WebDon (Spanish: ; Italian: ; Portuguese: Dom; all from Latin dominus, roughly 'Lord'), abbreviated as D., is an honorific prefix primarily used in Spain and Hispanic America, and with different connotations also in Italy, Portugal and its former colonies, and Croatia.. Don is derived from the Latin dominus: a master of a household, a title with background from the …

WebThe Julian calendar, proposed by Roman consul Julius Caesar in 46 BC, was a reform of the Roman calendar. It took effect on 1 January 45 BC, by edict.It was designed with the aid of Greek mathematicians and astronomers such as Sosigenes of Alexandria.. The calendar became the predominant calendar in the Roman Empire and subsequently most of the …

WebPetronius Maximus (c. 397 – 31 May 455) was Roman emperor of the West for two and a half months in 455. A wealthy senator and a prominent aristocrat, he was instrumental in the murders of the Western Roman magister militum, Aëtius, and the Western Roman emperor, Valentinian III.. Maximus secured the throne the day after Valentinian's death by ensuring …

WebTitles include: Honorific titles or styles of address, a phrase used to convey respect to the recipient of a communication, or to recognize an attribute such as: . Imperial, royal and noble ranks; Academic degree; Social titles, prevalent among certain sections of society due to historic or other reasons.; Other accomplishment, as with a title of honor; Title of …

WebThe Praetorian Guard (Latin: cohortēs praetōriae) was a unit of the Imperial Roman army that served as personal bodyguards and intelligence agents for the Roman emperors.During the Roman Republic, the Praetorian Guard were an escort for high-rank political officials (senators and procurators) and were bodyguards for the senior officers of the Roman …

WebDespotēs (δεσπότης) – "Lord": this title was used by the emperors themselves since the time of Justinian I, and was an honorific address for the sons of reigning emperors.Hellenistic rulers had used extensively and during Byzantine times often featured in coins, in lieu of Basileus.In the 12th century, Manuel I Komnenos made it a separate …

WebTrajan (/ ˈ t r eɪ dʒ ən / TRAY-jən; Latin: Caesar Nerva Traianus; 18 September 53 – 9/11 August 117) was Roman emperor from 98 to 117. Officially declared optimus princeps ("best ruler") by the senate, Trajan is remembered as a successful soldier-emperor who presided over one of the greatest military expansions in Roman history and led the empire to attain …

WebThis guideline is a part of the English Wikipedia's Manual of Style. ... Augustus (63 BC – 14 AD) was a Roman emperor ... Honorific titles used with forenames only (such as "Sir Elton", "Sir David", "Dame Judi") should be avoided unless this form is so heavily preferred in popular usage that the use of the surname alone would render the ...

WebTitles and honorifics. Certain honorifics and titles could be shared by different gods, divine personifications, demi-gods and divi (deified mortals).. Augustus and Augusta. Augustus, "the elevated or august one" (masculine form) is an honorific and title awarded to Octavian in recognition of his unique status, the extraordinary range of his powers, and the …

WebNero Claudius Drusus Germanicus (38–9 BC), also called Drusus the Elder, was a Roman politician and military commander. He was a patrician Claudian on his birth father's side but his maternal grandmother was from a plebeian family. He was the son of Livia Drusilla and the legal stepson of her second husband, the Emperor Augustus.He was also brother of …

WebCasimir II the Just (Polish: Kazimierz II Sprawiedliwy; 28 October 1138 – 5 May 1194) was a Lesser Polish Duke of Wiślica from 1166–1173, and of Sandomierz after 1173. He became ruler over the Polish Seniorate Province at Kraków and thereby High Duke of Poland in 1177; a position he held until his death, though interrupted once by his elder brother and …

WebThe genus name is derived from the Greek Sebastos, an honorific used in ancient Greek for the Roman imperial title of Augustus, an allusion to the old name for S. norvegicus on Ibiza, its type locality, which Cuvier translated as “august” or “venerable”.. The fossil record of rockfish goes back to the Miocene, with unequivocal whole body fossils and otoliths …

WebA Christian name, sometimes referred to as a baptismal name, is a religious personal name given on the occasion of a Christian baptism, though now most often assigned by parents at birth. In English-speaking cultures, a person's Christian name is commonly their first name and is typically the name by which the person is primarily known.. Traditionally, a …

WebThe Latin word imperator derives from the stem of the verb imperare, meaning 'to order, to command'.It was originally employed as a title roughly equivalent to commander under the Roman Republic.Later it became a part of the titulature of the Roman Emperors as part of their cognomen.The English word emperor derives from imperator via Old French: …