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May 15, 2024 · Footnote 14 Dante, from the bitterness of his permanent exile, instead would see the solution to Ghibelline and Guelf strife to be the Roman Empire of the Pax Romana of a Caesar Augustus and therefore he supported Henry VII of Luxembourg as Holy Roman Emperor, writing for him the treatise De monarchia, much as had earlier Brunetto Latino ...
May 15, 2024 · Brunetto defined government as the love of God and neighbor, “l’amor di Dio e del prossimo”, and even for love of one’s enemy, “per amor del nemicho”. He described how the Podestà was elected from a different city, avoiding corruption, being quartered with his judges, notaries, soldiers, and servants in the 20. Bargello (Plate ...
May 15, 2024 · Abstract. This chapter gives Dante’s literary biography, as had Dorothy Sayers with the Inferno, in these three parts. Its Leopard section discusses his youthful writings, which include perhaps the Mare amoroso, his lyric poetry of sung canzoni, beginning, he tells us, with “ A ciascun’alma presa, e gentil core” at eighteen, and the ...
16 hours ago · Early life Consular diptych depicting Narius Manlius Boethius, Boethius' birth father Boethius was born in Rome to a patrician family c. 480, but the exact date of his birth is unknown. His birth family, the Anicii, was a notably wealthy and influential gens that included emperors Petronius Maximus and Olybrius, in addition to many consuls. However, in the years prior to Boethius' birth, the ...
16 hours ago · Thermopylae is one of the most famous battles in European ancient history, repeatedly referenced in ancient, recent, and contemporary culture. [citation needed] In Western culture at least, it is the Greeks who are lauded for their performance in battle. [134]
- 21–23 July, 20 August or 8–10 September 480 BC
- Persian victory
16 hours ago · Sumer and Akkad. Sumer (or Šumer) was one of the early civilizations of the Ancient Near East, [6] located in the southern part of Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) from the time of the earliest records in the mid 4th millennium BC until the rise of Babylonia in the late 3rd millennium BC. [7] [6] The term "Sumerian" applies to all speakers of the ...
16 hours ago · Roman expansion in Italy from 500 BC to 218 BC through the Latin War (light red), Samnite Wars (pink/orange), Pyrrhic War (beige), and First and Second Punic War (yellow and green). Cisalpine Gaul (238–146 BC) and Alpine valleys (16–7 BC) were later added. The Roman Republic in 500 BC is marked with dark red.
