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Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa [a] (/ ə ˈ ɡ r ɪ p ə /; c. 63 BC [1] – 12 BC) was a Roman general, statesman and architect who was a close friend, son-in-law and lieutenant to the Roman emperor Augustus. [3]
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.
The Bayeux Tapestry tituli are Medieval Latin captions that are embroidered on the Bayeux Tapestry and describe scenes portrayed on the tapestry. These depict events leading up to the Norman conquest of England concerning William, Duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings.
The last words of Jesus on the cross in the Latin translation of John 19:30. contemptus mundi/saeculi: scorn for the world/times: Despising the secular world. The monk or philosopher's rejection of a mundane life and worldly values. contra bonos mores: against good morals: Offensive to the conscience and to a sense of justice. contra legem ...
NN fecit: NN made (this) a formula used traditionally in the author's signature by painters, sculptors, artisans, scribes etc.; compare pinxit: fecisti patriam diversis de gentibus unam "From differing peoples you have made one native land" Verse 63 from the poem De reditu suo by Rutilius Claudius Namatianus praising emperor Augustus. [6]
Lucius Vipsanius was the father of the Roman politician and general Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa, and thus an ancestor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty.Very little is known of him but modern historians have speculated that Lucius may have been a first-generation Roman citizen of Plebeian status and relatively wealthy.
Deus nobis haec otia fecit: God has given us these days of leisure: Motto of the city of Liverpool, England. Deus nobiscum: God with us: Motto of Methodist College Belfast: Deus nolens exitus: Get results, whether God likes it or not: Literally: Results, God unwilling. Can also be rendered as "Deus Nolens Exituus". Deus otiosus: God at leisure ...
Agrippa is a Latin praenomen, or personal name, which was most common during the early centuries of the Roman Republic.It was sometimes abbreviated Agr., or occasionally Agripp.; both forms are found in the Fasti Capitolini. [1]