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In the countryside, Crescentii castles concentrated a cluster of population that depended on them for their defense and were dependable armed members of the Crescentii clientage. After Sergius IV's death (1012), the Crescentii simply installed their candidate, Gregory, in the Lateran, without the assent of the cardinals. A struggle flared ...
The Duchy of Gaeta (Latin: Ducatus Caietae) was an early medieval state centered on the coastal South Italian city of Gaeta. It began in the early ninth century as the local community began to grow autonomous as Byzantine power lagged in the Mediterranean and the peninsula due to Lombard and Saracen incursions.
A poem by Letitia Elizabeth Landon in the Literary Gazette, 1823. The Widow of Crescentius. A poem by Felicia Hemans, in Tales and Historic Scenes, 1819. This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "Crescentius". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
Frontispiece of the De agricultura in the vernacular edition of Matteo Capcasa, printed in Venice in 1495.jpg Part of the Crescenzi calendar. Pietro de' Crescenzi (c. 1230/35 – c. 1320), Latin: 'Petrus de Crescentiis', was a Bolognese jurist, [1] now remembered for his writings on horticulture and agriculture, the Ruralia commoda. [2]
Francesco Gaeta (1879 – 15 April 1927) was an Italian poet, writer and a journalist for Italian newspapers. [1] His early works were initially influenced by Gabriele D'Annunzio, and were characterized by a sentimental and sensual mood. His language featured both refined and popular elements.
Gaius or Gnaeus Hosidius Geta (/ ˈ ɡ ɛ t ə / GHET-ə; c. 20 – after 95 AD) was a Roman Senator and general who lived in the 1st century. Geta was a praetor some time before 42. . In the latter year, commanding a legion, probably the Legio IX Hispana in the Africa Province, he was a part of Gaius Suetonius Paulinus' campaigns into Mauretan
The poem is addressed to the goddess Proserpina, the Roman equivalent of Persephone, but laments the rise of Christianity for displacing the pagan goddess and her pantheon. [1] The epigraph at the beginning of the poem is the phrase Vicisti, Galilaee, Latin for "You have conquered, O Galilean", the supposed dying words of the Emperor Julian. [2]
With the disappearance of the Carolingian dynasty the papal government of Rome lost its most powerful protector, and the Romans took matters into their own hands. Out of the local aristocracy there arose a powerful family, which assumed the practical charge of all governmental affairs in Rome, controlled the nominations to the papal throne, and held the power for many years.