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101Trajan — /tray jeuhn/, n. (Marcus Ulpius Nerva Trajanus) A.D. 53? 117, Roman emperor 98 117. * * * in full Caesar Divi Nervae Filius Nerva Traianus Optimus Augustus or Caesar Nerva Traianus Germanicus orig. Marcus Ulpius Traianus born Sept. 15?, AD 53,… …
102triumph — triumpher, n. /truy euhmf, umf/, n. 1. the act, fact, or condition of being victorious or triumphant; victory; conquest. 2. a significant success or noteworthy achievement; instance or occasion of victory. 3. exultation resulting from victory;… …
103Western sculpture — ▪ art Introduction three dimensional artistic forms produced in what is now Europe and later in non European areas dominated by European culture (such as North America) from the Metal Ages (Europe, history of) to the present. Like… …
104Di nixi — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter …
105Aelia Capitolina — ▪ ancient city, Asia city founded in AD 135 by the Romans on the ruins of Jerusalem, which their forces, under Titus, had destroyed in AD 70. The name was given, after the Second Jewish Revolt (132–135), in honour of the emperor Hadrian… …
106Capitol — building where U.S. Congress meets, 1793 (in writings of Thomas Jefferson), from L. Capitolium, temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome. Used earlier of Virginia state houses (1699). Its use in American public… …
107Capitol — Capitol1 [kap′ət l] n. [ME & OFr capitolie < L Capitolium, temple of Jupiter in Rome; < ? (but possibly related to caput, HEAD)] 1. the temple of Jupiter on the Capitoline Hill in ancient Rome ☆ 2. the building in which the U.S. Congress… …
108Edward Gibbon — Infobox Person caption = Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) birth date = April 27, 1737 death date = death date and age|1794|1|16|1737|4|27 birth place = Putney, England, UK death place = London, England, UKEdward Gibbon (April 27, 1737 [Gibbon s birthday …
109Pompey — For other uses, see Pompey (disambiguation). Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus Roman statue of Pompey, at the Villa Arconati a Castellazzo di Bollate (Milan, Italy). It was brought there from Rome in 1627 by Galeazzo Arconati. Born September 29, 106 BC …
110Cybele — This article is about the Anatolian Earth Goddess. For other uses of Magna Mater, see Magna Mater (disambiguation). For other uses of Cybele, see Cybele (disambiguation). Full faced Luvian rock carving of the Phrygian Cybele in Mount Sipylus… …
