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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 a former 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.
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]
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, lithograph by Henri-Joseph Hesse. This is a list of compositions by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, sorted by genre.The volume (given in parentheses for motets) refers to the volume of the Breitkopf & Härtel complete edition in which the work can be found.
Marcus Agrippa Postumus (12 BC – AD 14), [note 1] later named Agrippa Julius Caesar, [1] was a grandson of Roman Emperor Augustus.He was the youngest child of Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and Julia the Elder.
Dimensuratio provinciarum ("Measuring of Provinces") and Divisio orbis terrarum ("Division of the World") are two Latin geographical texts of the late Roman Empire.They were edited, together with Agrippa's geographical Commentarii, by Paul Schnabel in 1935. [1]
Virgil, Eclogues, 1:5 formosum pastor Corydon ardebat Alexin: the shepherd Corydon burned with love for the handsome Alexis: Virgil, Eclogues, 2:1. Highlighted by various authors (Richard Barnfield, Lord Byron) as a reference to same-sex love. Also Alexim. forsan et haec olim meminisse iuvabit: perhaps even these things will be good to remember ...
Polla had likely died before this [9] as Augustus was the one who finished the project at a later date. [10] It was the relatives of a person who were responsible for completing tasks begun by a person, once his sister died Augustus who was Agrippa's father-in-law likely felt responsible for it.
The Aqua Virgo is still in use today after almost 2000 years, terminating, and currently supplying the waters to, the Trevi Fountain. [10] These building projects were a few of the many which Agrippa undertook within the Roman Campus Martius and across the Empire, constituting aqueducts, fountains, porticoes, baths, roads, a voting precinct, a ...