spoils of victory (war)
81Wars of Alexander the Great — Alexander fighting Persian king Darius III. From Alexander Mosaic of Pompeii, Naples, Naples National Archaeol …
82Gladiator — For other uses, see Gladiator (disambiguation). Part of the Zliten mosaic from Libya (Leptis Magna), about 2nd century CE. It shows (left to right) a thraex fighting a murmillo, a hoplomachus standing with another murmillo (who is signaling his… …
83Mugwump — This article is about dissident 1884 US Republicans. For other uses, see Mugwump (disambiguation). 1884 cartoon in Puck magazine ridicules Blaine as the tattooed man, with many indelible scandals. The cartoon image is a parody of Phryne before… …
84Wraith (Stargate) — Steve , a Wraith, from Suspicion . In the science fiction television series Stargate Atlantis, the Wraith are the original enemy alien species, first introduced in the pilot episode Rising . In the series, they are a vampire like telepathic race… …
85Siege of Akragas (406 BC) — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Siege of Akragas (406 BC) partof=The Sicilian Wars campaign=The Second Sicilian War caption=Siege of Akragas 406 BC. Political boundaries and path of troop movements are inexact because of lack of primary… …
86France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …
87ancient Greek civilization — ▪ historical region, Eurasia Introduction the period following Mycenaean civilization, which ended in about 1200 BC, to the death of Alexander the Great, in 323 BC. It was a period of political, philosophical, artistic, and scientific… …
88Diomedes — This article is about the hero of the Trojan War. For other uses, see Diomedes (disambiguation). Diomedes, King of Argos a statue by Kresilas from ca. 430 BC. Glyptothek, München …
89Air Mail Scandal — The Air Mail Scandal, also known as the Air Mail Fiasco, is the name that the American press of the 1930s gave to the political scandal resulting from a congressional investigation of a meeting (the so called Spoils Conference ) between… …
90japan — japanner, n. /jeuh pan /, n., adj., v., japanned, japanning. n. 1. any of various hard, durable, black varnishes, originally from Japan, for coating wood, metal, or other surfaces. 2. work varnished and figured in the Japanese manner. 3. Japans,… …
