WebAelius Aristide, dont le nom complet est, en latin, Publius Aelius Aristides Theodorus (né probablement en 117 - mort après 185) est un rhéteur et un sophiste grec qui vécut à l'époque antonine. Il fut un brillant représentant de la Seconde Sophistique.

WebSappho was an ancient Greek lyric poet from the island of Lesbos. She wrote around 10,000 lines of poetry, only a small fraction of which survives. Only one poem is known to be complete; in some cases as little as a single word survives. Modern editions of Sappho's poetry are the product of centuries of scholarship, first compiling quotations from …

WebThe Antonine Plague of 165 to 180 AD, also known as the Plague of Galen (after Galen, the physician who described it), was the first known pandemic impacting the Roman Empire, possibly contracted and spread by soldiers who were returning from campaign in the Near East.Scholars generally believe the plague was smallpox, although measles has also …

WebGiacomo Leopardi wurde am 29. Juni 1798 als ältestes von fünf Kindern des Grafen Monaldo Leopardi und der Gräfin Adelaide geb. Antici in Recanati geboren. 1799 kam sein Bruder Carlo und 1800 seine Schwester Paolina zur Welt; beide Geschwister wurden die engsten Vertrauten des jungen Giacomo. Er wuchs in bedrückter und reaktionärer …

WebMarcus Aurelius Antoninus (Latin: [máːɾkus̠ auɾέːli.us̠ antɔ́ːni.us̠]; English: / ɔː ˈ r iː l i ə s / aw-REE-lee-əs; 26 April 121 – 17 March 180) was Roman emperor from 161 to 180 AD and a Stoic philosopher. He was the last of the rulers known as the Five Good Emperors (a term coined some 13 centuries later by Niccolò Machiavelli), and the last emperor of the Pax …

WebLatin was the official language of the Roman Empire, but other languages were regionally important, such as Greek. Latin was the original language of the Romans and remained the language of imperial administration, legislation, and the military throughout the classical period. In the West, it became the lingua franca and came to be used for even local …

WebSmyrna (/ ˈ s m ɜːr n ə / SMUR-nə; Ancient Greek: Σμύρνη, romanized: Smýrnē, or Ancient Greek: Σμύρνα, romanized: Smýrna) was a Greek city located at a strategic point on the Aegean coast of Anatolia.Due to its advantageous port conditions, its ease of defence, and its good inland connections, Smyrna rose to prominence. The name of the city since …

WebThe Temple of Artemis or Artemision (Greek: Ἀρτεμίσιον; Turkish: Artemis Tapınağı), also known as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis (identified with Diana, a Roman goddess).It was located in Ephesus (near the modern town of Selçuk in present-day Turkey).By 401 AD it had been ruined or …

WebAelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus (Greek: Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – c. AD 216), often Anglicized as Galen (/ ˈ ɡ eɪ l ən /) or Galen of Pergamon, was a Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire. Considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen influenced the development …

WebThe Acropolis of Rhodes (Greek: Ακρόπολη της Ρόδου) is the acropolis, or upper town, of ancient Rhodes dating from the 5th century BC and located 3 kilometers SW from the centre of the modern city. Situated on Monte Smith overlooking the west coast of the island, the archaeological site includes some of the most important monuments in the ancient city, …