WebThe most important ancient sources for the battle are Lactantius, De mortibus persecutorum 44; Eusebius of Caesarea, Ecclesiastical History ix, 9 and Life of Constantine i, 28–31 (the vision) and i, 38 (the actual battle); Zosimus ii, 15–16; and the Panegyrici Latini of 313 (anonymous) and 321 (by Nazarius). Further reading

WebAl contrario, secondo i Panegyrici latini Costantino disponeva di 40.000 armati (cifra più credibile per Le Bohec), mentre Massenzio di 100.000 armati. Svolgimento Vittoria di Costantino su Massenzio a ponte Milvio, dalla Leggenda della Vera Croce, di …

WebLate Latin (Latin: Latinitas serior) is the scholarly name for the form of Literary Latin of late antiquity. English dictionary definitions of Late Latin date this period from the 3rd to the 6th centuries CE, and continuing into the 7th century in the Iberian Peninsula. This somewhat ambiguously defined version of Latin was used between the eras of Classical Latin and …

WebThe Caledonians (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ ˈ d oʊ n i ən z /; Latin: Caledones or Caledonii; Greek: Καληδῶνες, Kalēdōnes) or the Caledonian Confederacy were a Brittonic-speaking tribal confederacy in what is now Scotland during the Iron Age and Roman eras. The Greek form of the tribal name gave rise to the name Caledonia for their territory. The Caledonians …

WebAcquaforte di Jan Luyken raffigurante la Persecuzione degli imperatori Diocleziano e Massimiano nell'anno 301 (Eeghen 686). La persecuzione di Diocleziano (o grande persecuzione) fu l'ultima e la più grave persecuzione nei confronti dei cristiani nell'Impero romano. Nel 303 d.C., gli imperatori Diocleziano, Massimiano, Galerio e Costanzo Cloro …

WebThe Theodosian dynasty was a Roman imperial family that produced five Roman emperors during Late Antiquity, reigning over the Roman Empire from 379 to 457. The dynasty's patriarch was Theodosius the Elder, whose son Theodosius the Great was made Roman emperor in 379. Theodosius's two sons both became emperors, while his daughter …

WebGaius Galerius Valerius Maximianus (/ ɡ ə ˈ l ɛər i ə s /; c. 258 – May 311) was Roman emperor from 305 to 311. During his reign he campaigned, aided by Diocletian, against the Sasanian Empire, sacking their capital Ctesiphon in 299. He also campaigned across the Danube against the Carpi, defeating them in 297 and 300.Although he was a staunch …

WebEarly life. Julian, whose full name was Flavius Claudius Julianus, was born at Constantinople, probably in 331, into the family of the reigning emperor, Constantine I. His father was Julius Constantius, Constantine's younger half-brother, and his mother was a Bithynian noble named Basilina, daughter of a high-ranking bureaucrat, Julianus, who …

WebLucius Aurelius Verus (15 December 130 – January/February 169) was Roman emperor from 161 until his death in 169, alongside his adoptive brother Marcus Aurelius.He was a member of the Nerva-Antonine dynasty.Verus' succession together with Marcus Aurelius marked the first time that the Roman Empire was ruled by multiple emperors, an …

WebBoulogne-sur-Mer (French: [bulɔɲ syʁ mɛʁ] (); Picard: Boulonne-su-Mér; Dutch: Bonen; Latin: Gesoriacum or Bononia), often called just Boulogne (UK: / b ʊ ˈ l ɔɪ n /, US: / b uː ˈ l oʊ n, b uː ˈ l ɔɪ n /), is a coastal city in Northern France.It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais.Boulogne lies on the Côte d'Opale, a touristic stretch of French coast on …

WebL'esercito romano (militia o exercitus in lingua latina) fu l'insieme delle forze militari terrestri e di mare che servirono l'antica Roma nella serie di campagne militari che caratterizzarono la sua espansione, dall'epoca dei sette re, alla Repubblica romana e all'epoca imperiale fino al definitivo declino. L'esercito era composto, a seconda dell'epoca storica, da varie …

WebR. A. B. Mynors: The Panegyrici Latini. Oxford 1964. Ermoldi Nigelli Carmina. In: Poetae Latini medii aevi 2: Poetae Latini aevi Carolini (II). Herausgegeben von Ernst Dümmler. Berlin 1884, S. 1–93 (Monumenta Germaniae Historica; Snorri Sturluson: Heimskringla. Thule Altnordische Dichtung und Prosa Bd. 14. Darmstadt 1965.

WebA panegyric (US: / ˌ p æ n ɪ ˈ dʒ ɪ r ɪ k / or UK: / ˌ p æ n ɪ ˈ dʒ aɪ r ɪ k /) is a formal public speech or written verse, delivered in high praise of a person or thing. The original panegyrics were speeches delivered at public events in ancient Athens.

WebKonstantin wurde am 27. Februar eines unbekannten Jahres in der Stadt Naissus (heute Niš in Serbien) geboren.Sein Alter zum Zeitpunkt seines Todes (337) wird in den Quellen sehr unterschiedlich angegeben. Daher variieren in der Forschung die Ansätze für das Geburtsjahr zwischen 270 und 288, wobei eine frühe Datierung als plausibler gilt. Seine …