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Kingis Quair, The

(Encyclopedia) Kingis Quair, The: see James I, king of Scotland.

Pliny the Elder

(Encyclopedia) Pliny the Elder (Caius Plinius Secundus)Pliny the Elderplĭˈnē [key], c.a.d. 23–a.d. 79, Roman naturalist, b. Cisalpine Gaul. He was a friend and fellow military officer of Vespasian,…

Pliny the Younger

(Encyclopedia) Pliny the Younger: see under Pliny the Elder.

Philip the Arabian

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Arabian: see Philip, Roman emperor.

Philip the Fair

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Fair: see Philip IV, king of France.

Philip the Good

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Good, 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy (1419–67); son of Duke John the Fearless. After his father was murdered (1419) at a meeting with the dauphin (later King Charles VII of…

Philip the Handsome

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Handsome: see Philip I, Spanish king of Castile.

Philip the Tall

(Encyclopedia) Philip the Tall: see Philip V, king of France.

(Encyclopedia) Agrippina the ElderAgrippina the Elderăgˌrĭpīˈnə [key], d. a.d. 33, Roman matron; daughter of Agrippa and Julia and granddaughter of Augustus. She was the wife of Germanicus Caesar and…

Agrippina the Younger

(Encyclopedia) Agrippina the Younger, d. a.d. 59, Roman matron; daughter of Germanicus Caesar and Agrippina the Elder. By her first husband, Cneius Domitius Ahenobarbus, she was the mother of Nero.…