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Caesar on the Siege of Bourges

Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 - 15 March 44 BCE), Roman statesman, general, author, famous for the conquest of Gaul (modern France and Belgium) and his subsequent coup d'état. He changed the Roman republic into a monarchy and laid…

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Caesar on the Usipetes and Tencteri

Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 - 15 March 44 BCE), Roman statesman, general, author, famous for the conquest of Gaul (modern France and Belgium) and his subsequent coup d'état. He changed the Roman republic into a monarchy and laid…

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Caesar's Gallic War

Caesar's Gallic War: Caesar's reports on his conquests in Gaul. The Roman senator Cicero thought it was a splendid text, and although we can recognize the book's bias, it still is a remarkably efficient piece of writing.Introduction …

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Caesar's legions

Gaius Julius Caesar (13 July 100 - 15 March 44 BCE), Roman statesman, general, author, famous for the conquest of Gaul (modern France and Belgium) and his subsequent coup d'état. He changed the Roman republic into a monarchy and laid…

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Caesarea Maritima

Caesarea Maritima: Roman city, capital of of the province Judaea/Palaestina.History Hippodrome Phoenician port (Migdal Šoršon) Hellenistic: Sidonian outpost named "Strato's Tower" (259 BCE:…

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Caiaphas

Joseph, surnamed Caiaphas: the Jewish high priest between 18 and 37 CE, best known for his role during the trial of Jesus of Nazareth. The name Caiaphas is Greek and renders the Aramaean Qayyapâ or Qapâ'; his real name was…

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Calanus

Calanus (Indian: Kalyana): Indian sage who accompanied Alexander the Great. Gogdara, relief showing a saddhu In April 326, the Macedonian king Alexander…

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Calendar, Babylonian

Babylonian Calendar: the first calendar to use the "Cycle of Meton".Like all other calendars, the Babylonian calendar had twelve lunar months (about 354 days) and a problem to make these fit the solar year (about 365 days). In the western…

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Calendar, Jewish

Jewish Calendar: derived from a Babylonian model, the Jewish calendar combines lunar months and solar years, and is still in use.The Jewish year consists of twelve months of each 29 or 30 days. A regular year, therefore, has 354 days…

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Caligula

Caligula: emperor of the Roman world (37-41). Caligula Names: 31 August 12 CE: Gaius Caesar Germanicus Autumn 14: nickname Caligula ('soldier's boot') 18 March 37:…

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