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91Publilius Optatianus Porfirius — was a Latin poet, possibly a native of Africa.He flourished during the 4th century. Porfirius has been identified with Publilius Optatianus, who was praefectus urbi (in 329 and 333), and is by some authorities included amongst the Christian poets …
92Flavius Cresconius Corippus — was a late Roman epic poet of the 6th century, who flourished under East Roman Emperors Justinian I and Justin II. His major works are the epic poem Johannis and the panegyric In laudem Justini minoris . Corippus was probably the last important… …
93Nedîm — Ahmet Nedîm Efendi (نديم) (1681? – 1730) was the pen name (Ottoman Turkish: ﻡﺨﻠﺺ mahlas) of one of the most celebrated Ottoman poets. He achieved his greatest fame during the reign of Ahmed III, the so called Tulip Era from 1718 to 1730. Both his …
94Carausian Revolt — The Carausian Revolt (286 ndash;296) was an episode in Roman history, during which a Roman naval commander, Carausius, declared himself emperor over Britain and northern Gaul. His Gallic territories were retaken by the western Caesar, Constantius …
95Theodorus Hyrtacenus — or Hyrtakenos (Greek: polytonic|Θεόδωρος Ὑρτάκενος) was a court official of the Byzantine Empire. He flourished in the time of the Andronikos II Palaiologos, where he was the superintendent of the public teachers of rhetoric and belles lettres.… …
96David Britton — For the basketball player, see David Britton (basketball). David Britton is a British author, artist, and publisher. In the 1970s he founded Weird Fantasy and Crucified Toad, a series of small press magazines of the speculative fiction and horror …
97Benedict Levita — (of Mainz), or Benedict the Deacon, is the name given to himself by the author of a forged collection of capitularies which appeared in the ninth century. The collection belongs to the group of pseudo Isidorian forgeries that includes the pseudo… …
98Shantinath — was the sixteenth Jain Tirthankar of the present age (Avasarpini). According to Jain beliefs, he became a siddha, a liberated soul which has destroyed all of its karma.Shantinath was born to King Viswasen Raja and Queen Achira Rani at Hastinapur… …
99Ahmad Ibn al-Qadi — For the Egyptian encyclopedist see Shihab al Din abu l Abbas Ahmad ben Ali ben Ahmad Abd Allah al Qalqashandi Abu l Abbas Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn al Qadi al Miknasi (1553 1616) was the leading writer from Ahmad al Mansur s court next to Abd al… …
100Arulenus Rusticus — Quintus Junius Arulenus Rusticus, (c. 35 93 AD), is more usually called Arulenus Rusticus, but sometimes also Junius Rusticus. He was a friend and follower of Thrasea Paetus, and, like the latter, an ardent admirer of Stoic philosophy. He was… …
