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  • 1Drachmae — Drachma Drach ma, n.; pl. E. {Drachmas}, L. {Drachm[ae]}. [L., fr. Gr. ?. See {Dram}.] 1. A silver coin among the ancient Greeks, having a different value in different States and at different periods. The average value of the Attic drachma is… …

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  • 2drachmae — drach·ma || drækmÉ™ n. unit of currency in Greece; silver coin of ancient Greece; any of several modern units of weight …

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  • 3MILLE Drachmae — τὰ νοθεῖα in Atheniensium Republ. decies mille, Grammaticorum, Rhetorum et Philosophorum stipendium sub Imperatorib. infra in vocibus Pellex et Philosophia …

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  • 4Greek drachma — ελληνική δραχμή (Greek) Modern drachma coins …

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  • 5Roman army of the mid-Republic — Contemporary portrait of Scipio Africanus, engraved on a gold signet ring manufactured in Capua, S. Italy, Considered the greatest Roman military leader of the Second Punic War, Scipio permanently drove the Carthaginians out of Spain in a series… …

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  • 6DRACHMA — Gr. Δραχμὴ, genus nummi, quod interdum λεπτὸν ὁλκὴν, ὀβολὸν, δηνἀριον, quoque iidem dicebant, Romanis Denarius fuit, h. e. sesterti quatuor. Quod ad pondus, septem drachmae unciam incurrunt; unde consequitur, cum libra sit 12. unciarum, 84.… …

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  • 7Batsakis v. Demotsis — Batsakis v. Demotsis, 226 S.W.2d 673 (Court of Appeals of Texas, El Paso), was a 1949 decision by the Texas Court of Appeals, United States. In the case, Batsakis (Plaintiff) sued Demotsis (Defendant) to collect on a promise Demotsis had made, in …

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  • 8Large Hermes head — Large Hermes heads is the name used by philatelists to describe the first issue of greek stamps, issued in 1861 and used until 1886.The stamps depict a profile of the Greek messenger god Hermes (Mercury) in a frame strongly resembling that used… …

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  • 9Postage stamps and postal history of Greece — This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Greece.There was no organized civilian postal system in Greece under the Ottoman Empire, but by the 1850s a limited system had been established by independent Greece.In 1859, Britain… …

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  • 10Pseudolus — Infobox Play | name = Pseudolus caption = Plautus writer = Plautus characters = Pseudolus, slave of Callidorus Callidorus Simo, father of Callidorus Callipho neighbor of Simo Phoenicium, prostitute Ballio, Phoenicium s pimp Harpax, slave of an… …

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