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 ...
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
William David Ross and Michael Vickers
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
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
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 *...
Abaris Reference library
Alan H. Griffiths
The Oxford Classical Dictionary (4 ed.)
legendary devotee of *Apollo from the far north, a shamanistic missionary and saviour-figure like *Aristeas whom *Pindar...
Abasgia Reference library
Manana Odisheli
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Abasgia occupied the north-east shore of the Black Sea. It was part of Colchis where the *cities of Gyenos (Ochamchire), ...
Abaton Reference library
The Grove Encyclopedia of Classical Art and Architecture
[Gr.: ‘untrodden’].
An enclosure attached to a temple of Asklepios, where patients not in a state of ritual purity could
‘Abbasids ((in Umayyad times)) Reference library
Konstantin Klein and Andrew Marsham
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Abbayei (278–338) Reference library
Isaiah Gafni
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Abbo (751) Reference library
Hans Hummer
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Rector of Maurienne and Susa (726) and probably *Patricius of *Provence (739–c.751). He founded the *...
‘Abd al-Hamid b. Yahya al-Katib (750) Reference library
Adrian de Gifis
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Secretary for the Umayyad caliphs *Hisham b. ‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwan (r. 724–43) and *Marwan II (r. 744–50). His early education probably covered the ...
‘Abd al-Malik b. Marwān (646–705) Reference library
Nicola Clarke
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
*Umayyad *caliph (r. 685 or 692–705), builder of the *Dome of the Rock on Temple Mount, *...
‘Abd al-Rahman b. al-Ash‘ath (704) Reference library
Nicola Clarke
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
Arab military commander and rebel. ‘Abd al-Rahman sided with *‘Abd al-Malik during the Second *Arab Civil War (...
‘Abd Allah b. ‘Umar (693) Reference library
Nancy Khalek
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
A son of the *caliph *‘Umar b. al-Khattab, famous for his character and scrupulousness in the transmission of ...
‘Abd Allah b. al-‘Abbas (688) Reference library
Rasheed Hosein and Andrew Marsham
The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity
was a son of one of the Prophet *Muhammad’s uncles. In the period after Muhammad’s death, Ibn ‘Abbas was instrumental in opening up scholarship on the ...
