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Pontus, ancient country, Asia
(Encyclopedia) Pontus, ancient country, NE Asia Minor (now Turkey), on the Black Sea coast. On its inland side were Cappadocia and W Armenia. It was not significantly penetrated by Persian or…Scaliger, Joseph Justus
(Encyclopedia) Scaliger, Joseph JustusScaliger, Joseph Justusskălˈĭjər [key], 1540–1609, French classical scholar. He was the son of Julius Caesar Scaliger, from whom he acquired his early mastery of…Lusitania, Roman province
(Encyclopedia) LusitaniaLusitanial&oomacr;sĭtānˈēə [key], Roman province in the Iberian Peninsula. As constituted (c.a.d. 5) by Augustus it included all of modern central Portugal as well as much…Clermont-Ferrand
(Encyclopedia) Clermont-Ferrand Clermont-Ferrand klĕrmôNˈ-fĕräNˈ [key], city, capital of Puy-de-Dôme dept., central…bowls
(Encyclopedia) bowls, ancient sport (the bocce of Caesar's Rome is still played by Italians), especially popular in Great Britain and Australia, known as lawn bowls or bowling on the green in the…Mauretania
(Encyclopedia) MauretaniaMauretaniamôrˌətāˈnēə [key], ancient district of Africa in Roman times. In a vague sense it meant only “the land of the Moors” and lay W of Numidia, but more specifically it…Clark, William Andrews
(Encyclopedia) Clark, William Andrews, 1839–1925, U.S. Senator and copper magnate, b. Fayette co., Pa. He moved to Montana, where he amassed a large fortune from the development of copper mines. He…Einhard
(Encyclopedia) EinhardEinhardīnˈhärt [key] or EginhardEinhardāˈgĭnhärt [key], c.770–840, Frankish historian. Educated in the monastery of Fulda, he continued his studies at Charlemagne's palace…Baalbek
(Encyclopedia) BaalbekBaalbekbälˈbĕk [key], ancient city, now in Lebanon, 35 mi (56 km) NW of Damascus, in the Al Biqa (Bekaa) valley. Originally it was probably devoted to the worship of Baal or Bel…Rimini
(Encyclopedia) RiminiRiminirēˈmēnē [key], anc. Ariminum, city (1991 pop. 127,960), in Emilia-Romagna, N central Italy, on the Adriatic Sea. It is a highly diversified industrial, commercial, and…Trending
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