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The Fascist Civil and Military Order of the Roman Eagle founded in 1942 with civil and military divisions, [1] was abolished in Italy in 1944; [2] although it continued to be awarded by Benito Mussolini in the short-lived Italian Social Republic until 1945. [3]
Roman ornament with an aquila (100–200 AD) from the Cleveland Museum of Art A modern reconstruction of an aquila. An aquila (Classical Latin: [ˈakᶣɪla]; lit. ' eagle ') was a prominent symbol used in ancient Rome, especially as the standard of a Roman legion. A legionary known as an aquilifer, the "eagle
Order of the Roman Eagle; The Fascist Ordine civile e militare dell'Aquila Romana founded in 1942 with civil and military divisions [nb 10] was formally abolished in 1944; [nb 11] although it continued to be awarded in the short-lived Italian Social Republic with, from February to April 1945, the Order of the Patron Saints of Italy.
Order of the Black Eagle, Albania; Order of the Eagle of Este (Duchy of Modena) Most Excellent Order of the Eagle (Namibia) Order of the German Eagle (Third Reich) Order of the Golden Eagle (Kazakhstan) Order of the Mexican Eagle; Order of the Red Eagle (Prussia) Order of the Roman Eagle (Fascist Italy) Order of the White Eagle (disambiguation ...
Roman military standards were emblems adopted by units of the Roman army. There were three main types of standard (Aquila, Vexillum, Signum). Several throughout its history include: Aquila, the emblem of the Roman legion whose adoption Pliny the Elder attributes to the general Gaius Marius. Each legion had an eagle, or aquila, carried by an ...
Simon Scarrow (born 3 October 1962) is a British writer. Scarrow completed a master's degree at the University of East Anglia [1] after working at the Inland Revenue, and then went into teaching as a lecturer, firstly at East Norfolk Sixth Form College, then at City College Norwich.
Elementary teacher Amy McMahon is begging parents to stop sending their kids to school with syrup-filled fruit cups for lunch or snack.
An aquilifer (Latin: [aˈkᶣɪlɪfɛr], "eagle-bearer") was one of the signiferi in a Roman legion who carried the eagle standard of the legion. The name derives from the type of standard, aquila, meaning "eagle" (which was the universal type used since 106 BC), and ferre, the Latin word for bringing or carrying