
A′ccius, Lucius (170–c.86 bc) Reference library
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature (3 ed.)
Latin poet and literary scholar, from Picenum in Umbria. He was a younger contemporary of the tragedian *Pacuvius and

‘A’isha bt. Abi Bakr Reference library
Nancy Khalek
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity

‘A’isha bt. Talha Reference library
Nancy Khalek
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Daughter of *Muhammad’s *Companion *Talha b. ‘Ubayd Allah. She was also the niece of *‘A’isha bt. Abi Bakr...

A(u)sculum Satrianum Reference library
H. Kathryn Lomas
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
*Daunian city, 28 km. (17 mi.) SW of Foggia. It was an important city in the 4th–3rd cent.

Aachen ambo ivories Reference library
John Hanson
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
The *ambo at the cathedral in Aachen (Aix-la-Chapelle) is embellished with six *ivories probably of the early 8th century from Late Antique ...

Aaron Burr

Ab Actis Reference library
Alexander Skinner
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
A senior member of the *officium of a *Praefectus Praetorio, *Praefectus Urbi, *Vicarius, or provincial *...

Abacus Reference library
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
Uppermost element of a capital on a column or pilaster. On the Doric, Ionic and Tuscan orders of architecture it

abacus

abacus Reference library
William David Ross and Michael Vickers
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)

Aba I, Mar (552) Reference library
J. F. Coakley
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Author and *catholicus of the *Church of the East. He was a former Persian official converted from *...