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  • 41Marius — Marius, 1) Cajus Mar., Sohn eines Land mannes, geb. 156 v. Chr. in Careatä bei Arpinum, wurde Soldat, zeichnete sich zuerst unter Scipio [896] Africanus vor Numantia aus u. schwang sich dann durch Tapferkeit zu den höchsten Stufen bei der Armee… …

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  • 42Cicero, Marcus Tullius — born 106 BC, Arpinum, Latium died Dec. 7, 43 BC, Formiae Roman statesman, lawyer, scholar, and writer. Born to a wealthy family, he quickly established a brilliant career in law and plunged into politics, then rife with factionalism and… …

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  • 43Marius, Gaius — born с 157, Cereatae, near Arpinum, Latium died Jan. 13, 86 BC, Rome General and consul who redesigned the Roman army. He secured command of the army in Africa (107) and solved the chronic manpower shortage by enlisting landless citizens for the… …

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  • 44PRAEFECTURA — non tam officii, quam urbis in qua Praefectus morabatur, nomen est. Hinc praefecturae (quas post municipia retulimus) urbeserant, ad quas Praefecti, qui ius dicerent, ex urbe Roma mittebantur. Harum conditio mutabatur; nam ex municipio… …

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  • 45Roman villa — A Roman villa is a villa that was built or lived in during the Roman republic and the Roman Empire. A villa was originally a Roman country house built for the upper class. According to Pliny the Elder, there were two kinds of villas: the villa… …

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  • 46Volsci — The Volsci were an ancient Italic people, well known in the history of the first century of the Roman Republic. They then inhabited the partly hilly, partly marshy district of the south of Latium, bounded by the Aurunci and Samnites on the south …

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  • 47Publius Clodius Pulcher — (c. 93 BC – December 52 BC,[1] on 18 Ianuarius of the pre Julian calendar) was a Roman politician known for his popularist tactics. As tribune, he pushed through an ambitious legislative program, including a grain dole, but is chiefly remembered… …

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  • 48Villa — A villa was originally an upper class country house, though since its origins in Roman times the idea and function of a villa has evolved considerably. After the fall of the Republic, a villa became a small, fortified farming compound, gradually… …

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  • 49Fundi — can refer to: * Fundi (politics) fundamentalist greens, notably in Germany; contrast with realo * In the Central African lingua franca Swahili, fundi means any craftsperson or skilled technician, such as a carpenter, plumber or mechanic. *In… …

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  • 50Quintus Tullius Cicero — (102 BC ndash; 43 BC) was the younger brother of the celebrated orator, philosopher and statesman Marcus Tullius Cicero. He was born in 102 BC into a family of the equestrian order, in Arpinum, some 100 kilometres south east of Rome. He was a… …

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