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Generalissimos of the Western Roman Empire
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Generalissimos of the Western Roman EmpireGeneralissimos of the Western Roman Empire

John Micheal O'Flynn traces the development of the position of the generalissimo, or emperor's commander of the military forces, in the western part of the Roman Empire during the first century AD. From the arrogant barbarian Arbogast, who treated the youthful emperor Valentinian as his puppet, to Odovacar, who dismissed the last western emperor and was pronounced king of Italy in 476, the generalissimos' seizure of power led to dissolution and chaos from which would emerge the political patterns of medieval and modern Europe.
 
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Tags: emperor, western, Empire, Roman, power, Western
Alchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman Empire
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Alchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman EmpireAlchemy and Authority in the Holy Roman Empire

What distinguished the true alchemist from the fraud? This question animated the lives and labors of the common men—and occasionally women—who made a living as alchemists in the sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Holy Roman Empire. As purveyors of practical techniques, inventions, and cures, these entrepreneurs were prized by princely patrons, who relied upon alchemists to bolster their political fortunes. At the same time, satirists, artists, and other commentators used the figure of the alchemist as a symbol for Europe’s social and economic ills.

 
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Tags: Empire, Roman, alchemists, alchemist, political, Alchemy
Arthurian Chronicles - Roman De Brut
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Arthurian Chronicles - Roman De BrutArthurian Chronicles - Roman De Brut

(Robert John) Wace (c. 1100 - c. 1174) was an Anglo-Norman poet, who was born in Jersey and brought up in mainland Normandy. Roman de Brut (c. 1155) was based on the Historia Regum Britanniae of Geoffrey of Monmouth. Its popularity is explained by the new accessibility to a wider public of the Arthur legend in a vernacular language. Wace was the first to mention the legend of King Arthur's Round Table and ascribe the name Excalibur to Arthur's sword, although he on the whole adds only minor details to Geoffrey's text. The Roman de Brut became the basis, in turn, for Layamon's Brut, an alliterative Middle English poem, and Piers Langtoft's Chronicle.
 
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Tags: Roman, Arthur, legend, Geoffrey, Arthurian
Dementia (Diseases and Disorders)
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Dementia (Diseases and Disorders)Dementia (Diseases and Disorders)

Dementia has been known since ancient times. Medical texts from the Roman Empire mention dementia. The Roman philosopher and politician Cicero wrote about it in the second century B.C., referring to it as “senilis stultitia.” Even then, there was disagreement about whether it was an illness or a normal part of growing old. The word dementia, which comes from the Latin for “without mind,” came into common use in the 1700s, and is mentioned in the 1808 code of law written by Napoleon Bonaparte.
 
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Tags: about, Dementia, Roman, dementia, growing, Diseases
Boudicca's Heirs - Women in Early Britain
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Boudicca's Heirs - Women in Early BritainBoudicca's Heirs - Women in Early Britain

Affording a clearer depiction of women in the Late Iron Age and Roman Britain than currently exists, Dorothy Watts examines archaeological, inscriptional and literary evidence to present a unique assessment of women and their place during the Romanization of Britain.
Analyzing information from over 4,000 burials in terms of age, health and nutrition, Watt draws comparison with evidence on men’s lives and burials. Effectively integrating her archaeological findings with the political and social history of the late Iron Age and Roman period, she expertly places women in their real context.


 
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Tags: Britain, women, archaeological, their, Roman, evidence