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Sigismund Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Sigismund Augustus: see Sigismund II. ...Aosta
(Encyclopedia)Aosta äôˈstä [key], city, capital of Valle d'Aosta region and of Aosta prov., NW Italy, near the junction of the Great and Little St. Bernard roads. Aosta is an indust...Maecenas
(Encyclopedia)Maecenas (Caius Maecenas) mĭsēˈnəs, mē– [key], d. 8 b.c., Roman statesman and patron of letters. He was born (between 74 b.c. and 64 b.c.) into a wealthy family and was a trusted adviser of Oct...Barnett, Samuel Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Barnett, Samuel Augustus bärˈnĕt [key], 1844–1913, English clergyman and social worker. As vicar of St. Jude's, Whitechapel, in the slums of London, he pioneered in the social settlement movement...Toynbee Hall
(Encyclopedia)Toynbee Hall: see Barnett, Samuel Augustus. ...Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Poniatowski, Stanislaus Augustus: see Stanislaus II. ...Stevens, Edwin Augustus
(Encyclopedia)Stevens, Edwin Augustus: see under Stevens, family. ...Octavia
(Encyclopedia)Octavia ŏktāˈvēə [key]. 1 d. 11 b.c., Roman matron, sister of Emperor Augustus and wife of Marc Antony, her second husband. For some years, she helped maintain peace between her brother and her h...Augustenburg, Christian Augustus, Herzog von
(Encyclopedia)Augustenburg, Christian Augustus, Herzog von: see Schleswig-Holstein. ...Janiculum
(Encyclopedia)Janiculum: see Rome before Augustus under Rome. ...Browse by Subject
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