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William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act III

Act IIIScene IRome. Before the Capitol; the Senate sitting aboveA crowd of people; among them Artemidorus and the Soothsayer. Flourish. Enter Caesar, Brutus, Cassius, Casca, Decius Brutus,…

William Shakespeare: Julius Caesar, Act IV

Act IVScene IA house in RomeAntony, Octavius, and Lepidus, seated at a tableAntonyThese many, then, shall die; their names are prick'd.OctaviusYour brother too must die; consent you, Lepidus?…

Julius ROCKWELL, Congress, MA (1805-1888)

Senate Years of Service: 1854-1855 Party: Whig ROCKWELL Julius , a Representative and a Senator from Massachusetts; born in Colebrook, Conn., April 26, 1805; attended private schools; graduated…

Innocent VIII

(Encyclopedia) Innocent VIII, 1432–92, pope (1484–92), a Genoese named Giovanni Battista Cibo; successor of Sixtus IV. He was made a cardinal in 1473. His close friend, Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere…

Casca

(Encyclopedia) Casca (Publius Servilius Casca Longus)Cascakăsˈkə [key], d. c.42 b.c., Roman politician, one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. Casca was the first to stab Caesar. He died (presumably…

Meyer, Julius Lothar

(Encyclopedia) Meyer, Julius Lothar, 1830–95, German chemist. He taught at Breslau, Karlsruhe, and Tübingen (from 1876) and is known especially for his work in the development of the periodic law,…

Veneti, people of ancient Gaul

(Encyclopedia) VenetiVenetivĕnˈətī [key], Celtic people of ancient Gaul, who inhabited an area of NW France, now in Morbihan dept. Forming the most important of the Gallic maritime states, they…

Pfeffer, Wilhelm

(Encyclopedia) Pfeffer, WilhelmPfeffer, Wilhelmvĭlˈhĕlm pfĕˈfər [key], 1845–1920, German plant physiologist. He was professor of botany successively at the universities of Bonn, Basel, Tübingen, and…