A′ccius, Lucius (170–c.86 bc) Reference library
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Latin poet and literary scholar, from Picenum in Umbria. He was a younger contemporary of the tragedian *Pacuvius and the ...
A'cheron Reference library
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In Greek myth, one of the rivers of the Underworld (see
A'cragas Reference library
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One of the richest and most famous of the Greek cities in Sicily, founded c.580
A'gathon (c.445–c.400 bc) Reference library
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Athenian tragic poet, perhaps the most important apart from the three great tragedians (see
A'giads Reference library
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The senior royal house at *Sparta, the name derived from king Agis, son of Eurysthenes (see
a'gora Reference library
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The commercial, social, and political centre of a Greek city. At Athens the agora was established in the time of ...
A'laric Reference library
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The Gothic leader who united a number of separate groups of Goths to create the Visigoths. He was in ...
A'lciphron (c. ad 200) Reference library
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Greek sophist (see
A'llia Reference library
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A small stream flowing into the Tiber from the east about 18km (11 miles) north of Rome, near which the ...
A'mbiorix Reference library
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Leader of the Gallic tribe of the Eburōnēs in their revolt against the Romans in 54–53