History

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Šempeter

Šempeter: modern name of an ancient village along the Roman road from Emona (modern Ljubljana) to Poetovio (modern Ptuj), with several funerary monuments. …

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Senate

Senate (Latin Senatus): supreme deliberative body in the Roman republic. Genius of the Senate According to the official fiction that is expressed…

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Sentinum

Sentinum: town in ancient Umbria, best known for the Roman victory in the Third Samnite War in 295 BCE, which made the unification of Italy inevitable; modern Sassoferrato. …

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Sepphoris

Sepphoris (Greek Σέπφωρις; Hebrew צִפּוֹרִי‎: important city in Roman Galilee and one of the main centers of early Rabbinical Judaism, modern Tzipori.History Synagogue Sepphoris means…

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Septimius Severus' Ancestors

This is an overview of those ancestors of the emperor Lucius Septimius Severus who were living in Lepcis Magna. The numbers followin the name are based on A.R. Birley, Septimius Severus. The African Emperor (1999³ London), 212-226.Anno (1) Only known as…

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Serdica (Sofia)

Serdica: Roman town, modern Sofia.History Roman baths and Rotunda Church Thracian town, named after the original inhabitants, the Serdi After 342/341 BCE: briefly occupied…

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Severans

Severan dynasty: imperial dynasty of Rome, ruling from 193 until 235, with a brief interruption from 217-218. Julia Domna, Septimius Severus,…

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Severus Alexander

Severus Alexander: emperor of the Roman world (222-235). Severus Alexander Names: 1 October 208: Marcus Bassianus Alexianus 26 (?) June 221: Marcus Aurelius Alexander…

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