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	Cornelius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pope Cornelius was Pope from 251 to 253.
		The Roman centurion Cornelius is considered by Christians to be the first Gentile convert to the faith, as related in the Acts of the Apostles.
		Cornelius is the name of the rooster mascot for the Corn flakes Breakfast cereal marketed by the Kellogg Company.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cornelius (197 words)

	CORNELIUS GALLUS - LoveToKnow Article on CORNELIUS GALLUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Virgil, who dedicated one of his eclogues (x.) to him, was in great measure indebted to the influence of Gallus for the restoration of his estate.
		In political life Gallus espoused the cause of Octavianus, and as a reward for his services was made praefect of Egypt (Suetonius, Augustus, 66).
		Gallus enjoyed a high reputation among his contemporaries as a man of intellect, and Ovid (Tristia, iv.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GA/GALLUS_CORNELIUS.htm (297 words)

	Gallus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Gaius Cornelius Gallus (69 - 26 BC), first Roman governor of Egypt, writer of elegiac verse
		The bird genus Gallus in the Pheasant family includes the wild form of the domesticated chicken Gallus gallus.
		Gallus is the second album by the scottish rock band Gun.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gallus (140 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Trebonianus Gallus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Gallus was born in Italy, in a family with respected ancestry and a senatorial background.
		In Moesia, Gallus was a key figure in repelling the frequent invasion attacks by the Gothic tribes of the Danube and became popular with the army.
		Gallus is often accused of persecuting the Christians, but the only solid evidence of this allegation is the imprisoning of Pope Cornelius in 252.
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Trebonianus_Gallus (582 words)

	Trebonianus Gallus
		Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus was born around the year 206 AD in Perugia (Italy).
		Gallus' replacement as governor of Upper Moesia, Aemilius Aemilianus, refused to pay the annual tribute to the Goths agreed to by Gallus in 251 AD.
		Gallus' army moved slowly and had only reached Interamna by August of 253 AD when word reached them that Aemilianus had already crossed into Italy with a large force and was rapidly approaching.
	www.roman-emperors.org /trebgall.htm (812 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Gallus Gaius Cornelius (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Tacitus, Cornelius (55?-after 117), Roman historian, born probably in Rome.
		All that is known of his life comes either from references to himself in...
		Gallus, Gaius Vibius Trebonianus (205?-253), emperor of Rome (251-253).
	encarta.msn.com /Gallus_Gaius_Cornelius.html (141 words)

	History of Greek and Roman Egypt - Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The first prefect of Egypt, Gaius Cornelius Gallus, brought Upper Egypt under Roman control by force of arms, established a protectorate over the southern frontier district, which had been abandoned by the later Ptolemies.
		The second prefect, Aelius Gallus, made an unsuccessful expedition to conquer Arabia: the Red Sea coast of Egypt was not brought under Roman control until the reign of Claudius.
		The third prefect, Gaius Petronius, cleared the neglected canals for irrigation, stimulating a revival of agriculture.
	encyclopedia.maksiu.info /wiki/History_of_Greek_and_Roman_Egypt (4035 words)

	Trebonianus Gallus
		Gaius Vibius Afininus Trebonianus Gallus was born around AD 206 into an old Etruscan family from Perusia.
		Gallus' reign should suffer from a series of disasters, worst of which was a terrible plague which ravaged the empire for over a decade.
		Gallus, eager to find a means by which to distract attention from these grave dangers to the empire, revived the persecution of the Christians.
	www.roman-empire.net /decline/trebonianus.html (615 words)

	Detail Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Showing daring and initiative, Gallus took control of the city of Paraetonium, holding it against Marc Antony and thus ensuring Octavian's victory and the end of Cleopatra.
		Noted for his merciless suppression of Egyptian opposition Gallus also erected statues of himself all over the new province and carved self-proclaiming inscriptions at Philae and on the pyramids.
		Gallus was the first poet of Rome to adopt the Alexandrine style of erotic elegy.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME0698 (226 words)

	Gallus Family Crest
		The surname Gallus is a name for a person with some of the attributes associated with a bird, such as a fine voice or sexual prowess.
		In continental Europe, the most ancient recorded family crest was discovered upon the monumental effigy of a Count of Wasserburg in the church of St. Emeran, at Ratisobon, Germany...
		In the Gallus coat of arms as in all coat of arms the crest is only one element of the full armorial achievement.
	www.houseofnames.com /xq/asp.fc/qx/gallus-family-crest.htm (634 words)

	Gaius Cornelius Gallus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Gallus was a friend of Augustus and Virgil and, having distinguished himself in the war against Mark Antony, was made governor of Egypt.
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		Gaius Maecenas was a diplomat and counselor to the Roman emperor Augustus.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035925 (511 words)

	Gallus may be Quintus Roscius Gallus Quintus Roscius... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Gaius Asinius Gallus Gaius Asinius Gallus, Roman consul
		Gaius Cornelius Gallus Gaius Cornelius Gallus (69 - 26 BC), first Roman governor of Egypt Egypt, writer of elegiac verse
		gallus gallus, a Roman term for one of the corybantes, followers of Cybele Cybele The bird bird genus "Gallus Gallus" in the Pheasant Pheasant family includes the wild form of the domesticated chicken chicken "Gallus gallus".
	www.biodatabase.de /Gallus (142 words)

	Saudi Aramco World : A Temple at the Met (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Cornelius Gallus saw fit to sign a treaty with them in 29B.C. Under its terms, northern Nubia became a Roman protectorate but remained a part of the Kushite kingdom.
		Gallus appointed one Kuper, a Blemmye chief, to serve as Rome's legate in the area.
		Five years later, while Cornelius' successor Aelius Gallus was marching on Arabia at Augustus' orders (See Aramco World, March-April 1980), the Kushite kandake Amanirenas seized the opportunity to march north and invade Egypt: after all, this was a land her ancestors had once ruled as the pharaohs of the 25th Dynasty.
	www.saudiaramcoworld.com /issue/198003/a.temple.at.the.met.htm (2235 words)

	Vives/The Instruction of A Christen Woman. Name Glossary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Wealthy wife of Glitio Gallus, a low-ranking Roman functionary; she followed him into exile when he was banished [X3v].
		Daughter of Ferdinand III of Castile by his second wife, Joanna; wife of Edward I of England; the story that she saved Edward's life by sucking a wound inflicted by a would-be assassin is presented as a mere report in Dominican Ptolomaeus Lucensis's Ecclesiastical History [X4r-X4v; b2r].
		SCIPIO (1) Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus the Elder (Vives's "Scipio Africane" and "Affricane the fyrste," 236-184 b.c.e.).
	www.press.uillinois.edu /epub/books/vives/names.html (11309 words)

	Cornelius Gallus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In political life Gallus espoused the cause of Octavianus, and as a reward for his services was made praefect of Egypt.
		Gallus enjoyed a high reputation among his contemporaries as a man of intellect, and Ovid considered him the first of the elegiac poets of Rome.
		He wrote four books of elegies chiefly on his mistress Lycoris (a poetical name for Cytheris, a notorious actress), in which he took for his model Euphorion of Chalcis; he also translated some of this author's works into Latin.
	www.nndb.com /people/615/000104303 (223 words)

	GAIUS AELIUS GALLUS - LoveToKnow Article on GAIUS AELIUS GALLUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The treachery of a foreign guide also added to his difficulties.
		After six months Gallus was obliged to return to Alexandria, having lost the greater part of his force.
		He has been identified with the Aelius Gallus frequently quoted by Galen, whose rem~dies are stated to have been used with success in an Arabian expedition.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /G/GA/GALLUS_GAIUS_AELIUS.htm (145 words)

	Bacon: Reference - Classical Index
		Gaius Cassius Longinus was quaestor to Crassus in the Parthian war, saving the credit of Roman arms after the commander's disasterous defeat and death.
		Gaius Cilnius Maecenas was a Roman statesman and trusted counsellor of Augustus.
		Gaius Plinius Secundus 'the Elder' was a Roman writer on natural history.
	www.mindmagi.demon.co.uk /Bacon/reference/classic.htm (7317 words)

	Gaius Vibius Trebonianus Gallus -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Gallus came from an ancient family of Perusia (modern Perugia, Italy), whose ancestry could be traced to the pre-Roman Etruscan aristocracy.
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		The Law of Citations (426), issued by the eastern Roman emperor Theodosius II, named Gaius one of five jurists (the others were Papinian, Ulpian, Modestinus, and Paulus) whose doctrines were to be followed by judges in deciding cases.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article-9035926 (378 words)

	MSN Encarta - Print Preview - Virgil (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The patronage of Roman statesman Gaius Maecenas relieved him of financial cares and allowed him to devote himself wholly to literary pursuits and to study.
		He spent the greater part of his life at or near Naples and Nola, numbering among his intimate friends his patron Maecenas; Octavian, who became Emperor Augustus during Virgil's lifetime; and many prominent poets, among them Gaius Cornelius Gallus, Horace, and Lucius Varius Rufus.
		In 19 bc Virgil set out on a trip to Greece and Asia with the intention of revising his masterpiece, the Aeneid, already substantially completed, and then of devoting the remainder of his life to philosophical study.
	ca.encarta.msn.com /text_761570049___2/Virgil.html (217 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		October-November 66 2.The Campaign of Cestius Gallus The greatest victory of the rebellion occurred early in the war, when the Twelfth Legion...
		CESTIUS GALLUS GALLUS, GAIUS CESTIUS governor of Syria during the reign of Nero.
		The rebels captured Jerusalem and defeated the force, which was led by Cestius Gallus, at Beth-Horon.
	cestius_gallus.iqexpand.com (432 words)

	Gallus - TheBestLinks.com - Bird, Constantius II, Egypt, Chicken, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Gallus - TheBestLinks.com - Bird, Constantius II, Egypt, Chicken,...
		Gallus, Bird, Constantius II, Egypt, Chicken, Jacobus Gallus, Pheasant, Cybele...
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	www.thebestlinks.com /Gallus.html (154 words)

	Aelius Gallus History Summary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In 25 B.C., Aelius Gallus led a military expedition to the region the Romans called "Arabia Felix," or modern-day Yemen.
		Departing from the city of Cleopatris on the Gulf of Suez, Gallus took with him a force composed of Egyptians, Jews, and Nabataeans, the latter an Arab people with whom the Romans had an uncertain alliance.
		The principal intelligence gained from the Roman expedition, in fact, was much the same information gathered by the Soviets in their failed invasion of Afghanistan two millennia later: that some countries are so well protected by natural features and cultural barriers that the cost of conquest is simply too high for any imperial power.
	www.bookrags.com /history/sciencehistory/aelius-gallus-scit-011 (535 words)

	Gaius
		Gaius (from Gavius) is a Latin name meaning “Rejoice,” from “gaudare.”
		Gaius is one of the oldest and most popular names of the Roman era.
		Gaius Caesar (20 B.C.-4 A.D) Grandson of Emperor Augustus.
	www.geocities.com /edgarbook/names/g/gaius.html (132 words)

	GALLUS, GAIUS AELIUS - Online Information article about GALLUS, GAIUS AELIUS
		GALLUS, GAIUS AELIUS - Online Information article about GALLUS, GAIUS AELIUS
		After six months Gallus was obliged to return to See also:
		Galen, whose remedies are stated to have been used with success in an Arabian expedition.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /GAG_GEO/GALLUS_GAIUS_AELIUS.html (217 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Festus
		All Egypt had been subject to friendly kings, but, when Cleopatra, together with Antony, had been conquered, in the times of Octavian Caesar Augustus she took the form of a province and first among the Alexandrians Cornelius Gallus, a Roman judge, took charge.
		Ancius, Lucius Anicius Gallus (15), RE I.2, cols.
		Scipio Africanus, Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus the Elder, XII.2.
	www.roman-emperors.org /festus.htm (5619 words)

	What’s in a Roman Name?
		The use of "C." in the abbreviations for "Gaius"* and "Gnaeus" is a fossilized remnant of an early stage in the Roman alphabet when C stood for both c and g; a good example of Roman conservatism!
		The second element is sometimes called simply the nomen ("name"), more precisely the nomen gentilicium or "gentile name." It designates the gens or "clan" to which the bearer belongs and is therefore the heart of the Roman name.
		Praenomina are not regularly employed, the main exceptions being "Mark Antony" (a Shakespearean inheritance) and Gaius and Tiberius Gracchus, where the praenomina are needed to distinguish between the brothers.
	classics.wlu.edu /romanames.html (725 words)

	Latin Literature
		In its tame and laboured correctness it is only interesting as showing the early decay of the Virgilian manner in the hands of inferior men.
		A more interesting figure, and one the loss of whose works leaves a real gap in Latin literature, is Gaius Cornelius Gallus, the earliest and one of the most brilliant of the Augustan poets.
		The translations from Euphorion, by which he first made his reputation, followed the current fashion; but about the same time he introduced a new kind of poetry, the erotic elegy, which had a swift and far-reaching success.
	manybooks.net /pages/mackailjetext058llit10/109.html (352 words)

	Aelius Donatus, "Life of Virgil"
		The son of this Pollio, Gaius Asinius, or Gallus, was a splendid speaker and no mean poet: Virgil esteemed him with a wondrous love.
		Afterwards Gallus was arrested and killed on suspicion of conspiracy against Augustus, but up till then Virgil held this Gallus dear, praising him in his fourth georgic, from the middle to the end.
		After Gaius Caesar was cut down in the senate building on the ides of March, the veterans appointed Augustus Caesar (he was practically a boy) as their leader--and not without the senate's approval!
	virgil.org /vitae/a-donatus.htm (6108 words)

	NOVA ROMA ::: Camenaeum ::: RES PUBLICA
		Publius Cornelius Rufinus (I) Manius Curius Dentatus (I)
		Titus Manlius Torquatus (I) Gaius Atilius Bulbus (I)
		Gaius Gracchus declared a public enemy; he and 3,000 supporters are executed.
	www.novaroma.org /camenaeum/republic.htm (544 words)

	Kids Be Safe : Article 'Herennius Etruscus' (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		With the news of the death of the emperors, the army proclaimed Trebonianus Gallus emperor, but in Rome they were succeeded by Hostilian, who would die shortly afterwards in an outbreak of plague.
		Herennius Etruscus, Hostilian, and Trebonianus Gallus each succeed Decius as Roman emperor.
		For over 300 years they had served, and the destruction of their fortress was a grand gesture, inaugurating a new age of imperial history and ending the Praetorians.
	www.kidsbesafe.org /DisplayArticle154414.html (1253 words)

	Tacitus
		"Gaius Cornelius Tacitus: born AD 56, died c.
		Tacitus is regarded as perhaps the greatest historian and one of the greatest prose stylists to write in Latin."
		The procession was to be conducted through "the gate of triumph," on the motion of Gallus Asinius; the titles of the laws passed, the names of the nations conquered by Augustus were to be borne in front, on that of Lucius Arruntius.
	www.mtholyoke.edu /~kfrost/Tacitus.shtml (2395 words)

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