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Jun 29, 2024 · Diana, in Roman religion, goddess of wild animals and the hunt, identified with the Greek goddess Artemis. Her name is akin to the Latin words dium (“sky”) and dius (“daylight”). Like her Greek counterpart, she was also a goddess of domestic animals. As a fertility deity she was invoked by women to aid conception and delivery.
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Jun 20, 2024 · Mark Antony was a Roman general under Julius Caesar and later triumvir who ruled Rome’s eastern provinces (43–30 BCE). He was the lover of Cleopatra, queen of Egypt, and was defeated by Octavian (the future emperor Augustus) in the last of the civil wars that destroyed the Roman Republic.
- Mark Antony was a Roman general under Julius Caesar and later triumvir who ruled Rome’s eastern provinces (43–30 BCE). He was the lover of Cleopatr...
- Mark Antony was the son and grandson of men of the same name. His father was called Creticus because of his military operations in Crete. His grand...
- Mark Antony served with distinction as a cavalry commander in Judaea and Egypt. He then joined the staff of Julius Caesar. When the Civil War broke...
- Mark Antony and Cleopatra were partners for 11 years and had three children together. Apart from their undoubted mutual affection, their alliance w...
- Mark Antony was at war with Octavian for control of the Roman world, which he lost at the Battle of Actium (September 2, 31 BC). When Octavian’s fl...
4 days ago · There was a woman at Alexandria named Hypatia, daughter of the philosopher Theon, who made such attainments in literature and science, as to far surpass all the philosophers of her own time. Having succeeded to the school of Plato and Plotinus, she explained the principles of philosophy to her auditors, many of whom came from a distance to ...
Jun 24, 2024 · Theodora (born c. 497 ce —died June 28, 548, Constantinople [now Istanbul, Turkey]) was a Byzantine empress, wife of the emperor Justinian I (reigned 527–565), probably the most powerful woman in Byzantine history.
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- Little is known of Theodora’s early life, but some sources say her father was named Acacius and was a bear keeper at the Hippodrome in Constantinople.
- Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress married to Emperor Justinian I, is remembered for being one of the most powerful women in Byzantine histo...
- Theodora believed in miaphysitism, which holds that both divinity and humanity are equally present within a single nature in the person of Christ,...
- Theodora likely died from cancer.
Jul 2, 2024 · Recognizing the roles of women in ancient Rome, from political advisors like Livia Drusilla to influential figures like Agrippina the Younger and Ulpia Severina, highlights their integral ...
1 day ago · And now the story of this intoxicating and most divisive of women is at the heart of an ambitious new TV show about ancient Rome. Berenice is one of the ancient world’s best-drawn women.
Jul 3, 2024 · Woman of Rome is a 1954 Italian drama film directed by Luigi Zampa and starring Gina Lollobrigida.
