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Although the Roman Catholic church adopted the Gregorian calendar in 1582, England / Britain, a Protestant nation, didn't adopt it until 1752.) O.T. – Old Testament Oxon. – Oxonium, Oxonienses ("Oxford", "Theologians or Scholars of Oxford")
: for candidate names of organisms that have not been completely accepted; ex. (exemplar): example or specimen; plural abbreviated as exx. f. sp. (forma specialis): a special form adapted to a specific host; plural abbreviated as ff. spp. in coll. (in collectionem): in the collection, often followed by the name of a collection or museum; indet.
Five dots arranged like (⁙) (as on the face of a die) are known as a quincunx, from the name of the Roman fraction/coin. The Latin words sextans and quadrans are the source of the English words sextant and quadrant. Each fraction from 1 ⁄ 12 to 12 ⁄ 12 had a name in Roman times; these corresponded to the names of the related coins:
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Roman numerals: for example the word "six" in the clue might be used to indicate the letters VI; The name of a chemical element may be used to signify its symbol; e.g., W for tungsten; The days of the week; e.g., TH for Thursday; Country codes; e.g., "Switzerland" can indicate the letters CH; ICAO spelling alphabet: where Mike signifies M and ...
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Caelius Vibenna - semi-legendary figure who gave his name to the Caelian hill, but real Etruscan from Vulci, Caile Vipinas Quintus Vibius Crispus - consul Gaius Vibius Marsus - consul
Roman painting style, or 'illusionism' that dominated the 1st century BCE and retained the marble look of the First Style but incorporated painted walls with faux architectural features and trompe-l'œil ("trick the eye") compositions. Painters wanted to give off the illusion that the viewer was looking through a window at the scenery depicted.