patrician+dignity
41Pontifex Maximus — The Pontifex Maximus was the high priest of the Ancient Roman College of Pontiffs. This was the most important position in the Ancient Roman religion, open only to patricians until 254 BC, when a plebeian first occupied this post. A distinctly… …
42Imperial cult (ancient Rome) — Ancient Roman religion Marcus Aurelius (head covered) sacrificing at the Temple of Jupiter …
43ethics — /eth iks/, n.pl. 1. (used with a sing. or pl. v.) a system of moral principles: the ethics of a culture. 2. the rules of conduct recognized in respect to a particular class of human actions or a particular group, culture, etc.: medical ethics;… …
44France — /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.… …
45Western 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… …
46Cologne — • German city and archbishopric Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Cologne Cologne † …
47Otto III — • German king and Roman emperor (980 1002) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Otto III Otto III † …
48Orestes — (d. 476) Roman military commander and father of Romulus Augustulus, who is traditionally recognized as the last western Roman emperor. Orestes, whose son was still a boy when he was promoted to the imperial dignity, was the real power behind… …
49Alexander Severus — 26th Emperor of the Roman Empire Bust of Severus Alexander Reign 222 – 18 / 19 March 235 …
50Claudius — For other people named Claudius, see Claudius (disambiguation). Claudius 4th Emperor of the Roman Empire …
