Pope Sylvester I (also Silvester, 285 – 31 December 335) was the bishop of Rome from 31 January 314 until his death. He filled the see of Rome at an important era in the history of the Western Church, yet very little is known of him. The accounts of his pontificate preserved in the seventh- or eighth-century Liber Pontificalis contain little more than a record of the gifts said to …

In modern historiography, ancient Rome refers to Roman civilisation from the founding of the city of Rome in the 8th century BC to the collapse of the Western Roman Empire in the 5th century AD. It encompasses the Roman Kingdom (753–509 BC), Roman Republic (509–27 BC) and Roman Empire (27 BC–476 AD) until the fall of the western empire.. Ancient Rome began as …

Costantino I Testa dell'acrolito monumentale di Costantino, conservata ai Musei Capitolini a Roma Cesare e poi Augusto dell'Impero romano; In carica 25 luglio 306 – 22 maggio 337: Predecessore Costanzo Cloro (per parte dei territori di competenza amministrati) e Flavio Severo (per la carica di Cesare d'Occidente) : Successore Costantino II (cesare dal 317) Costanzo II …

Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A feast central to the Christian liturgical year, it is preceded by the season of Advent or the Nativity Fast and initiates the season of Christmastide, which historically in the West lasts twelve days …

John Italus, Michael Attaleiates, Michael VII Doukas, Constantine Leichoudes: Michael Psellos or Psellus (Greek: ... His baptismal name was Constantine; Michael was the monastic name he chose when he entered a monastery later in life. "Psellos" ('the stammerer') probably was a personal by-name referring to a speech defect. Michael Psellos was educated in …

Frederick VI (Danish and Norwegian: Frederik; 28 January 1768 – 3 December 1839) was King of Denmark from 13 March 1808 to 3 December 1839 and King of Norway from 13 March 1808 to 7 February 1814, making him the last king of Denmark–Norway.From 1784 until his accession, he served as regent during his father's mental illness and was referred to as the "Crown Prince …

Constantine VII described the ceremonies which took place during the birth of a porphyrogénnētos boy in his work De Ceremoniis aulae byzantinae. Etymology. The Boukoleon Palace as it survives today. The Byzantines themselves ascribed it either to the fact that the child was born to parents bearing the imperial purple, or because the child was born in a special …

Constantino I (Naísso, 27 de fevereiro de 272 – Nicomédia, 22 de maio de 337), também conhecido como Constantino, o Grande, foi um imperador romano, proclamado Augusto pelas suas tropas em 25 de julho de 306, [1] que governou uma porção crescente do Império Romano até a sua morte. [2]Constantino derrotou os imperadores Magêncio e Licínio durante as …

Lorenzo Valla (Italian: [loˈrɛntso ˈvalla]; also Latinized as Laurentius; c. 1407 – 1 August 1457) was an Italian Renaissance humanist, rhetorician, educator, scholar, and Catholic priest.He is best known for his historical-critical textual analysis that proved that the Donation of Constantine was a forgery, therefore attacking and undermining the presumption of temporal power …

Alexander (Greek: Αλέξανδρος, Aléxandros; 1 August 1893 – 25 October 1920) was King of Greece from 11 June 1917 until his death three years later, at the age of 27, from the effects of a monkey bite.. The second son of King Constantine I, Alexander was born in the summer palace of Tatoi on the outskirts of Athens.He succeeded his father in 1917, during World War I, after …