b.c., Roman tribune. At the funeral of Julius Caesar the mob mistook him for Lucius Cornelius Cinna and killed him. He was probably the minor poet…Esquiline
(Encyclopedia) Esquiline, hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome.Palatine, hill, Rome
(Encyclopedia) Palatine, hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome.Campus Martius
(Encyclopedia) Campus Martius: under Rome see Rome before Augustus; Roman Empire; Renaissance and Modern Rome.Brewer's: Lightning Preservers
The most approved classical preservatives against lightning were the eagle, the sea-calf, and the laurel. Jupiter chose the first, Augustus Caesar the second, and Tiberius the third. (…Brewer's: Grizel
or Grissel. Octavia, wife of Marc Antony and sister of Augustus Caesar, is called the “patient Grizel” of Roman story. (See Grisilda.) “For patience she will prove a second Grissel.”…Brewer's: Guiderius
The elder son of Cymbeline, a legendary king of Britain during the reign of Augustus Caesar. Both Guiderius and his brother Arviragus were stolen in infancy by Belarius, a banished…M. Aurelius Antoninus
M. Aurelius Antoninus by George Long, M. A. M. ANTONINUS was born at Rome A.D. 121, on the 26th of April. His father Annius Verus died while he was praetor. His mother was Domitia Calvilla…titles
(Encyclopedia) CE5 titles, terms used to designate degrees of sovereignty, nobility, and honor. In the Muslim world the temporal successors of Muhammad received the title caliph (literally, “…Trending
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