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Petronius
(Encyclopedia)Petronius ptr´ns [key], d. c.AD 66, Roman satirist, known as Petronius Arbiter because of his now generally accepted identity with Gaius Petronius, to whom Tacitus refers as arbiter elegantia...Cavedone, Giacomo
(Encyclopedia)Cavedone, Giacomo jä´km kävdô´n [key], 1577–1660, Italian painter, of the Bolognese school. He assisted Guido Reni in Rome, but his reputation as a master of color and composition was w...Latin literature
(Encyclopedia)Latin literature, the literature of ancient Rome and of that written in Latin in later eras. Very little remains of the ritualistic songs and the native poetry of the Romans and Latins before the rise...Rulers of the Roman Empire
(Encyclopedia)Rulers of the Roman Empire(including dates of reign)Augustus, grandnephew of Julius Caesar, 27 B.C.–A.D. 14Tiberius, stepson of Augustus, A.D. 14–A.D. 37Caligula, grandnephew of Tiberius, 37–41C...novel
(Encyclopedia)novel, in modern literary usage, a sustained work of prose fiction a volume or more in length. It is distinguished from the short story and the fictional sketch, which are necessarily brief. Although ...Browse by Subject
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