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The gens (plural gentes) was a Roman family, of Italic or Etruscan origins, consisting of all those individuals who shared the same nomen and claimed descent from a common ancestor. It was an important social and legal structure in early Roman history. [1] [2]
In European genealogy, a descent from antiquity (DFA or DfA) is a proven unbroken line of descent between specific individuals from ancient history and people living today. . Ancestry can readily be traced back to the Early Middle Ages, but beyond that, insufficient documentation of the ancestry of the new royal and noble families of the period makes tracing them to historical figures from ...
Over centuries, a gens could expand from a single family to a large clan, potentially including hundreds or even thousands of members. Some of these may have been the descendants of freedmen or persons who entered the gens through adoption , while in other cases, different families that had assumed the same nomen in the distant past became ...
Von Däniken writes that ancient art and iconography throughout the world illustrates air and space vehicles, non-human but intelligent creatures, ancient astronauts, and artifacts of an anachronistically advanced technology. Von Däniken also states that geographically separated historical cultures share artistic themes, which he argues imply ...
The First Civilization have since, as a distinct species, become extinct, though hybrid bloodlines of the two species still exist; their presence in history has been erased, leaving behind only remnants of their technology (known as "Pieces of Eden"), which became powerful weapons and religious artifacts (the reason behind the Templars' and the ...
However, Wright says proof may still be found under the surfaces of Mars and the Moon. RELATED: Check out these alien-looking, otherworldly landscapes found on Earth: Show comments
Former planets of the Solar System Former planet Discovery Removal Current status Notes The Morning Star [NB 1]: Antiquity: Antiquity: Aspects of Venus "Phosphorus", the Morning Star of Greek antiquity (Eosphorus, the Dawn-Bringer; called "Lucifer" by the Romans), and "Hesperus", the Evening Star (called "Vesper" by the Romans), were later identified as a single planet, Venus (Aphrodite).
Argead Dynasty, family of Philip II of Macedonia and Alexander the Great; Kings of the Hellenes; Kings of the Hellenes, simple (French) Alcmaeonids noble house of Ancient Athens, family of Pericles and Alcibiades; Byzantine emperors family tree