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Agrippa was born c. 63 BC, [1] [4] in an uncertain location. [2] His father was called Lucius Vipsanius. [5] His mother's name is not known and Pliny the Elder claimed that his cognomen "Agrippa" derived from him having been born breech [6] so it is possible that she died in childbirth. [7]
The Pantheon (UK: / ˈ p æ n θ i ə n /, US: /-ɒ n /; [1] Latin: Pantheum, [nb 1] from Ancient Greek Πάνθειον (Pantheion) '[temple] of all the gods') is an ancient 2nd century Roman temple and, since AD 609, a Catholic church (Italian: Basilica Santa Maria ad Martyres or Basilica of St. Mary and the Martyrs) in Rome, Italy.
Marcus Agrippa, the first person to become Curator Aquarum.. The Curator Aquarum was a Roman official responsible for managing Rome's water supply and distributing free grain.
Named Gondwanax paraisensis, the four-legged reptile species was roughly the size of a small dog with a long tail, or about 1 meter (39 inches) long and weighing between 3 and 6 kg (7 to 13 pounds ...
The Battle of Actium was a naval battle fought between Octavian's maritime fleet, led by Marcus Agrippa, and the combined fleets of both Mark Antony and Cleopatra.The battle took place on 2 September 31 BC in the Ionian Sea, near the former Roman colony of Actium, Greece, and was the climax of over a decade of rivalry between Octavian and Antony.
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (/ ə ˈ ɡ r ɪ p ə /; German:; 14 September 1486 – 18 February 1535) was a German Renaissance polymath, physician, legal scholar, soldier, knight, theologian, and occult writer.
Marcus Asinius Agrippa was a Roman senator, who was active during the Principate.He was consul in AD 25 as the colleague of first Cossus Cornelius Lentulus, then of Gaius Petronius. [1]
For example, using UK government Livestock Units (LUs) from the 2003 scheme [1] a particular 10 ha (25-acre) pasture field might be able to support 15 adult cattle or 25 horses or 100 sheep: in that scheme each of these would be regarded as being 15 LUs, or 1.5 LUs per hectare (about 0.6 LUs per acre).