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Leo IV, Saint, pope

(Encyclopedia)Leo IV, Saint, d. 855, pope (847–55), a Roman; successor of Sergius II. He had seen the Saracen attack on Rome (846), and to prevent its recurrence he fortified the city and its suburbs. He built a ...

Duyckinck, Evert Augustus

(Encyclopedia)Duyckinck, Evert Augustus dīˈkĭngk [key], 1816–78, American editor and biographer, b. New York City, grad. Columbia, 1835. From 1840 to 1842 he edited Arturus, a Journal of Books and Opinion, and...

Rosso, Il

(Encyclopedia)Rosso, Il ēl rôsˈsō [key], 1495–1540, Italian painter, one of the founders of mannerism, b. Florence. His real name was Giovan Battista di Iacopo di Gasparre. Influences of Andrea del Sarto and ...

senate, Roman

(Encyclopedia)senate, Roman, governing council of the Roman republic. It was the outgrowth of the council of the kings. By the 3d cent. b.c. the senate was a group of 300 men with a high degree of political, legisl...

Fulvia

(Encyclopedia)Fulvia fŭlˈvēə [key], d. 40 b.c. Roman matron. She was wife, in turn, of Publius Clodius, Quintus Scribonius Curio, and (44 b.c.) Marc Antony, to whom she remained completely loyal. She had been a...

Carracci

(Encyclopedia)Carracci kärätˈchē [key], family of Italian painters of the Bolognese school, founders of an important academy of painting. Lodovico Carracci, 1555–1619, a pupil of Tintoretto in Venice, was inf...

Cagliari

(Encyclopedia)Cagliari käˈlyärē [key], city, capital of Sardinia and of Cagliari prov., S Sardinia, Italy, ...

Mentana

(Encyclopedia)Mentana māntäˈnä [key], town (1991 pop. 30,360), in Latium, central Italy. On Nov. 3, 1867, Garibaldi was defeated there by French and papal troops during his unsuccessful campaign to capture near...

Caesar, Julius

(Encyclopedia)Caesar, Julius (Caius Julius Caesar), 100? b.c.–44 b.c., Roman statesman and general. Caesar has always been one of the most controversial characters of history. His admirers have seen in him the ...

Lombards

(Encyclopedia)Lombards lŏmˈbərdz, –bärdz [key], ancient Germanic people. By the 1st cent. a.d. the Lombards were settled along the lower Elbe. After obscure migrations they were allowed (547) by Byzantine Emp...