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Cinna, d. 44 b.c., Roman tribune

(Encyclopedia) Cinna (Caius Helvius Cinna), d. 44 b.c., Roman tribune. At the funeral of Julius Caesar the mob mistook him for Lucius Cornelius Cinna and killed him. He was probably the minor poet…

John Houseman

(Jacques Haussmann)actorBorn: 9/22/1902Birthplace: Bucharest, Romania Having begun his career as a theater director and then working with Orson Welles on both the Negro Theatre Project and the…

Esquiline

(Encyclopedia) Esquiline, hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome.

Palatine, hill, Rome

(Encyclopedia) Palatine, hill: see Rome before Augustus and Roman Empire under Rome.

Campus Martius

(Encyclopedia) Campus Martius: under Rome see Rome before Augustus; Roman Empire; Renaissance and Modern Rome.

James SYKES, Congress, DE (1725-1792)

SYKES, James, a Delegate from Delaware; born in 1725; studied law; was admitted to the bar and commenced practice; lieutenant in Capt. Caesar Rodney’s company of Dover Militia in 1756;…

titles

(Encyclopedia) CE5 titles, terms used to designate degrees of sovereignty, nobility, and honor. In the Muslim world the temporal successors of Muhammad received the title caliph (literally, “…

Pula

(Encyclopedia) PulaPulap&oomacr;ˈlä [key], Ital. Pola, city (2011 pop. 57,460), W Croatia, on the Adriatic and at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula. A major seaport and an industrial…

Pharsalus

(Encyclopedia) PharsalusPharsalusfärˈsäləs [key], ancient city, Thessaly, Greece. Near there in 48 b.c., Julius Caesar decisively defeated Pompey, who had a much larger force. Lucan's Bellum Civile (…

Ptolemy XIII

(Encyclopedia) Ptolemy XIII, 61?–47 b.c., king of ancient Egypt (51–47 b.c.), of the Macedonian dynasty; son of Ptolemy XII. On the death of his father he was under the guardianship of Pompey. He was…