WebClass conflict, also referred to as class struggle and class warfare, is the political tension and economic antagonism that exists in society because of socio-economic competition among the social classes or between rich and poor.. The forms of class conflict include direct violence such as wars for resources and cheap labor, assassinations or revolution; …

WebThe Oenotrians (Οἴνωτρες, meaning "tribe led by Oenotrus" or "people from the land of vines - Οἰνωτρία") were an ancient people who inhabited a territory in southern Italy from Paestum to southern Calabria.By the sixth century BC, the Oenotrians had been absorbed into other Italic tribes.. According to Pausanias, Dionysius of Halicarnassus and …

WebLucius Cassius Dio (c. 155 – c. 235), also known as Dio Cassius (Greek: Δίων Κάσσιος Dion Kassios), was a Roman historian and senator of maternal Greek origin.He published 80 volumes of the history on ancient Rome, beginning with the arrival of Aeneas in Italy. The volumes documented the subsequent founding of Rome (753 BC), the formation of the …

WebEn el ámbito religioso, una reliquia (del latín reliquiae 'restos') [1] suele consistir en los restos físicos o en los efectos personales de un santo o de una persona venerada conservados con fines de culto como recuerdo tangible. Las reliquias son una parte importante de algunos aspectos del cristianismo, el budismo, el hinduismo, el islam, el …

WebThe Battle of the Allia was a battle fought c. 387 BC between the Senones – a Gallic tribe led by Brennus, who had invaded Northern Italy – and the Roman Republic.The battle was fought at the confluence of the Tiber and Allia rivers, 11 Roman miles (16 km, 10 mi) north of Rome. The Romans were routed and subsequently Rome was sacked by the Senones. …

WebName. Aurōra stems from Proto-Italic *ausōs, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h a éusōs, the "dawn" conceived as divine entity.It has cognates in the goddesses Ēṓs, Uṣas, Aušrinė, Auseklis and Ēastre.. Roman mythology. In Roman mythology, Aurōra renews herself every morning and flies across the sky, announcing the arrival of the Sun.Her …

WebAn antiquarian or antiquary (from Latin antiquarius 'pertaining to ancient times') is an aficionado or student of antiquities or things of the past. More specifically, the term is used for those who study history with particular attention to ancient artifacts, archaeological and historic sites, or historic archives and manuscripts.The essence of antiquarianism is a …

WebHet mithraïsme, ook wel de Mithrascultus genoemd, was een mysteriecultus rond de god Mithras, die van de late eerste eeuw tot de late vierde eeuw beoefend werd in grote delen van het Romeinse Rijk.Het was een van de twee officiële godsdiensten in het Romeinse Rijk tot ca. 300 n.Chr., toen de opkomst van het christendom in Rome het mithraïsme …

WebThe weekdays and weekend are the complementary parts of the week devoted to labour and rest, respectively.The legal weekdays (British English), or workweek (American English), is the part of the seven-day week devoted to working.In most of the world, the workweek is from Monday to Friday and the weekend is Saturday and Sunday.A …

WebRoman law. Under Roman law, ownership of a building was considered inseparable from ownership of the land beneath it.A person with the right to use the land for a superficies, known as a superficarius, enjoyed a right to use the superficies, bequeath it to his heirs and encumber it, despite not "owning" it outright.The right was known as a Jus …