Classics

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Homer

Homer: legendary Greek poet, author of the Iliad and Odyssey. Homer The Greeks and Romans always thought that the legendary poet Homer…

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Intaphrenes

Intaphrenes (Old Persian Vindafranâ): Persian courtier and general. Intaphrenes was one of the seven conspirators who killed the Magian usurper Gaumâta and helped Darius I the Great become king (September 522 BCE). …

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Josephus

In the war between the Jews and the Romans of 66-70, the Jewish general Joseph son of Matthias defended Galilee against the Roman legions. After he had been defeated, he defected to his enemies, and advised the Roman general Vespasian.…

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Lacus Curtius

Lacus Curtius ("lake of Curtius"): small pool on the Roman Forum, venerated by the Romans, even when they did no longer remember why it was a holy place. For the website LacusCurtius, go here. …

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Latium

Latium: regio to the southeast of Rome. Albanus Mons Latium is bordered by the Tyrrhenian Sea in the southwest, by Etruria in…

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