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Cassivellaunus

(Encyclopedia)Cassivellaunus kăˌsĭvĭlôˈnəs [key], fl. 54 b.c., British chieftain, a leader in the resistance against the invasion of Julius Caesar in 54 b.c. Caesar crossed the Thames River into Cassivellaun...

Cimber

(Encyclopedia)Cimber (Lucius Tillius Cimber) kĭmˈbər, sĭmˈ– [key], d. after 44 b.c., one of the assassins of Julius Caesar. He presented the petition that was used as a pretext to approach Caesar and held hi...

Chemin des Dames

(Encyclopedia)Chemin des Dames shəmăNˈ dā däm [key] [Fr.,=ladies' road], road running along a crest between the Aisne and Ailette rivers, N France. Built during Roman times, the road was the site of the battle...

Agricola

(Encyclopedia)Agricola (Cneius Julius Agricola) nēˈəs, əgrĭkˈələ [key], c.a.d. 40–a.d. 93, Roman general, conqueror of Britain. After a distinguished military and political career (partly in Britain), he ...

Pharnaces II

(Encyclopedia)Pharnaces II färˈnəsēz [key], d. 47 b.c., king of Pontus, son of Mithradates VI. In the Roman civil war he overran Colchis and central Asia Minor. Julius Caesar came from Egypt and defeated (47 b....

Cicero, Quintus Tullius

(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 b.c.), where h...

Manetho

(Encyclopedia)Manetho mănˈĭthō [key], fl. 300 b.c., Egyptian historian, a priest at Heliopolis, under Ptolemy I and Ptolemy II. His work, covering the history of Egypt from legendary times to 323 b.c., is writt...

Bentivoglio

(Encyclopedia)Bentivoglio bānˈtēvōˈlyō [key], Italian noble family, one of several powerful clans in the struggle for control of Bologna during most of the 15th cent. Its greatest member was Giovanni II, who ...

Weyprecht, Karl

(Encyclopedia)Weyprecht, Karl kärl vīˈprĕkht [key], 1838–81, German arctic explorer. With Julius von Payer he made a voyage to Novaya Zemlya in 1871. Weyprecht and Payer were leaders of an Austrian expedition...

Philip, Roman emperor

(Encyclopedia)Philip or Philip the Arabian (Marcus Julius Philippus), 204?–249, Roman emperor (244–49). He served under Gordian III against the Persians, instigated the assassination of the emperor, and conclud...