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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)
Commodus appears in the Horrible Histories song "Evil Emperors", alongside Caligula, Elagabalus and Nero, a parody of "Bad". The 2017 docu-drama miniseries Roman Empire: Reign of Blood retells his story. [52] [53] In this version, Narcissus kills Commodus in a duel after learning that the Emperor's arena opponents had been armed only with ...
This is a list of the most common U.S. place names (cities, towns, villages, boroughs and census-designated places [CDP]), with the number of times that name occurs (in parentheses). [1] Some states have more than one occurrence of the same name.
Pottawatomie County – named after the Potawatomi people. Shawnee County – named after the Shawnee people. City of Shawnee; Wabaunsee County; Wichita County – disputed; from Choctaw, "Big Arbor".Osage, "Scattered Lodges". Kiowa, "Tattooed Faces". Creek, "Barking Water". City of Wichita; Wyandotte County – named after the Wyandotte people.
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 ...
Moscow: The city is named after the river (old гра́д Моско́в, literally "the city by the Moskva River"). The origin of the name is unknown, although several theories exist. [67] One theory suggests that the source of the name is an ancient Finnic language, in which it means "dark" and "turbid".
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 ...
Miami – named after the Miami people. Michigan – named after the state of Michigan. Minnehaha Springs – named after the eponymous character in Dakota folklore. Missouri Branch – named after the Missouri river. Modoc – named after the Modoc people. Mohawk – named after the Mohawk people. Mohegan – named after the Mohegan people ...