Mactaris: Numidian-Punic-Roman city in western Africa, modern Makthar.Mactaris
Mactaris, Tombstone with erote
The presence of Libyan and Punic inscriptions proves that Mactaris already…
Magnentius: emperor of the Roman world (r. 350-353).
Magnentius
Names:
c.303: Magnus Magnentius
18 January 350: Imperator Caesar Magnus Magnentius Augustus
10 August 353: suicide
Successor…
Magnus Maximus: emperor in Gaul (r.383-388).
Magnus Maximus
Names:
full name and date of birth unknown
Spring 383: Magnus Maximus Augustus
Britannicus maximus
28 July 388:…
Majorian: emperor of the West-Roman empire (r. 457-461).Names:
c.420: Julius Majorianus
28 December 457: proclaimed emperor
2 July 461: resigned
7 July 461: murdered by Ricimer
Successor of: Avitus (after an interregnum)
Main deeds:
456 The military leader Ricimer forces Avitus to lay down his office
457 There…
Manicheism can be seen as the first synthesis of world religions. This may explain why this kind of dualism could become a world religion itself and spread itself in a brief time from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans.Teachings
In the…
Maracanda: ancient name of Samarkand.
The citadel of Afrosiab, seen from Samarkand's observatory
Situated on the banks of the river Saravšan, Maracanda…
Marcellus: Roman governor of Judaea (36/37 CE).According to the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus, the Roman governor of Judaea, Pontius Pilate, was in 36 or 37 CE dismissed by the governor of Syria, Lucius Vitellius, and replaced by one of his…