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The apex (plural: apices) was a cap worn by certain priests (the flamines and Salii) in ancient Rome. The essential part of the apex, to which alone the name properly belonged, was a pointed piece of olive-wood called diminutively an apicula , the base of which was surrounded with a lock of wool.
Sol Invictus (Classical Latin: [ˈsoːɫ ɪnˈwɪktʊs], "Invincible Sun" or "Unconquered Sun") was the official sun god of the late Roman Empire and a later version of the god Sol. The emperor Aurelian revived his cult in 274 AD and promoted Sol Invictus as the chief god of the empire.
The Roman day starting at dawn survives today in the Spanish word siesta, literally the sixth hour of the day (sexta hora). [ 11 ] The daytime canonical hours of the Catholic Church take their names from the Roman clock: the prime , terce , sext and none occur during the first ( prīma ) = 6 am, third ( tertia ) = 9 am, sixth ( sexta ) = 12 pm ...
The historic French province of Provence, located in the southeast corner of France between the Alps, the Mediterranean, the Rhône river and the upper reaches of the Durance river, was inhabited by Ligures beginning in Neolithic times; by the Celts from about 900 BC, and by Greek colonists from about 600 BC. [1]
Road with Cypress and Star (Dutch: Cypres bij sterrennacht), also known as Country Road in Provence by Night, is an 1890 oil-on-canvas painting by Dutch post-Impressionist painter Vincent van Gogh. It is the last painting he made in Saint-Rémy-de-Provence , France. [ 1 ]
A mosaic from the floor of an ancient Roman villa has been uncovered on the seabed in the waters off Naples. ... 2024 at 12:03 PM. ... (125 miles) under the bay of Naples and the islands of Capri ...
The solar apex is in the constellation of Hercules near the star Vega. [1]For more than 30 years before 1986 the speed of the Sun towards the solar apex was taken to be about 20 km/s [2] but all later studies give a smaller component in the vector toward galactic longitude 90°, reducing overall speed to about 13.4 km/s. [3]
This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Aix-en-Provence. Prior to 18th century Further information (in French): History of Aix-en-Provence in the middle ages [fr] Further information (in French): History of Aix-en-Provence ...