• Within its educated class, spanning all of the "Greco-Roman" eras, the testimony of literary borrowings and influences are overwhelming proofs of a mantle of mutual knowledge. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sheep were all-purpose animals in the Greco-Roman world. (encyclopedia.com)
  • UFA, Russia - One athlete seeks a medal in Greco-Roman at the 2021 Junior World Championships as Braxton Amos will compete for bronze on Sunday night in Ufa, Russia. (themat.com)
  • For the first time, Azerbaijan will host the Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup on November 5-6, Azernews reports. (today.az)
  • The Greco-Roman Wrestling World Cup will bring together six teams from Azerbaijan, Turkiye, Serbia, Iran, Kyrgyzstan, and the All-World Team. (today.az)
  • In 2022, Azerbaijani Greco-Roman wrestler Eldaniz Azizli (55 kg) became a two-time world champion. (today.az)
  • In this chapter, I study the masculinities of the ancient Greco-Roman world. (brill.com)
  • My aim is not to provide a comprehensive analysis, but to offer guidelines that will help to compare the ideal masculinities in the Synoptic Gospels with the ideals existing in the ancient Greco-Roman world. (brill.com)
  • What were the hegemonic masculinities like in the ancient Greco-Roman world? (brill.com)
  • The philosophical texts also offer the most material on the ethics and ideals of the ancient Greco-Roman people. (brill.com)
  • My main thesis in this chapter is that there were at least two competing ideals of masculinity in the ancient Greco-Roman world, one emphasizing control over others and the other emphasizing self-control. (brill.com)
  • I will also argue that being born a man was not enough to make a man masculine in the ancient Greco-Roman world. (brill.com)
  • This analysis further complicates the picture of the ideal masculinities in the ancient Greco-Roman world. (brill.com)
  • Was this also the case in the ancient Greco-Roman world? (brill.com)
  • The ancient Greco-Roman understanding of biological sex was vastly different from the modern one. (brill.com)
  • In the Greco-Roman medical and philosophical texts, the female and male reproductive organs were thought to be essentially the same. (brill.com)
  • Reports of sex changes are common in ancient Greco-Roman literature. (brill.com)
  • The beginnings of a collation of prosopographies of Greco-Roman and other Ancient persons/names, both digital and in print. (blogspot.com)
  • spelled Graeco-Roman in the Commonwealth), as understood by modern scholars and writers, includes the geographical regions and countries that culturally-and so historically-were directly and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government and religion of the Greeks and Romans. (wikipedia.org)
  • Geographical regions and countries that culturally/historically were directly, protractedly, and intimately influenced by the language, culture, government, and religion of the ancient Greeks and Romans . (wikimedia.org)
  • Cotton nowadays is grown on a bush with the botanical name Gossipium herbaceum , but there is also a cotton tree, Gossipium arboretum, and quite possibly it was the source of the cotton fiber that the Greeks and Romans knew. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Moreover, the study's less than 1% rate of serious procedural and device-related adverse events "represents one of the lowest complication rates ever reported in a catheter ablation trial globally," said Verma when presenting PULSED-AF on March 6 at the American College of Cardiology (ACC) Scientific Session/World Congress of Cardiology (WCC) 2023 , conducted live and virtually from New Orleans, Louisiana. (medscape.com)
  • In exact terms the area refers to the "Mediterranean world", the extensive tracts of land centered on the Mediterranean and Black Sea Basins, the "swimming pool and spa" of the Greeks and the Romans, in which those peoples' cultural perceptions, ideas, and sensitivities became dominant in classical antiquity. (wikipedia.org)
  • In exact terms the area refers to the " Mediterranean world ", the extensive tracts of land centered on the Mediterranean Basin and Black Sea Basin . (wikimedia.org)
  • Linen was made from the domesticated flax plant which was developed early in the Mediterranean world from the wild flax for its fiber and the oil from its seeds. (encyclopedia.com)
  • AWOL is the successor to Abzu , a guide to networked open access data relevant to the study and public presentation of the Ancient Near East and the Ancient Mediterranean world, founded at the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago in 1994. (blogspot.com)
  • To explore the role played by schools and education in the ancient Greek and Roman worlds, with particular focus on both historiographical/methodological questions and the concept of socialisation, including the use of comparative evidence from other Mediterranean societies as well as the interpretation of ancient sources. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • Covers the entire Mediterranean world including the Near East and Egypt. (lu.se)
  • The course aims to analyse interreligious encounters in a multi-ethnic, multicultural and highly interconnected Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean world (from the 4th century BC to the 4th century AD). (lu.se)
  • 1 World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean, Cairo, Egypt. (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) defines a cardiac myxoma as a neoplasm composed of stellate to plump, cytologically bland mesenchymal cells set in a myxoid stroma. (medscape.com)
  • 2 World Health Organization Headquarters, Geneva, Switzerland. (who.int)
  • The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) emerged in late 2019 and has since been declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO). (who.int)
  • The World Health Organization (WHO) have been an advocate for health to be used as a bridge for peace. (who.int)
  • The principal emphasis of the collection is nevertheless on religious developments under the High Roman Empire: problems arising from the interpretation of oriental cults imported from the Hellenistic East but primarily the development of imperial cult, the one universal religion of the empire before the coming of Christianity. (routledge.com)
  • They fought before the public in hugely popular organised games held in large purpose-built arenas throughout the Roman Empire from 105 BCE to 404 CE (official contests). (worldhistory.org)
  • Hugely popular events were held in massive arenas throughout the Roman Empire , with the Colosseum (or Flavian Amphitheatre ) the biggest of them all. (worldhistory.org)
  • The Roman Empire at its peak was the first great hemispherical power in human history. (oup.com)
  • Geiseric, king of a new Vandal-Alan coalition formed from the survivors of the Rhine invasion, ravaged by combined Gotho-Roman assault, leads them off their current Libyan reservation to take possession of Carthage and the richest provinces of the entire western Empire. (oup.com)
  • How did tax reform spur the rise of the Roman Empire? (moneymuseum.com)
  • The chronological scope of the material extends from Greece of the 8th century BCE to the Late Roman Empire of the 4th century CE. (bloomsbury.com)
  • The Roman Empire was renowned for its legal system, which laid the foundation for modern legal principles. (fwjustice.org)
  • It was in such high demand, the Roman Empire began massive lead mining operations. (cdc.gov)
  • Graeco-Roman architecture in the Roman world followed the principles and style that had been established by ancient Greece. (wikipedia.org)
  • The theoretical possibility of extensive infanticide in the Graeco-Roman world. (bvsalud.org)
  • Links to comprehensive collection of Companions to the Ancient World through Blackwell Reference online. (lu.se)
  • Greek and Latin were never the native languages of many or most of the rural peasants, who formed the great majority of the Roman Empire's population, but they became the languages of the urban and cosmopolitan elites and the Empire's lingua franca for those who lived within the large territories and populations outside the Macedonian settlements and the Roman colonies. (wikipedia.org)
  • All Roman citizens of note and accomplishment, regardless of their ethnic extractions, spoke and wrote in Greek or Latin. (wikipedia.org)
  • Most educated Romans were likely bilingual in Greek and Latin. (wikipedia.org)
  • recently rediscovered, they are here presented for the first time in a format aimed at readers with no prior knowledge of Latin, Greek, or the ancient world. (cambridge.org)
  • She is a Fellow of the British Academy and has published more than 100 scholarly works, including Greek Forms of Address (1996), Latin Forms of Address (2002), Ancient Greek Scholarship (2007), The Colloquia of the Hermeneumata Pseudodositheana (2012-15), Learning Latin the Ancient Way (2016), Introduction to the Composition and Analysis of Greek Prose (2016), and Learn Latin from the Romans (2017). (cambridge.org)
  • With its striking range and penetrating depth, Brill's Encyclopaedia of the Neo-Latin World traces the enduring history and wide-ranging cultural influence of Neo-Latin, the form of Latin that originated in the Italian Renaissance and persists to the modern era. (lu.se)
  • Basically, as the Roman state gobbled up most of the Etruscan speaking land, Latin started outcompeting other languages and at some point during the 1st century BCE, the population of the region was probably completely Latinized. (lu.se)
  • The history of respiratory protection traces back as far as Pliny the Elder (23-79 AD), a Roman philosopher and naturalist, who made use of loose animal bladder skins to filter dust from being inhaled while crushing cinnabar, which is a toxic, mercuric sulfide mineral used at the time for pigmentation in decorations. (cdc.gov)
  • Eleanor Dickey's [book] deserves serious consideration for those tasked with introducing the ancient world to students … Stories of Daily Life, in short, will prove to be a versatile, potent, and inexpensive supplement to a variety of courses on the ancient world, even for students with little familiarity with antiquity more broadly. (cambridge.org)
  • From the Mesopotamian kings in around 3000 BC to the Bishops and Patriarchs of Late Antiquity, Chronologies of the Ancient World lists all rulers and dynasties that made their mark on ancient history. (lu.se)
  • In the schools of art, philosophy, and rhetoric, the foundations of education were transmitted throughout the lands of Greek and Roman rule. (wikipedia.org)
  • Ancient Greek and Roman music was monophonic (meaning only one tone played at any one time - even if there were multiple instruments or voices, they played/sang the same notes. (enworld.org)
  • Greek and Roman Education. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • The Council of Trent , which met from 1543 to 1563, had a significant impact on the music of the Roman School: indeed it can be argued that these reforms in the Roman Catholic Church , which were part of the Counter-Reformation , defined the music of the Roman School. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • And the only way it can get authority from God is through the Roman Catholic Church because God gave it the authority to rule over the nations. (chick.com)
  • The official international dialogue with the Roman Catholic Church began immediately after the close of the Second Vatican Council in 1967. (lutheranworld.org)
  • A significant milestone came in 1999 with the signing of the Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification (JDDJ) in Augsburg, Germany, by the LWF and the PCPCU on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church. (lutheranworld.org)
  • 2016 - Joint Commemoration of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation on 31 October , the LWF and Roman Catholic Church jointly held an ecumenical commemoration of the Reformation in Lund, Sweden. (lutheranworld.org)
  • Germany - Dialogue between the Evangelical Church in Germany (EKD) and the German Bishops' Conference of the Roman Catholic Church has focused on a number of central theological themes. (lutheranworld.org)
  • In the Hellenistic period after Alexander the Great , Egypt produced linen with a high reputation, but by the Roman period, the big centers of production had moved to Syria and Palestine. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Students who did not take Greek or Roman History course units in their first or second year will need to have acquired a basic knowledge of the main narrative of Hellenistic and Roman history (6th cent. (manchester.ac.uk)
  • He says the bridge could have been a significant crossing point for Roman armies and pilgrims, and he thinks this is a great opportunity to learn more about it. (kbia.org)
  • They therefore quickly grab all the territory that they can, often coming more into conflict with one another than the few remaining Roman armies. (oup.com)
  • In music history , the Roman School was a group of composers of predominantly church music, in Rome , during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, therefore spanning the late Renaissance and early Baroque eras. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Roman serves as the Institute's primary liaison on issues at the intersection of climate and nature across all relevant business sectors, working closely with WRI's experts across offices, programs, and centers. (wri.org)
  • In the semifinals, Amos faced 2018 Cadet World silver medalist Aleksei Mileshin from Russia. (themat.com)
  • Representing the U.S. at 67 kg, Dominic Damon lost his first bout, 8-0, to 2018 Cadet World champion Muslim Imadaev of Russia. (themat.com)
  • Combat equipment did not include respirators until World War II (Caretti, 2018). (cdc.gov)
  • Thirty, forty or even fifty thousand spectators from all sections of Roman society flocked to be entertained by gory spectacles where wild and exotic animals were hunted, prisoners were executed, religious martyrs were thrown to the lions and the stars of the show, symbols of the Roman virtues of honour and courage, the gladiators, employed all their martial skills in a kill or be killed contest. (worldhistory.org)
  • You'll be £111.00 closer to your next £10.00 credit when you purchase Studies in Emotions and Power in the Late Roman World: Papers in honour of Ron Newbold. (pen-and-sword.co.uk)
  • The lives of Cicero and Julius Caesar are examples of Romans who frequented schools in Greece. (wikipedia.org)
  • Henry III (October 29, 1017 - October 5, 1056), called the Black or the Pious, was a member of the Salian Dynasty of Holy Roman Emperors . (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Roman gladiator games were an opportunity for emperors and rich aristocrats to display their wealth to the populace, to commemorate military victories, mark visits from important officials, celebrate birthdays or simply to distract the populace from the political and economic problems of the day. (worldhistory.org)
  • The Sassanian Shapur I unites Iran and Iraq to create a Near Eastern superpower that inflicts colossal defeats on three different Roman Emperors. (oup.com)
  • An East Roman expeditionary force led by the general Basiliscus is destroyed by Vandal fireships off the coast of North Africa. (oup.com)
  • The last attempt to win back the riches of North Africa from Geiseric fails and the other barbarian powers established on Roman soil realise that the western imperial centre is nothing but a hollow sham. (oup.com)
  • Without doubt, gladiator spectacles were one of the most-watched forms of popular entertainment in the Roman world. (worldhistory.org)
  • Although the first privately organised Roman gladiator contests in 264 BCE were to commemorate the death of a father, the later official contests discarded this element. (worldhistory.org)
  • I used the OSTs from the Rome TV-series and Gladiator for roman settings, and classical music for greek--Spartans were Wagner. (enworld.org)
  • This article will explore the Roman ideal of justice rooted in natural law, its origins, key principles, and its influence on modern legal systems. (fwjustice.org)
  • Other composers living and working in Rome, while not considered members of the Roman School, certainly influenced them. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The 2021 Junior World Championships wrap up on Sunday with medal matches beginning at 6 p.m. local time (9 a.m. (themat.com)
  • During a June 2021 meeting in the Vatican, the director of LWF World Service (WS) and the Secretary General of the Caritas network presented a Common Vision statement, affirming that the two organizations stand together for the sake of the neighbor - a call that is rooted in faith. (lutheranworld.org)
  • And the Tiber River revealed ruins of a Roman bridge from the first century. (kbia.org)
  • The roots of natural law can be traced back to the Stoic philosophers of ancient Greece, particularly to the works of Zeno and later developed by Cicero, a Roman statesman and philosopher. (fwjustice.org)
  • The bibliographic data presented herein has been programmatically extracted from the content of AWOL - The Ancient World Online ( ISSN 2156-2253) and formatted in accordance with a structured data model. (blogspot.com)
  • AWOL began with a series of entries under the heading AWOL on the Ancient World Bloggers Group Blog . (blogspot.com)
  • The ancient world is conceived here as it is at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, my academic home at the time AWOL was launched. (blogspot.com)
  • There is now little spare capacity left in the Roman imperial system should another major threat arise. (oup.com)
  • Rome's military capacity has declined to such an extent that, from now on, at least some of the new barbarian powers established on west Roman soil will have to be included in the process of imperial regime creation. (oup.com)
  • This book is a collection of papers dealing with different approaches to research of issues of power and emotions in the Roman Imperial and Late Antique world, from Marcus Aurelius to Queen Brunhild of Austrasia. (pen-and-sword.co.uk)
  • A comprehensive treatment of the significant symbols and institutions of Roman religion, this companion places the various religious symbols, discourses, and practices, including Judaism and Christianity, into a larger framework to reveal the sprawling landscape of the Roman religion. (credoreference.com)
  • The familiarity of figures from Roman legend and history in the Parallel Lives by Plutarch is one example of the extent to which "universal history" was then synonymous with the accomplishments of famous Latins and Hellenes. (wikipedia.org)
  • World History Encyclopedia, 13 Nov 2013. (worldhistory.org)
  • World History Publishing is a non-profit company registered in the United Kingdom. (worldhistory.org)
  • World History Foundation is a non-profit organization registered in Canada. (worldhistory.org)
  • The World History Encyclopedia logo is a registered trademark . (worldhistory.org)
  • Those of us who make it our business to teach Roman law to undergraduate students, few of whom have much knowledge of legal matters and many of whom have little familiarity with or, to be brutally honest, interest in the Romans, their history, and their culture, do not enjoy a wealth of choices when it comes to assigning introductory materials on this subject. (brynmawr.edu)
  • This textbook will easily find a place in courses in Roman law and Roman history, certainly social history. (brynmawr.edu)
  • From there we proceed to a very abbreviated account of Roman history, followed by separate chapters on the sources 'of' and 'for' law (meaning, respectively, how it was made in the first place and how it has come down to us). (brynmawr.edu)
  • The history of the Roman Republic's fall is a very good subject for this kind of analysis. (moneymuseum.com)
  • Indeed, the financial side of the Roman Republic's story is an excellent example of how economic necessities and the financial interests of a few powerful people can influence policy and dramatically form history. (moneymuseum.com)
  • The definitive reference work within classical studies and ancient history, this Encyclopedia is essential for all students and scholars of the ancient world. (lu.se)
  • Dogan made his way to the quarters but lost to 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist Attila Toesmagi of Hungary, eliminating Scott from the bracket. (themat.com)
  • Khachaturau later fell in the next round to 2019 Cadet World champion Mykyta Alieksieiev from Ukraine, to complete Fagen's Junior World run. (themat.com)
  • Competing in repechage action, Kodiak Stephens lost his bout at 87 kg to 2019 Cadet World bronze medalist Maksat Sailau of Kazakhstan, eliminating him from the tournament. (themat.com)
  • The Vatican celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees 2019 will be celebrated Sept. 29, the Vatican said, and the pope's choice for a theme is: "It is not just about migrants. (vermontcatholic.org)
  • In Roman mythology, Jupiter was the king of heaven and Earth and of all the Olympian gods. (windows2universe.org)
  • Featuring original contributions by a host of distinguished international scholars, this comprehensive reference work explores every aspect of the civilized world from literature and law to philosophy and the sciences. (lu.se)
  • The wrestler defeated Nugzari Tsurtsumia (Georgia) at the World Wrestling Championships 2022 in Belgrade with a score of 8:0. (today.az)
  • Thomas R. Gray and Daniel S. Smith (2022), "Retrospective Voting in the Premodern World: The Case of Natural Disasters in the Roman Republic", Journal of Historical Political Economy: Vol. 2: No. 3, pp 477-497. (nowpublishers.com)
  • By providing these links, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Burlington assumes no responsibility for, nor does it necessarily endorse, the organization, its mission, content, or sponsoring/associated organizations. (vermontcatholic.org)
  • The subject matter of "sixteenth Century Counterpoint" or "Renaissance Polyphony" as taught in contemporary college music curricula is invariably the codified style of the Roman School, as it was understood by Johann Fux in the early eighteenth century. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • Which consequences this brought for those who lived in the Roman provinces and in neighboring regions, you will read here. (moneymuseum.com)
  • The use of lead throughout the world came with devastating health consequences. (cdc.gov)
  • Braxton Amos entered the day, seeking his second World gold of the week just days after winning the Junior World men's freestyle title at 97 kg. (themat.com)
  • Austria's Roman Rabl (2:10.67) looks favourite to win the men's sitting super combined World Cup title after victory extended his lead at the top of the rankings to over 100 points. (paralympic.org)
  • Unfortunately, Salimov lost his semifinal bout to Saeid Esmaeili Leivesi of Iran, ending Bouzakis' Junior World Championships. (themat.com)
  • The World Heritage Centre is at the forefront of the international community's efforts to protect and preserve. (unesco.org)
  • Google Earth is a service offered by the US-based internet search engine Google, allowing users to view most parts of the world using a combination of satellite imagery and maps. (bbc.co.uk)
  • Take advantage of the search to browse through the World Heritage Centre information. (unesco.org)
  • the Roman poet Vergil in his Georgics , for instance, refers to the cotton trees of Nubia. (encyclopedia.com)
  • The Vatican announced its plans to take a leap of faith into the wide world of sports with the creation of its first ever sports association. (vermontcatholic.org)
  • Vatican Athletic, it continued, is not just concerned with competing with other athletes but also committed to giving a "concrete Christian witness with spiritual initiatives" in the world of sports. (vermontcatholic.org)
  • After moving the Vatican celebration of the World Day of Migrants and Refugees from January to September, Pope Francis wants Catholics to understand how concern for migrants and refugees is part of a much broader Christian concern for people in need. (vermontcatholic.org)
  • He wins recognition from the Roman Senate, and is the first legitimate western emperor to rely directly on the military power of recent immigrants - in this case the Visigoths - as a crucial building block of his regime. (oup.com)
  • This causes Constantinople to withdraw its forces from a joint expeditionary force gathering in Sicily to restore Carthage and its surrounding Tunisian provinces to Roman control. (oup.com)
  • While other Roman legal ideals, such as the concept of "justitia" (fairness) and "aequitas" (equity), focused on the practical application of law, natural law emphasized the existence of universal, immutable principles that govern human behavior and the legal system. (fwjustice.org)
  • 2. Did the Romans always adhere to natural law principles? (fwjustice.org)
  • While the Roman legal system incorporated natural law principles, it is important to note that they were not always consistently applied. (fwjustice.org)
  • The Roman ideal of justice based on natural law emphasized principles of equality, reason, natural rights, and universality. (fwjustice.org)
  • The introduction explores some of the curiously paradoxical attitudes the Romans held about law. (brynmawr.edu)
  • Any suggestions for good music (again, not movie soundtracks) for a setting that blends Greek, Roman, Egyptian, and ancient near east influences? (enworld.org)
  • Significant regional relations between Lutherans and Roman Catholics exist in different parts of the world. (lutheranworld.org)
  • This supplement to Brill's New Pauly enriches the information from the encyclopedia with its exhaustive lists of names, dates and facts about the people who shaped the ancient world. (lu.se)
  • At first they thought the site might be Bronze Age but a closer inspection turned up ceramic and stone pieces that showed it was a Roman villa built some time just before the birth of Christ," he was quoted as saying in the UK's Daily Telegraph newspaper. (bbc.co.uk)
  • A 1st century CE bronze portable abacus, part of a Roman scribe's kit. (worldhistory.org)
  • We test these arguments in a radically different time and place: the Roman Republic between 218 and 166 B.C.E. We articulate a clear theoretical expectation: that voters observe and reward response to local crises. (nowpublishers.com)
  • The MoneyMusuem thought it was high time to take a fresh look at the economic background of the fall of the Roman Republic. (moneymuseum.com)
  • That they are all in English is fair enough, given the intended audience, but any exclusively Anglophone bibliography in Roman law is bound to be something of a dead end, given the nature of the field. (brynmawr.edu)
  • In fact, the English word "plumbing" came from the Romans' use of lead to build water pipes for their municipal infrastructure. (cdc.gov)
  • The success of Rappresentatione was such that the monodic style became common in much Roman music in the first several decades of the seventeenth century. (newworldencyclopedia.org)
  • The events, jointly led by Pope Francis and the general secretary and president of the LWF, included a common prayer service and the signing of a Declaration of Intent for closer cooperation between LWF's World Service and Caritas Internationalis, a federation of national Catholic aid and development agencies. (lutheranworld.org)
  • United States of America - Lutheran-Roman Catholic dialogue here has focused on theological areas central to the common faith - justification by faith -, the status of Mary, the saints, and the Petrine ministry. (lutheranworld.org)
  • Comorbid post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and lower respiratory symptoms (LRS) are among the most common and persistent health burdens faced by World Trade Center (WTC) responders following the attacks on 9/11. (cdc.gov)
  • Together with a couple of more similar mosaics, the watchdog-motif has to a large extent been regarded as expressing a common décor for Roman house-entrances, fauces, to atrium-houses. (lu.se)
  • So anyway, my own homebrew setting is more ancient world than Tolkienesque/generic medieval/Western Europe. (enworld.org)
  • Political scientists frequently debate how "blind" retrospective voting is in the modern world, and the extent to which voters punish or reward officials for things beyond their control, such as disastrous flooding. (nowpublishers.com)
  • Odovacar, commander of the last Roman army of Italy, exploits discontent over pay arrears among his soldiers to depose the last western Emperor, Romulus Augustulus. (oup.com)
  • As soon as the Roman legionaries became professional soldiers their commanders won power to a degree the Roman Republic never had seen before. (moneymuseum.com)
  • World War I presented a new kind of threat to soldiers - chemical warfare gases, such as chlorine, phosgene, and mustard gas. (cdc.gov)
  • World rankings are available at http://www.paralympic.org/alpine-skiing/rankings. (paralympic.org)
  • He was the eldest son of Conrad II of Germany and Gisela of Swabia and his father made him duke of Bavaria (as Henry VI) in 1026, after the death of Duke Henry V. Then, on Easter Day 1028, his father having been crowned Holy Roman Emperor, Henry was elected and crowned King of Germany in the cathedral of Aachen by Pilgrim, Archbishop of Cologne. (newworldencyclopedia.org)