WebSaint Publius (Maltese: San Publju; Greek: Πούπλιος) is a first century Maltese bishop.He is venerated as the first Bishop of Malta and one of the first Bishops of Athens.. Publius is Malta's first acknowledged saint, the prince of the island (Maltese: il-prinċep tal-gżira).According to Maltese Christian tradition, Publius' conversion led to Malta being the …

WebTheodosius II (Greek: Θεοδόσιος, translit. Theodosios; 10 April 401 – 28 July 450) was Roman emperor for most of his life, proclaimed augustus as an infant in 402 and ruling as the eastern Empire's sole emperor after the death of his father Arcadius in 408. His reign was marked by the promulgation of the Theodosian law code and the construction of the …

WebThe Constitution of the Roman Empire was an unwritten set of guidelines and principles passed down mainly through precedent. After the fall of the Roman Republic, the constitutional balance of power shifted from the Roman Senate to the Roman Emperor.Beginning with the first emperor, Augustus, the emperor and the Senate were …

WebBasil II Porphyrogenitus (Greek: Βασίλειος Πορφυρογέννητος Basileios Porphyrogennetos; 958 – 15 December 1025), nicknamed the Bulgar Slayer (Greek: ὁ Βουλγαροκτόνος, ho Boulgaroktónos), was the senior Byzantine emperor from 976 to 1025. He and his brother Constantine VIII were crowned before their father Romanos II died in 963, but they were …

WebThe statue of Laocoön and His Sons, also called the Laocoön Group (Italian: Gruppo del Laocoonte), has been one of the most famous ancient sculptures ever since it was excavated in Rome in 1506 and placed on public display in the Vatican Museums, where it remains. It is very likely the same statue that was praised in the highest terms by the …

WebJewish–Roman tensions resulted in several Jewish–Roman wars between the years 66 and 135 CE, which resulted in the destruction of Jerusalem and the Second Temple and the institution of the Jewish Tax in 70 (those who paid the tax were exempt from the obligation of making sacrifices to the Roman imperial cult). Emperor Hadrian attempted to ...

WebAurelian (Latin: Lucius Domitius Aurelianus; 9 September 214 – c. October 275) was a Roman emperor, who reigned during the Crisis of the Third Century, from 270 to 275.As emperor, he won an unprecedented series of military victories which reunited the Roman Empire after it had nearly disintegrated under the pressure of barbarian invasions and …

WebConstantine XI Dragases Palaiologos or Dragaš Palaeologus (Greek: Κωνσταντῖνος Δραγάσης Παλαιολόγος, Kōnstantînos Dragásēs Palaiológos; 8 February 1405 – 29 May 1453) was the last Byzantine emperor, reigning from 1449 until his death in battle at the Fall of Constantinople in 1453. Constantine's death marked the definitive end of the Eastern …

WebAelia Capitolina (Traditional English Pronunciation: / ˈ iː l i ə ˌ k æ p ɪ t ə ˈ l aɪ n ə /; Latin in full: COLONIA AELIA CAPITOLINA) was a Roman colony founded during Emperor Hadrian's trip to Judah in 129/130, centered around Jerusalem, which had been almost totally razed after the siege of 70 CE.The foundation of Aelia Capitolina and the …

WebMonophysitism (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ f ɪ s aɪ ˌ t ɪ z əm / or / m ə ˈ n ɒ f ɪ s ɪ ˌ t ɪ z əm /) or monophysism (/ m ə ˈ n ɒ f ɪ z ɪ z əm /) is a Christological term derived from the Greek μόνος (monos, "alone, solitary") and φύσις (physis, a word that has many meanings but in this context means "nature"). It is defined as "a doctrine that in the person of the …