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Celje
(Encyclopedia)Celje tsĕˈlyĕ [key], city, in Slovenia. Metallurgy, chemicals, and food processing are the...Gallienus
(Encyclopedia)Gallienus (Publius Licinius Valerianus Egnatius) gălˌīēˈnəs [key], d. 268, Roman emperor. He ruled as the colleague (253–60) of his father, Valerian, and alone (260–68). When his father was ...Herodes Atticus
(Encyclopedia)Herodes Atticus (Tiberius Claudius Atticus Herodes) ătˈĭkəs [key], c.101–c.177, Greek Sophist, rhetorician, and patron of learning, b. Marathon. A great public benefactor, he used his fortune to...Aelian
(Encyclopedia)Aelian ēˈlēən [key], fl. 2d cent. a.d., Greek rhetorician, b. Praenesta; his original name was Claudius Aelianus. He taught rhetoric in Rome c.220. His works, all in Greek, include Historical Misc...Caractacus
(Encyclopedia)Caractacus kərădˈək [key], fl. a.d. 50, British king; son of Cymbeline. After the Roman invasion of a.d. 43, he led British resistance until defeated in a.d. 50. He was captured and taken to Rome....Graves, Robert Ranke
(Encyclopedia)Graves, Robert Ranke, 1895–1985, English poet, novelist, and critic; son of Alfred Percival Graves. He established his reputation with Good-bye to All That (1929), an outspoken book on his war exper...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...Caligula
(Encyclopedia)Caligula kəlĭgˈyo͝olə [key], a.d. 12–a.d. 41, Roman emperor (a.d. 37–a.d. 41); son of Germanicus Caesar and Agrippina the Elder. His real name was Caius Caesar Germanicus. As a small child, h...Seneca, the younger, c.3 b.c.–a.d. 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman
(Encyclopedia)Seneca, the younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) lo͞oˈshəs ənēˈəs sĕnˈəkə [key], c.3 b.c.–a.d. 65, Roman philosopher, dramatist, and statesman, b. Corduba (present-day Córdoba), Spain. He was...Felix, Antonius
(Encyclopedia)Felix, Antonius, fl. a.d. 60, Roman procurator of Judaea, Samaria, Galilee, and Peraea (c.a.d. 52–a.d. 60), a freedman of Claudius I. He was judge of the apostle Paul. He married Drusilla, a Herodia...Browse by Subject
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