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Aeneas flees burning Troy, Federico Barocci, 1598 (Galleria Borghese, Rome, Italy). In Greco-Roman mythology, Aeneas (/ ɪ ˈ n iː ə s / ih-NEE-əs, [1] Latin: [äe̯ˈneːäːs̠]; from Ancient Greek: Αἰνείας, romanized: Aineíās) was a Trojan hero, the son of the Trojan prince Anchises and the Greek goddess Aphrodite (equivalent to the Roman Venus). [2]
His father was Bartolomeo Pacioli; however, Luca Pacioli was said to have lived with the Befolci family as a child in his birth town Sansepolcro. [5] He moved to Venice around 1464, where he continued his own education while working as a tutor to the three sons of a merchant. It was during this period that he wrote his first book, a treatise on ...
He is considered to be one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland", along with Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, Victor Emmanuel II of Italy and Giuseppe Mazzini. [1] Garibaldi is also known as the "Hero of the Two Worlds" because of his military enterprises in South America and Europe.
Their daughter Laura has acted as de facto First Lady, [237] accompanying her father on official trips outside Italy. [ 238 ] [ 239 ] Mattarella is Catholic . Best known for its involvement in politics, Mattarella's family has held various national and regional offices spanning across two generations.
Augustus created for the first time an administrative region called Italia with inhabitants called "Italicus populus", stretching from the Alps to Sicily: for this reason historians like Emilio Gentile called him Father of Italians. [95] In the 1st century BC, Italia was still a collection of territories with different political statuses.
Called the father of aeronautics for his pioneering efforts. Leonardo da Vinci (1452–1519), artist, engineer, and scientist. Perhaps no one in history achieved so much in so many different fields. [14] [15] Vincenzo Lancia (1881–1937), racing driver, engineer and founder of Lancia car maker firm.
Father proclaimed king of Italy: 9 January 1878 Father died, became king Prince Amedeo, Duke of Aosta, 1861–1869, brother Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples, 1869–1878, son Umberto I: Prince Vittorio Emanuele, Prince of Naples: Son 9 January 1878 Father became king 29 July 1900 Father assassinated, became king
He has been called the Father of Archaeology: " Cyriac of Ancona was the most enterprising and prolific recorder of Greek and Roman antiquities, particularly inscriptions, in the fifteenth century, and the general accuracy of his records entitles him to be called the founding father of modern classical archeology. " [ 3 ]