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101Marius, Gaius — born с 157, Cereatae, near Arpinum, Latium died Jan. 13, 86 BC, Rome General and consul who redesigned the Roman army. He secured command of the army in Africa (107) and solved the chronic manpower shortage by enlisting landless citizens for the… …
102Verres, Gaius — born с 115 died 43 BC Roman magistrate. As quaestor, Verres embezzled funds. He helped the governor of Cilicia, Gaius Dolabella, plunder the province (80–78), and then he helped convict Dolabella at Rome. He became praetor by bribery and abused… …
103York, house of — Younger branch of the Plantagenet dynasty, descended from Edward III s fifth son, Edmund of Langley (1341–1402), 1st duke of York. In the 15th century the Yorkists took the throne from the house of Lancaster; the Yorkist kings were Edward IV,… …
104ancient Rome — ▪ ancient state, Europe, Africa, and Asia Introduction the state centred on the city of Rome. This article discusses the period from the founding of the city and the regal period, which began in 753 BC, through the events leading to the… …
105Cavour, Camillo Benso, conte di (count of) — ▪ Piedmontese statesman Introduction born August 10, 1810, Turin, Piedmont, French Empire died June 6, 1861, Turin, Italy Piedmontese statesman, a conservative whose exploitation of international rivalries and of revolutionary movements brought… …
106Dalhousie, James Andrew Broun Ramsay, Marquess and 10th Earl of — ▪ governor general of India Introduction born April 22, 1812, Dalhousie Castle, Midlothian, Scot. died Dec. 19, 1860, Dalhousie Castle British governor general of India from 1847 to 1856, who is accounted the creator both of the map of modern… …
107Sudan, history of the — Introduction history of the area from prehistoric and ancient times to the present. Ancient Nubia The earliest inhabitants of what is now The Sudan can be traced to African peoples who lived in the vicinity of Khartoum in Mesolithic times… …
108Asia Minor — • The peninsular mass that the Asiatic continent projects westward of an imaginary line running from the Gulf of Alexandretta (Issus) on the Mediterranean to the vicinity of Trebizond (Trapezus) on the Black Sea Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin… …
109Catalonia — • A principality within the Spanish Monarchy Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Catalonia Catalonia † …
110Ceylon — • An island to the south east of India and separated from it only by a chain of reefs and sand banks called Adam s Bridge Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ceylon Ceylon …
