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(Encyclopedia) druidsdruidsdr&oomacr;ˈĭdz [key], priests of ancient Celtic Britain, Ireland, and Gaul and probably of all ancient Celtic peoples, known to have existed at least since the 3d cent…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…How Do We Know About Ancient History?
Gaius Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15th, 44 BCE by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus, and many other conspirators. Historians agree on the names of the key people involved,…Brewer's: Flatterer
Vitellius, the Roman synonym of flatterer. (Tacitus, Ann. vi. 32.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894FlatterersFlat Simplicity A B C D E F G H I J K…Vesuvius
(Encyclopedia) VesuviusVesuviusvəs&oomacr;ˈvēəs [key], Ital. Vesuvio, active volcano, S Italy, on the eastern shore of the Bay of Naples, SE of Naples. The only other active volcano on the…Brewer's: Hertha
Mother earth. Worshipped by all the Scandinavian tribes with orgies and mysterious rites, celebrated in the dark. Her veiled statue was transported from district to district by cows which…Brewer's: Pork! Pork!
Sylvester, in his translation of Du Bartas, gives this instead of caw, caw, as the cry of the raven. Pork. Sir Thomas Browne says that the Jews abstain from pork not from fear of leprosy…Brewer's: Richborough, Richeboro'
or Ratesburgh (a Roman fort in the time of Claudius), called by Alfred of Beverley, Richberge; by the Saxons (according to Bede) Reptacester, and by others Ruptimuth; by Orosius, the port…Brewer's: Roman Birds
Eagles; so called because the ensign of the Roman legion was an eagle. “Romanas aves propria legionum numina.” —Tacitus. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer,…Brewer's: Sodom
Apples of Sodom or mad apples. Strabo, Tacitus, and Josephus describe them as beautiful externally and filled with ashes. These “apples” are in reality gall-nuts produced by the insect…Trending
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