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French commode, by Gilles Joubert, circa 1735, made of oak and walnut, veneered with tulipwood, ebony, holly, other woods, gilt bronze and imitation marble, in the Museum of Fine Arts (Boston, United States) A British commode, circa 1772, marquetry of various woods, bronze and gilt-bronze mounts, overall: 95.9 × 145.1 × 51.9 cm, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City)
Vatnshlíðarvatn, Iceland (Lake-slope-lake – The farm Vatnshlíð ('Lake-slope') named after the lake, which in turn is named after the farm.) Vatnvatnet, Norway ('Lakelake' – Norwegian), a lake in Bodø Municipality; Wast Water, England – 'water's valley water' from Old Norse vatns dalr (= Wasdale) and Old English wæter
Commodus as Hercules, also known as The Bust of Commodus as Hercules, is a marble portrait sculpture created sometime in early 192 AD. [1] [2] It is housed in the Capitoline Museums in Rome, Italy. [2] Originally discovered in 1874 in the underground chambers of Horti Lamiani, [3] it has become one of the most famous examples of Roman ...
A character in the 2013 video game Ryse: Son of Rome is named Commodus and is one of the main antagonists of the game. The son of Emperor Nero, he shares several traits with the historic Commodus. [51] Commodus is a minor antagonist in the 2005 video game Colosseum: Road to Freedom. The player can fight Commodus in the game, who dresses as the ...
The Historia Augusta also indicates that August was the month named Commodus, but is internally inconsistent: [42] at one point, Hercules, the patron deity chosen by Commodus, is said to have been the namesake for September, [43] while elsewhere October is the mensis Herculeus, as it is on Dio's list. [44]
A border portmanteau combines the names of two, or occasionally three, adjacent polities (countries, states, provinces, counties, cities) to form a name for a region, town, body of water, or other feature on or near their mutual border.
Believe it or not, there are at least 35 funny names for the toilet that are sure to make you laugh—or at least smile and shake your head. Ancient civilizations like the Romans used toilet ...
It might be stored in a cabinet with doors to hide it; this sort of nightstand was known as a commode, hence the latter word came to mean "toilet" as well. For homes without these items of furniture, the chamber pot was stored under the bed. The modern commode toilet and bedpan, used by bedbound or disabled persons, are variants of the chamber pot.