Emperor ShōmuEmperor Shōmu (聖武天皇, Shōmu-tennō; September 22, 701 – June 4, 756) was the 45th emperor of Japan, according to the traditional order of succession. Shōmu's reign spanned the…View analysis →
Joyous entryA joyous entry (Dutch: blijde intrede; French: joyeuse entrée) is a ceremonial event marking the entry into a city by a monarch, prince, duke, or governor in parts of modern-day…View analysis →
SeveriansThe Severians, also Severyans, Siverians, or Siverianians (Belarusian: Севяране; Bulgarian: Севери; Russian: Северяне; Ukrainian: Сiверяни, romanized: Siveriany) were a tribe or…View analysis →
ToltecThe Toltec culture (/ˈtɒltɛk/) was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican culture that ruled a state centered in Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico, during the Epiclassic and the early Post-Classic…View analysis →
RemiThe Remi (Gaulish: Rēmi, 'the first, the princes') were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the Aisne, Vesle and Suippe river valleys during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Their…View analysis →
TobiadsThe Tobiads were a Jewish dynasty in Ammon with origins possibly rooted in the First Temple Period, both literary and archaeological evidence point to their prominence during the…View analysis →
DaimyoDaimyo or daimio (大名, daimyō; English: /ˈdaɪm.joʊ/, DIME-yoh; Japanese: ⓘ) were powerful Japanese magnates, feudal lords who, from the 15th century to the early Meiji period in…View analysis →
DecapolisThe Decapolis (Greek: Δεκάπολις, Dekápolis, 'Ten Cities') was a group of ten Greek Hellenistic cities on the eastern frontier of the Greek and late Roman Empire in the Southern…View analysis →
SeneschalA seneschal (/ˈsɛnəʃəl/ SEN-ə-shəl) is most commonly, a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ducal, or noble household during the Middle Ages and early…View analysis →
ConsulConsul (abbrev. cos.; Latin plural consules) was the title of one of the two chief magistrates of the Roman Republic, and subsequently also an important title under the Roman…View analysis →
Danse MacabreThe Danse Macabre (/dɑːns məˈkɑːb(rə)/; French pronunciation: ), also called the Dance of Death, is an artistic genre of allegory from the Late Middle Ages on the universality of…View analysis →
LatrunLatrun (Hebrew: לטרון, Latrun; Arabic: اللطرون, al-Latrun) is a strategic hilltop in the Latrun salient in the Ayalon Valley. It overlooks the road between Tel Aviv and…View analysis →
MadabaMadaba (Arabic: مادبا; Biblical Hebrew: מֵידְבָא Mēḏəḇāʾ; Ancient Greek: Μήδαβα) is the capital city of Madaba Governorate in central Jordan, with a population of about 60,000…View analysis →
ChristogramA Christogram (Latin: Monogramma Christi) is a monogram or combination of letters that forms an abbreviation for the name of Jesus Christ, traditionally used as a religious…View analysis →
DjerDjer (also Zer or Sekhty; fl. c. 3000 BC) is considered the third pharaoh of the First Dynasty of ancient Egypt in current Egyptology. He lived around the mid 31st century BC and…View analysis →
Salian dynastyThe Salian dynasty or Salic dynasty (German: Salier) was a European royal dynasty in the High Middle Ages. The dynasty provided four kings of Germany (1024–1125), all of whom…View analysis →
Apollonia–ArsufApollonia (Ancient Greek: Ἀπολλωνία; Hebrew: אפולוניה), known in the Early Islamic period as Arsuf (Arabic: أرْسُوف, romanized: Arsūf) and in the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem as…View analysis →
ArzenArzen (in Syriac Arzŏn or Arzŭn, Armenian Arzn, Ałzn, Arabic Arzan) was an ancient and medieval city, located on the border zone between Upper Mesopotamia and the Armenian…View analysis →
DarwiniusDarwinius is a genus within the infraorder Adapiformes, a group of basal strepsirrhine primates from the middle Eocene epoch. Its only known species, Darwinius masillae, lived…View analysis →
AvdatAvdat or Ovdat (Hebrew: עבדת), and Abdah or Abde (Arabic: عبدة), are the modern names of an archaeological site corresponding to the ancient Nabataean, Roman and Byzantine…View analysis →
NovantaeThe Novantae were people of the Iron age, as recorded in Ptolemy's Geography (written c. 150AD). The Novantae are thought to have lived in what is now Galloway and Carrick, in…View analysis →
HylaeosaurusHylaeosaurus (/haɪˌliːoʊˈsɔːrəs/ hy-LEE-o-SOR-əs) is a herbivorous ankylosaurian dinosaur that lived about 136 million years ago, in the late Valanginian stage of the early…View analysis →
ThecodontosaurusThecodontosaurus ("socket-tooth lizard") is a genus of herbivorous basal sauropodomorph dinosaur that lived during the late Triassic period (Carnian age). Its remains are known…View analysis →
BorsippaBorsippa (Sumerian: BAD.SI.(A).AB.BAKI or Birs Nimrud, having been identified with Nimrod) is an archeological site in Babylon Governorate, Iraq, built on both sides of a lake…View analysis →
MauriMauri (from which derives the English term "Moors") was the Latin designation for the Berber population of the Kingdom of Mauretania, located in the western Maghreb on the shores…View analysis →
RebecThe rebec (sometimes rebecha, rebeckha, and other spellings, pronounced /ˈriːbɛk/ or /ˈrɛbɛk/) is a bowed stringed instrument of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance. In its…View analysis →
BreuciThe Breuci (Ancient Greek: Βρεῦκοι) were an ancient Illyrian-Pannonian people who inhabited the middle and lower valley of the Sava (the Posavina), in a region corresponding to…View analysis →
EngagementAn engagement or betrothal is the period of time between the declaration of acceptance of a marriage proposal and the marriage itself (which is typically but not always commenced…View analysis →
BottiaeansThe Bottiaeans or Bottiaei (Ancient Greek: Βοττιαῖοι) were an ancient people of uncertain origin, living in Central Macedonia. Sometime during the Archaic era they were expelled…View analysis →
Siege towerA siege tower or breaching tower (or in the Middle Ages, a belfry) is a specialized siege engine, constructed to protect assailants and ladders while approaching the defensive…View analysis →
Castellum of LarçayThe Castellum of Larçay is a Late Roman military fortification from the early period of the Late Roman Empire, located in the commune of Larçay, in the department of…View analysis →
VormärzVormärz (German pronunciation: ⓘ; English: pre-March) was a period in the history of Germany preceding the 1848 March Revolution in the states of the German Confederation. The…View analysis →
ArjunayanasArjunayana (or Arjunavana, Arjunavayana or Arjunayanaka) were a people of ancient northern India during the Shunga period (c. 185 – c. 73 BCE).View analysis →
Gracchi brothersThe Gracchi brothers were two brothers who lived during the beginning of the late Roman Republic: Tiberius Gracchus and Gaius Gracchus. They served in the plebeian tribunates of…View analysis →
AD 69AD 69 (LXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar. In the Roman Empire, it was known as the Year of the consulship of Galba and Vinius (or, less…View analysis →
480 BCYear 480 BC was a year of the pre-Julian Roman calendar. At the time, it was known as the Year of the Consulship of Vibulanus and Cincinnatus (or, less frequently, year 274 Ab…View analysis →
