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101The Slavs — The Slavs † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Slavs I. NAME A. Slavs At present the customary name for all the Slavonic races is Slav. This name did not appear in history until a late period, but it has superseded all others. The… …
102Chinese zodiac — The 12 Chinese zodiac jade figurines. Shengxiao or Chinese Zodiac …
103De Pippini regis Victoria Avarica — Rythmus (or Carmen) de Pippini regis Victoria Avarica[1] ( Poem [song] of king Pippin s Avar victory ), also known by its incipit as Omnes gentes qui fecisti ( All peoples whom you created ), is a medieval Latin encomium celebrating the victory… …
104Old Hungarian alphabet — For the Romanian village of Răvăşel, called Rovás in Hungarian, see Mihăileni, Sibiu. Old Hungarian Type Alphabet Time period unknown to today …
105Guðrúnarkviða II — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Guðrúnarkviða. Guðrún trouve le cheval de Sigurd, Grani et comprend que Sigurd est mort. Illustration d un timbre des …
106Hun — noun 1》 a member of a warlike Asiatic nomadic people who invaded and ravaged Europe in the 4th–5th centuries. 2》 informal, derogatory a German (especially during the First and Second World Wars). Derivatives Hunnish adjective Origin OE Hūne,… …
107Alaric — (c. 370 410) Great Visigothic king and warrior whose sack of the ancient capital city of Rome in 410, following the assassination of his rival Stilicho, profoundly shocked and dismayed the people of the Roman Empire, a shock from which the… …
108Athanaric — (d. 381) Gothic warrior leader or judge from 365 to 381, whose reign was marked by prolonged struggles against the Romans and the Huns as well as against other groups of Goths. His reign was later recognized by the Visigoths as the moment of… …
109Belisarius — (c. 500 c. 565) Leading general and loyal supporter of Justinian for more than forty years, Belisarius fought numerous campaigns against the Persians, the Vandals in Africa, and the Goths in Italy. Completely loyal to Justinian throughout his… …
110Catalaunian Plains, Battle of the — (451) ♦ Major battle in June 451 between Attila the Hun and his Hunnish and allied armies against the Roman imperial forces and their allies, led by the great general Aëtius. Although it is traditionally known at the Battle of the Catalaunian… …
