Romulus Augustulus: last emperor of the West-Roman empire (r. 475-476).
Romulus Augustulus
Names:
461: Romulus
31 October 475: made emperor by Orestes
Nicknamed Augustulus
31 August…
Roxane (Bactrian Roshanak): Sogdian princess (c.343-310), official wife of Alexander the Great.
Achaemenid woman (or a beardless prince)
Roxane - her name…
Royal road: according to the Greek researcher Herodotus of Halicarnassus (fifth century BCE) the road that connected the capital of Lydia, Sardes, and the capitals of the Achaemenid Empire, Susa and Persepolis. From cuneiform texts, other such roads are known.
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Rubico: little river in northeastern Italy, once the border between the Roman province Cisalpine Gaul and Italy proper. Crossing the river with an army, as Julius Caesar did in 49 BCE, was identical to invading one's own country.
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Sabina (85-c.137): Roman empress, wife of Hadrian.Relatives
Sabina
Father: Lucius Vibius Sabinus
Mother: Matidia, daughter of Ulpia Marciana, sister of Trajan
Married to: Hadrian
Life
c.85 Born
98:…
Battle of the Sabis (57 BCE): fight in which Julius Caesar defeated the Belgian tribe of the Nervians. The Sabis is identical to the modern river Selle in northern France.Prelude
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Sabratha (Greek Σáβραθα): Phoenician, Punic, and Roman town in northwestern Libya, famous for its theater.
Sabratha, theater
Like Lepcis Magna and Oea,…
Sadyattes I: last king of the Heraclid dynasty of Lydia, succeeded in c.680 BCE by Gyges, the founder of the Mermnad dynasty. Also known as Candaules and Myrsilus.King Sadyattes of Lydia is hardly more than a name - but it…