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13 hours ago · Shield of Achilles (illustration) Aegis, Zeus' shield, often loaned to his daughter Athena, also used by Perseus. ( Greek mythology) Shield of Ajax, a huge shield made of seven cow-hides with a layer of bronze. ( Greek mythology) Ancile, the shield of the Roman god Mars.
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Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c. 1043 – 10 July 1099) was a...
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13 hours ago · On the island of Torcello, the Greek cross octagon style was used in the plan of the church of Santa Fosca . In Venice, the second and current St. Mark's Basilica was built on the site of the first between 1063 and 1072, replacing the earlier church while replicating its Greek cross plan. Five domes vault the interior (one each over the four ...
13 hours ago · Following his first trip to England, Erasmus returned first to poverty in Paris, where he started to compile the Adagio for his students, then to Orléans to escape the plague, and then to semi-monastic life, scholarly studies and writing in France, notably at the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Bertin at St Omer (1501,1502) where he wrote the ...
13 hours ago · See list. Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma [n 1] (25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979) was a British statesman, naval officer, colonial administrator and close relative of the British royal family. He was born in the United Kingdom to the prominent Battenberg family.
13 hours ago · Pope John XXIII ( Latin: Ioannes XXIII; Italian: Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Italian: [ˈandʒelo dʒuˈzɛppe roŋˈkalli]; [a] 25 November 1881 – 3 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 1963. Roncalli was among 13 children born to ...
13 hours ago · Casio F-91W digital watch, one of the most popular watches ever. A clock or chronometer is a device that measures and displays time. The clock is one of the oldest human inventions, meeting the need to measure intervals of time shorter than the natural units such as the day, the lunar month, and the year. Devices operating on several physical ...
13 hours ago · The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2019 . Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference.
