patrician+dignity
81Magister officiorum — The insignia of the Eastern magister officiorum as displayed in the Notitia Dignitatum: the codicil of his office on a stand, shields with the emblems of the Scholae regiments, and assorted arms and armour attesting the office s control of the… …
82Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee (film) — Infobox Film name = Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee caption = DVD Cover director = Yves Simoneau producer = Tom Thayer Dick Wolf writer = Daniel Giat (teleplay) Dee Brown (novel) starring = Aidan Quinn Adam Beach August Schellenberg Anna Paquin… …
83Prokopia — (c. 770 after 813) was the Empress consort of Michael I Rangabe of the Byzantine Empire.FamilyShe was a daughter of Nikephoros I. The name of her mother is not known. Her only known sibling is Staurakios.MarriageProkopia married Michael Rangabe… …
84Ahala — was in ancient Rome the name of a patrician family of the Servilia gens. There were also several persons of this gens with the name of Structus Aliala, who may have formed a different family from the Ahalae; but as the Ahalae and Structi Ahalae… …
85Virgilius of Arles — (died c. 610) (Virgil, Virgile) was Archbishop of Arles in Gaul.According to a life written in the eighth century he was born in a village of Aquitaine, became a monk, Abbot of Lérins, and Bishop of Arles, where he built a basilica of Saint… …
86Nero — /near oh/, n. 1. (Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus) ( Nero Claudius Caesar Drusus Germanicus )A.D. 37 68, emperor of Rome 54 68, known for his cruelty and depravity. 2. a male given name. * * * I in full Nero Claudius Caesar Augustus (or Drusus)… …
87pontifex — /pon teuh feks /, n., pl. pontifices /pon tif euh seez /. Rom. Relig. a member of the Pontifical College, which was presided over by a chief priest (Pontifex Maximus). [1570 80; < L: appar. lit., path maker, equiv. to ponti (s. of pons) bridge,… …
88Bruno, Giordano — orig. Filippo Bruno born 1548, Nola, near Naples died Feb. 17, 1600, Rome Italian philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, and occultist. He entered a Dominican convent in 1565 and was ordained a priest in 1572. He abandoned the order in 1576… …
89Netherlands, The — officially Kingdom of The Netherlands byname Holland Country, northwestern Europe. Area: 16,033 sq mi (41,526 sq km). Population (2002 est.): 16,142,000. Capital: Amsterdam; Seat of Government: The Hague. Most of the people are Dutch. Languages:… …
90Irish Literature — • It is uncertain at what period and in what manner the Irish discovered the use of letters. It may have been through direct commerce with Gaul, but it is more probable, as McNeill has shown in his study of Irish oghams, that it was from the… …
