Victory titles - Victory titles A victory title is an honorific title adopted by a successful military commander to commemorate his defeat of an enemy nation. This is a chiefly Roman practice, although other groups have made use of this practice, as well. This document is chiefly concerned with Roman victory titles. Victory titles were treated as cognomina and were usually the name of the enemy defeated by the commander. Hence, names like Africanus ("the African"), Numidicus ("the Numidian"), Isauricus ("the Isaurian"), Creticus ("the Cretan"), Gothicus ("the Goth"), Germanicus ("the German") and Parthicus ("the Parthian"), seemingly out of place for ardently patriotic Romans, are in fact expressions of Roman superiority over these peoples. Literally, this would be like calling Erwin Rommel, George S. Patton, Jr, and H. Norman Schwarzkopf.
List of Imperial Victory Titles - List of Imperial Victory Titles This document is a list of victory titles assumed by Roman Emperors, not including assumption of the title Imperator (is itself a victory title); note that the Roman Emperors were not the only persons to assume victory titles (Maximinus Thrax acquired his victory title during the reign of a previous Emperor). In many ways, the Imperial victory titles give an interesting summary of which wars and which peoples were considered significant by the senior leadership of the Roman Empire. For a more complete list of the Emperors themselves, see List of Roman Emperors. Domitian, 81 - 96 Germanicus ("the German"), late 83 Nerva, 96 98 Germanicus ("the German"), October 97 Trajan, 98 - 117 Germanicus ("the German"), October 97 Dacicus ("the Dacian"), 102.
Jack Kirby - Comics. In addition Kirby and Simon produced crime comics, horror comics, westerns and humour strips. The Kirby & Simon partnership ended in 1954 with the comic book industry beset by self-imposed censorship and negative publicity. Kirby continued to create comics reinventing the Green Arrow strip in Adventure Comics and creating the well-received classic about a group of death defying adventurers, the Challengers of the Unknown. Kirby returned to Marvel Comics where he produced a series of imaginative monster, horror and science fiction stories for its many anthology titles. Kirby's bizarre designs of powerful unearthly creatures were a hit with the reading audience. At the behest of publisher Martin Goodman and together with partner Stan Lee, Kirby began creating superhero comics once again in 1961. He had a hand in the creation.
Jacobus de Voragine - the archbishop's eyes instead of on his head, with the words, "Remember that thou art a Ghibelline, and with thy fellow Ghibellines wilt return to naught." Works Jacobus de Voragine left a list of his own works. Speaking of himself in his Chronicon januense, he says, "While he was in his order, and after he had been made archbishop, he wrote many works. For he compiled the legends of the saints (Legendae sanctorum) in one volume, adding many things from the Historia tripartita et scholastica, and from the chronicles of many writers." The other writings he claims are two anonymous volumes of Sermons concerning all the Saints whose yearly feasts the church celebrates. Of these volumes, he adds, one is very diffuse, but the other short and concise. Then follow Sermones.
John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale - absolute supremacy of the crown in church and state, restoring the nomination of the lords of the articles to the king and initiating severe measures against the Covenanters. In 1669 he was able to boast with truth that "the king is now master here in all causes and over all persons." His own power was now at its height, and his position as the favourite of Charles, controlled by no considerations of patriotism or statesmanship, and completely independent of the English parliament, recalled the worst scandals and abuses of the Stuart administration before the Civil War. He was a member of the cabal ministry, but took little part in English affairs, and was not entrusted with the first secret treaty of Dover, but gave personal support to Charles in his degrading.
John Skelton - doubt inspired by Catullus. It is a poem of some 1400 lines and takes many liberties with the formularies of the church. The digressions are considerable. We learn what a wide reading Jane had in the romances of Charlemagne, of the Round Table, The Four Sons of Aymon and the Trojan cycle. Skelton finds space to give his opinion of Chaucer, Gower and Lydgate. He seems fully to have realized Chaucer's value as a master of the English language. Gower's matter was, he said, "worth gold," but his English he regarded as antiquated. The verse in which the poem is written, called from its inventor "Skeltonical," is here turned entirely to whimsical use. The lines are usually six-syllabled, but vary in length, and rhyme in groups of two, three, four and.
Juan Roldan - five more wins in a row, he fought Juan Carlos Peralta, with the fight resulting in a three round no contest. On May 27, 1983, Roldan made his international debut, with a 10 round decision over Teddy Mann in Rhode Island, USA. After retaining his Argentine title twice more, he was faced, on November 10, 1983, with one of the top rated Middleweights of the time, Frank The Animal Fletcher, at the undercard of the high-profile, Marvin Hagler-Roberto Duran world title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada. Roldan dropped Fletcher twice on his way to a sixth round knockout victory. After this win, Roldan was ranked number 1 by the major boxing organizations, and many fans began to speculate as to what would happen if he and Hagler met. The contracts for.
Julio Cesar Gonzalez - light-heavyweight boxer who holds the WBO and lineal world titles in that weight class. Gonzalez was born in Guerrero Negro, Mexico and still claims Mexico as his native country although he has lived in the United States for several years. He entered the professional boxing ranks in 1997 after a moderately successful amateur career and gradually worked his way through the ranks of the light-heavyweight journeymen. He had won his first 21 fights by the time he got his first chance at a boxing title, the WBC Fecarbox regional belt, on May 5, 2000. He defeated fellow unbeaten Jesus Ruiz on a ninth-round technical knockout in Commerce City, California. Gonzalez followed that victory up with five more wins, including a 12-round unanimous decision over Julian Letterlough on February 2, 2001 that.
Indian Mutiny - limited to the area of Bengal and the North. Indeed, several areas actively supported the British. Sikh and Pathan units from the Punjab and North West Frontier were crucial to the eventual defeat of the rebellion, as were the Gurkhas from Nepal. Indians were dissatisfied with the heavy-handed rule of the British East India Company who had embarked on a project of rather rapid westernization. For example, they intended to replace native princes. The leader of the Marathas, Nana Sahib, was denied his titles in 1853 and his pension was stopped. The last of the Moghul emperors, Bahadur Shah II, was told that he would be the end of his dynasty. If a landowner did not leave a male heir, the land became the property of the Company via the Doctrine.
Hanni Wenzel - citizenship. In 1976, she won the country's first Olympic medals by taking two bronzes from Innsbruck (Austria). After winning the 1978 overall World Cup, Wenzel's best year came in 1980, winning the Olympic titles on the slalom and giant slalom, and just missing out on a third gold by taking the silver in the downhill. She also won the combined event in Lake Placid, although it had World Championship status, not Olympic status. At the same Olympics, her brother also won a silver medal, placing Liechtenstein high in the medal ranking of the games. Wenzel retired in 1985 - with two Olympic titles, two World titles, two overall World Cups, three discipline World Cups and 33 World Cup victories on her victory list. Later, she married Austrian World Champion Harti Weirather.
Harrison Dillard - an American athlete, the only one so far to win Olympic titles in both sprinting and hurdling events. After serving army duty during World War II, Dillard returned to college and resumed athletics, to which he had been inspired by Jesse Owens, who was also from Cleveland. He particularly excelled in hurdling, and was probably the best hurdler in the world shortly after the war. However, at the trials for the 1948 Summer Olympics, Dillard failed to qualify for the 110 m hurdles event, although he qualified as third (and last) for the 100 m, not his specialty. At the Games, Dillard reached the final, which seemed to end in a dead heat between Dillard and another American, Barney Ewell. The finish photo showed Dillard had won, equalling the World Record.
Herb Brooks - at the 1980 Winter Olympics that won the gold medal. The team, made up of college age players, defeated Finland in the final match of the round robin group, after beating the Soviet Union in the previous game. The Soviet Union, which had won four consecutive Olympic titles from 1964 to 1976, was considered the best team at these Olympics, while the US reaching the final round robin pool was already considered a surprise. In the match against the USSR, the American team came back from behind three times until a late goal by Mike Eruzione in the third period sealed the match. Another hero of the team was goalie Jim Craig, with 39 saves. The victory later became known as "The Miracle on Ice". Brooks later coached in the National.
History of Puerto Rico - the idea of political autonomy, leaving behind the notion of assimilation with Spain. During the mid-1880s, they worked on a party platform calling for self government and renamed themselves the "Partido Autonomista Puertorriqueño" (Puerto Rican Autonomist Party). The pro-independence movement, meanwhile, planned several invasions from exile which never materialized for lack of funds and support. Towards the end of the 1880s, the island's population suffered from a severe economic crisis. The local monopoly of Spanish merchants fueled resentment and led to the establishment of secret societies--organizations promoting the boycott of Spanish merchants and greater support for local business. There were many violent incidents against Spanish commercial establishments, particularly looting and arson. The government and its Civil Guard responded with a series of raids and imprisonments, applying severe torture measures which became.
History of baseball - "American League", moved several franchises to larger, strategic locations, and in 1901 declared its intent to operate as a major league. The resulting bidding war for players led to widespread contract-breaking and legal hassles. One of the most famous involved star second baseman Napoleon Lajoie, who went across town in Philadelphia from the National League Phillies to the American League Athletics in 1901. Barred by a court injunction from playing baseball in the state of Pennsylvania the next year, Lajoie saw his contract traded to the Cleveland team; he would play for and manage Cleveland for many years. After 1902 both leagues and most of the minor leagues signed a new National Agreement which led, in 1903, to the playing of a "World Series" between the two major league champions, governed.
History of baseball outside the United States - to 5. There were plans for including baseball at the 1940 Olympics originally scheduled for Japan, but these plans were abandoned after Japan had to withdraw its bid because of its war in Manchuria. After World War II, a Finnish game akin to baseball, pesapallo, was demonstrated at the 1952 Olympics in Helsinki. Four years later, another demonstration of baseball took place at the Olympic in Melbourne, Australia. A team made up of servicemen from the U.S. Far East Command played Australia. Although initially with few spectators, during the match the crowd for the other athletic events entered the stadium, adding up to 114,000 spectators, which is reportedly still the biggest crowd to any baseball game ever. The match was won by the USA, 11 - 5. In 1964, the Olympic.
History of Ottoman Egypt - in the spring of 1619 is said to have carried off 635,000 persons, and in 1643 completely desolated 230 villages. By the 18th century the importance of the pasha was superseded by that of the beys, and two offices, those of Sheik al-Balad and Amir al-~ajj, which were held by these persons, represented the real headship of the community. The process by which this state of affairs came about is somewhat obscure, owing to the want of good chronicles for the Turkish period of Egyptian history. In 1707 the Sheik al-Balad, Qgsim Iywaz, is found at the head of one of two Mameluke factions, the Qasimites and the Fiqarites, between whom the seeds of enmity were sown by the pasha of the time, with the result that a fight took place.
Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson - Admiral of the White Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson of the Nile, Baron Nelson of the Nile, K.B.. In addition to these British titles he was also Duke of Bronte in the nobility of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies, Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Ferdinand and of Merit, and a Knight of the Ottoman Empire's Order of the Crescent. Table of contents showTocToggle("show","hide") 1 Early life 2 Command 3 Admiralty 4 Trafalgar 5 Legacy 6 See also Early life Horatio Nelson was born in Burnham Thorpe, Norfolk, England to the Reverend Edmund Nelson and Catherine Suckling Nelson. His mother died when Nelson was nine. He learnt to sail on Barton Broad on the Norfolk Broads, and by the time he was twelve, he had enrolled.
Hollywood Animation: The Golden Age - for generations afterwards. Warners' cartoon directors came into their own at this time, and the 1940s cartoons of Friz Freleng and Bob Clampett are legendary. See also: Looney Tunes & Merrie Melodies filmography Sound in animation While much of the magic of the Golden Era was due to the visual artistry of the cartoons, an equal part was played by the vocal talents and elaborate symphonic scores that went alongside the images. As motion pictures drew audiences away from their radio sets, it also drew the talented actors and vocal impressionists into film and animation. Mel Blanc gave voice to many of Warner Bros. most popular characters, including Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck. Other voices and personalities from Vaudeville and the radio era contributed to the popularility of animated films in.
George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle - an invitation to take service in the parliament's army against the Irish rebels. Making a distinction like other soldiers of the time between fighting the Irish and taking arms against the king, he accepted the offer and took the covenant. At first as adjutant-general to the Parliamentary lord-lieutenant, his old friend Lord Lisle, and afterwards as governor of Ulster, he rendered great services to his new masters. In conjunction with Colonel Michael Jones, governor of Leinster, he made headway against the rebels for two years, but in the third (1649) the Parliamentarians, weakened by defections brought about by the execution of the king, were no longer able to keep the field. Losing one strong place after another, Monk concluded an armistice with the rebel Owen Roe O'Neill upon terms which he.
Gnaeus Naevius - composition was the epitaph already referred to, written like the epic in saturnalian verse: Immortales mortales si foret fas flere, flerent diuae Camenae Naeuium poetam. itaque, postquam est Orchi traditus thesauro, obliti sunt Romani loquier lingua Latina. If these lines were dictated by a jealousy of the growing ascendancy of Ennius, the life of Naevius must have been prolonged considerably beyond 204, the year in which Ennius began his career as an author in Rome. As distinguished from Livius Andronicus, Naevius was a native Italian, not a Greek; he was also an original writer, not a mere adapter or translator. If it was due to Livius that the forms of Latin literature were, from the first, moulded on those of Greek literature, it was due to Naevius that much of its.
