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(Encyclopedia) Herod, dynasty reigning in Palestine at the time of Jesus. As a dynasty the Herods depended largely on the power of Rome. They are usually blamed for the state of virtual anarchy in…Malcolm McDowell
Malcolm McDowellactorBorn: 6/13/1943Birthplace: Leeds, England Formerly an extra for the Royal Shakespeare Company, McDowell secured stardom in the lead role of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork…Malcolm McDowell Biography
Malcolm McDowellactorBorn: 6/13/1943Birthplace: Leeds, England Formerly an extra for the Royal Shakespeare Company, McDowell secured stardom in the lead role of Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork…Rulers of the Roman Empire and the Roman Republic
Over a millennium of leadership (good and bad) Take me to the Kings | Take me to the Republic Leaders | Take me to the Emperors More than a millennium passed between the founding of Rome and the…Brewer's: Larvae
Mischievous spectres. The larva or ghost of Caligula was often seen (according to Suetonius) in his palace. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894LascarLars A B…Brewer's: Neck
“Oh that the Roman people had but one neck, that I might cut it off at a blow! ” The words of Caligula, the Roman emperor. To break the neck of an enterprise. To begin it successfully,…Brewer's: Philter
(A). A draught or charm to incite in another the passion of love. The Thessalian philters were the most renowned, but both the Greeks and Romans used these dangerous potions, which…Brewer's: Rome
Virgil says of Romulus, “Mavortia condet moenia, Romanosque suo de nomine dicet” (AEneid, i. 276). The words of the Sibyl, quoted by Servius, are Romulus is a diminutive or word of…circus
(Encyclopedia) circus [Lat.,=ring, circle], historically, the arena associated with the horse and chariot races and athletic contests known in ancient Rome as the Circensian games. The Roman circus…Saint Peter's Church
(Encyclopedia) Saint Peter's Church, Vatican City, principal and one of the largest churches of the Christian world. The present structure was built mainly between 1506 and 1626 on the original site…Trending
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