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The others were either killed or beheaded. The battles were fierce and relentless. This wasn't just the last stand at Acre, it was the last stand of the crusader states. [45] When the fighting stopped, Peter de Severy received another letter from the Sultan. In it, he stated that his men deserved their deaths for their undisciplined behavior.
It has been a Christian symbol of authority since the Middle Ages, used on coins, in iconography, and with a sceptre as royal regalia. The cross laid over the globus represents Christ's dominion over the world, literally held in the hand of a worthy earthly ruler.
Abraxas (Biblical Greek: ἀβραξάς, romanized: abraxas, variant form ἀβράναξ romanized: abranax) is a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (megas archōn), the princeps of the 365 spheres (ouranoi).
[3] [4] The ancient treatise says it was not the king's spear but the just sceptre, known as "Sengol" in Tamil, [5] that bound him to his people—and to the extent that he guarded them, his own good rule would guard him. [6] It was a practice of ancient Indian kingdoms and dynasties, such as the Chola kings, to use a symbolic sceptre during ...
Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range.
It might be 11:11 or 3:33. Maybe repeating numbers have made their way into other aspects of your life, such as a receipt that totaled $22.22. These may seem like mere coincidences, but for some ...
Au.—Aurum. AU·—Augustus. aú—autem. aủ—aut. a·u·c·—anno Urbis conditæ. auð—audiat or audituris. au. de ca.—auri de camera (ducali). auðʳ—auditur. auētʳe—aventuræ. aūg—augusti or augusto. Auḡni—Augustini. au°ʳ—auctor. A·U·PɔS·—agens vicem Proconsulis. authâs—authoritas. authen.—authentica or ...
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