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May 23, 2024 · Nero was said to have kicked Poppaea to death in AD 65, before she could give birth to his second child. Modern historians, noting the probable biases of Suetonius, Tacitus, and Cassius Dio, and the likely absence of eyewitnesses to such an event, propose that Poppaea may have died after miscarriage or in childbirth. [85]
- Pseudo-Nero
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- Julio-Claudian Dynasty
The Julio-Claudian dynasty comprised the first five Roman...
- Claudia Octavia
Claudia Octavia (late 39 or early 40 – June 9, AD 62) was a...
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Nero was the fifth and final emperor of Rome's first...
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Gnaeus Domitius Corbulo (Peltuinum c. AD 7 – 67) was a...
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4 days ago · Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease that usually starts slowly and progressively worsens, and is the cause of 60–70% of cases of dementia. The most common early symptom is difficulty in remembering recent events.
2 days ago · Paul (Koinē Greek: Παῦλος, romanized: Paûlos), also named Saul of Tarsus (Aramaic: ܫܐܘܠ, romanized: Šāʾūl), commonly known as Paul the Apostle and Saint Paul, was a Christian apostle (c. 5 – c. 64/65 AD) who spread the teachings of Jesus in the first-century world.
3 days ago · Rumi was born to Persian parents, [35] [12] [13] [36] in Balkh, [37] modern-day Afghanistan or Wakhsh, [4] a village on the East bank of the Wakhsh River known as Sangtuda in present-day Tajikistan. [4] The area, culturally adjacent to Balkh, is where Mawlânâ's father, Bahâ' uddîn Walad, was a preacher and jurist. [4]
May 8, 2024 · Published: May 8, 2024. copy page link. Print Page. Library of Congress/screenshot. With fears of nuclear annihilation looming large, Lyndon B. Johnson’s campaign team went for the jugular during...
4 days ago · Muhammad bin Tughluq was renowned as the wealthiest man in the Muslim world at that time. He patronized various scholars, Sufis, qadis, viziers, and other functionaries in order to consolidate his rule. On the strength of his years of study in Mecca, Ibn Battuta was appointed a qadi, or judge, by the sultan. [90]
4 days ago · If Simon suffers from silence, Jude suffers from confusion. St. Jude is known as the “patron of hopeless causes and things despaired of.”. Devotion to St. Jude was strong in the United States, especially from the 1930s through 1970s. Many parishes included a novena to St. Jude among weekly services.
