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The Pope Who Wasn't There: Benedict's Triple Papacy
Benedict IX, a pope in the 11th century, holds the rare distinction of becoming a pope three times, selling the papacy, being ...
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Titus: The Roman Emperor Who Conquered Jerusalem
Titus Caesar Vespasianus ruled Rome for just two years from 79-81 CE after the death of his father Vespasian, the founder of the Flavian Dynasty. His younger brother and successor, Domitian, implied ...
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Why is the pope called Pontifex Maximus – a several thousand-year-old pagan Roman title?
The Roman emperors were central figures in the ancient Roman religion. The emperor also served as high priest, since he was ...
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Westminster Abbey has silk bag made from same material in Charlemagne’s burial shroud
A silk bag housed in Westminster Abbey was made from the same material as the burial shroud of Charlemagne, the first Holy Roman Emperor, researchers have found. The abbey has discovered that a ...
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Charlemagne, le prince à cheval (1994)
It consists of five episodes and covers the period from the death of his father, Pepin the Short in AD 768 until Charlemagne's corronation as the first Holy Roman Emperor on Christmas Day ...
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In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony.
By the beginning of the first century AD, Jews had spread from ... Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect ...
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In the first century AD, Jews lived across the Roman Empire in relative harmony.
By the beginning of the first century AD, Jews had spread from ... Synagogues were classified as colleges to get around Roman laws banning secret societies and the temples were allowed to collect ...