CONDICT, Silas, (uncle of Lewis Condict and great-grandfather of Augustus William Cutler), a Delegate from New Jersey; born in Morristown, Morris County, N.J., March 7, 1738; completed…
(Encyclopedia) Cicero, Quintus Tullius, c.102 b.c.–43 b.c., Roman general; brother of Cicero the orator. After service in Asia he accompanied Julius Caesar to Britain (55 b.c.); wintered in Gaul (54…
(Encyclopedia) Piloty, Karl vonPiloty, Karl vonkärl fən pēlōˈtē [key], 1826–86, German historical painter; son of Ferdinand Piloty (1786–1844), a noted German lithographer. Karl first won recognition…
(Encyclopedia) Warner, Rex, 1905–86, English author, b. Birmingham, grad. Oxford, 1928. A classical scholar noted for his translations from Greek and Latin, Warner taught in England, Egypt, and the…
(Encyclopedia) Galerius (Caius Galerius Valerius Maximinianus)Galeriusgəlērˈēəs [key], d. 310, Roman emperor (305–10). Diocletian appointed him caesar for the eastern part of the empire in 293 (…
(Encyclopedia) Shaw, Robert Gould, 1837–63, Union hero in the American Civil War, b. Boston. An ardent white abolitionist, he was colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, the first body of black…
(Encyclopedia) NicopolisNicopolisnĭkŏpˈəlĭs, nī– [key] [Gr.,=city of victory], ancient city, NW Greece, in Epirus. It was founded by Octavian (later Augustus) to celebrate the victory (31 b.c.) at…
(Encyclopedia) NolaNolanôˈlä [key], town (1991 pop. 32,613), in Campania, S Italy. It is an agricultural center with food-processing industries. An Etruscan stronghold as early as 500 b.c., Nola…
MUHLENBERG, Francis Swaine, (son of John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg and nephew of Frederick Augustus Conrad Muhlenberg), a Representative from Ohio; born in Philadelphia, Pa., April 22, 1795;…
