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Latin Way

(Encyclopedia)Latin Way: see Roman roads.

Boece

(Encyclopedia)Boece, Roman philosopher: see Boethius. ...

Boetius

(Encyclopedia)Boetius, Roman philosopher: see Boethius. ...

Dorchester, town, England

(Encyclopedia)Dorchester dôrˈchĭstər [key], town, county seat of Dorset, S central England. Dorchester is a ...

Craiova

(Encyclopedia)Craiova kräyŏˈvä [key], city, SW Romania, in Walachia, on the Jiu River, a tributary of the ...

Civilis

(Encyclopedia)Civilis (Julius Civilis) sĭvīˈlĭs [key], fl. a.d. 70, Batavian chief who chose the unsettled period at the fall of Nero to raise a revolt in Germany, which quickly spread to Gaul (a.d. 69–70). I...

Eumenes II

(Encyclopedia)Eumenes II, fl. 2d cent. b.c., son of Attalus I, king of Pergamum (197–159 b.c.). He managed to expand the wealth and prestige of his state by maintaining an allegiance with Rome for much of his rei...

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