A member of the Roman School of composers, he was an influential early composer of monody, and wrote what is usually considered to be the first oratorio. Birthplace: Rome, Italy Jack Cole Dec. at 62 (1911-1974) Jack Cole (April 27, 1911 in New Brunswick, New Jersey – February 17,...
They had one son, Prince Roman Sergeievich Putyatin, who died in infancy. The couple escaped revolutionary Russia through Ukraine in July 1918. In exile, Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna lived briefly in Bucharest and London before she settled in Paris in 1920. In the 1920s, she opened Kitmir...
and several other territories. He also became the Holy Roman Emperor which was a title typically given to the leader of Austria for centuries. In order to gain this title, one must be voted for by members of the Holy Roman Empire and be crowned by the Pope. Having the Pope's blessing ...
An inhabitant of Roman Londinium some 1,600 years ago, a wealthy Roman woman was laid to rest in a stone sarcophagus in what is now Southwark. A statue of the Emperor Trajan and part of the wall which originally dated from Roman times. PICTURE: David Adams Her rest was not uninterrupted....
Carmen Carrera appears at the top. Born Christopher Roman, theactress and modelhas appeared in such television series asThe Bold and the BeautifulandJane the Virgin. She publicly revealed that she identified as a woman on a 2009 episode ofWhat Would You Do?and has begun making the transition...
No matter which region you visit in Italy, you’ll be able to stroll through cute villages perched in the mountains or along the coast. You’ll also be able to visit the wonderful Roman remains inRome, Naples, but also the beautiful churches that can be found in every Italian city. In...
After she committed suicide, her children were taken care of by her father’s second wife. Her brothers and her son ruled Egypt after her but she was the last Egyptian queen before the Romans took over. Her affairs with the Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony have been well documen...
In 161, Atticus, a philanthropic magnate and Roman senator, decided to build an odeon in honor of his wife who died in 160. At the time it was built, the theater measured 87 meters in diameter and could accommodate up to 5,000 spectators. Its capacity was rather low for the ancient ci...
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(; also US: , French: [vɔltɛːʁ]), was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher famous for his wit, his criticism of Christianity, especially the Roman Catholic Church, as well as his advocacy of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church ...