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  Princeps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Princeps is also the (authentucal) short version of Princeps officii, the chief of an officium (the office staff of a Roman dignitary) - See that article.
Princeps ordinarius vexillationis : Centurion in command of a vexillatio (detachment).
"Princeps" is the root and Latin rendering of modern words as the English title and generic term prince (see that article, also for various equivalents in other languages), as the Byzantine version of Roman law was the basis for the legal terminology developed in feudal (and later absolutist) Europe.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princeps   (493 words)

  
 Princeps senatus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The princeps senatus (plural principes senatus) was the leader of the Roman senate.
After the fall of the Roman Republic, the princeps senatus was the Emperor (see also: princeps).
However, during the Crisis of the Third Century, some others held the office; the future emperor Valerian held the office in 238, during the reigns of Maximinus Thrax and Gordian I.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Princeps_senatus   (211 words)

  
 PRINCEPS FACTS AND INFORMATION
It was first given to the Emperor Augustus in 23_BC, who wisely saw that use of the titles ''rex'' (meaning king) or ''dictator'' would create resentment amongst senators and other influential men, who had earlier demonstrated their disapproval by supporting the assassination of Julius_Caesar.
Princeps ordinarius vexillationis : Centurion in command of a ''vexillatio'' (detachment).
Princeps peregrinorum : 'commander of the foreigners' : Centurio in charge of troops in the ''castra peregrina'' (military base at Rome for personel seconded from the provincial armies)
www.bellabuds.com /Princeps   (493 words)

  
 Princeps senatus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The princeps senatus (plural principes senatus) was the leader of the (Click link for more info and facts about Roman senate) Roman senate.
He was chosen by every new pair of (A person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable) censors (that is, every five years).
He was selected from (A person of refined upbringing and manners) patrician senators with (A diplomat appointed by a government to protect its commercial interests and help its citizens in a foreign country) consular rank, usually former censors.
www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/P/Pr/Princeps_senatus.htm   (350 words)

  
 FINAL RULE: 12 HAWAIIAN PLANTS, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Montane forests, occupying elevations between 1,000 and 2,000 m (3,000 and 6,000 ft), are dry to mesic on the leeward slopes of the islands of Kauai, Maui, and Hawaii.
The four varieties (anomala, laxiflora, longibracteata, and princeps) are distinguished by the branching and pubescence of the stems; the size, pubescence, and venation of the leaves; the density of the inflorescence; and the orientation of the flowers (Wagner et al90).
princeps was known from Nuuanu Pali and Kalihi in the Koolau Mountains of Oahu (HHP 1992i28 to 1992i30).
www.fws.gov /endangered/r/fr94559.html   (16733 words)

  
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As princeps he was in command but the senate still held the illusion that it held the bulk of the power. By the end of his reign Augustus had changed the expectations people had of the princeps.
As princeps he projected an image of himself as the first among equals, restorer of the republic and pater patriae (father of the fatherland), who kept a protective eye on all under him.
It was also he who spread the limits of the law to include libel against the princeps or his family. In 19 or 18 BC Augustus also moved jurisdiction over any cases ‘involving the interest, security, or welfare of the senate as a whole or of individual members’ to the senate.
www.und.ac.za /und/classics/scholia/temp/dewet8.doc   (4627 words)

  
 Species at risk - Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies
The population of the Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies fluctuates irregularly from about 1250 to 3400 birds in spring and increases to about 5000 to 14750 in late summer after the young have fledged.
The Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies nests in heath-dominated terrain and in dense marram grass on coastal dunes and upper beaches.
The Savannah Sparrow princeps subspecies is known to interbreed occasionally with the mainland race of the Savannah Sparrow.
www.speciesatrisk.gc.ca /search/speciesDetails_e.cfm?SpeciesID=49   (648 words)

  
 princeps --  Encyclopædia Britannica
His prestige as princeps senatus (“senior senator”;) enabled him to provide powerful support for Gracchus' cause and to escape the violence that in 133 destroyed the reformer...
Priscian, the Latin grammarian, styled him grammaticorum princeps (“prince of grammarians”) and used his work as the basis for his own.
Three Roman titles that survive in the courts of Europe and Asia are princeps (the origin of prince), dux (duke), and comes (count).
www.britannica.com /eb/article-9061411?tocId=9061411   (541 words)

  
 Princeps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
This article is devoted to a number of specific histocal meanings the word took, by far the most important of which follows first.
The word Emperor itself is derived from the Roman title imperator, which was a very high, but not exlusive, military title until Augustus began to use it as his praenomen.
"Princeps" is the root and Latin rendering of modern words as the English title and generic term prince and of various equivalents in other languages, as the Byzantine version of Roman law was the basis for the legal terminology developed in feudal (and later absolutist) Europe.
www.worldhistory.com /wiki/P/Princeps.htm   (563 words)

  
 Princeps Group - Investment Portfolio   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Princeps Nigeria Limited is a private Nigerian company that is in the business of agricultural development and commodity trading in West Africa and maintains offices in Kaduna and Lagos, Nigeria.
Princeps Oil and Gas is a developer of energy projects located throughout the world.
Princeps mission is to contract attractive oil and gas plays and to identify experienced technical teams that become contract partners with Princeps to develop the company’s energy projects resulting in a satisfactory return to Princeps and its investment partners.
www.dirkwray.com /portfolio.html   (378 words)

  
 'Uncle Derek Says' - Neoregelia princeps
princeps fall well short of the description and the closest ones I have found had the name N.
As Dutrie says, this trait occurs in its hybrids as is evidenced to this day and is one of my quick checks to see if I am on right trail for a true N.
princeps which goes by the unusual name of phyllanthidea.
fcbs.org /butcher/Neo_princeps.htm   (425 words)

  
 Search Results for princeps - Encyclopædia Britannica
English theologian and philosopher who, although he did not subscribe to the heterodox doctrine of the great Muslim philosopher Averroës, was regarded by the Renaissance Averroists as Princeps...
Augustus' position as princeps cannot be defined simply.
In 199 Scipio was censor and became princeps Senatus (the titular head of the Senate).
www.britannica.com /search?query=princeps&submit=Find&source=MWTEXT   (301 words)

  
 The Genetic Properties of the Primary Endosymbionts of Mealybugs Differ from Those of Other Endosymbionts of Plant ...
of the genome of Tremblaya princeps, the endosymbiont of mealybugs,
princeps are from this study; and the data for B.
princeps LeuA is due to truncation at the C terminus.
aem.asm.org /cgi/content/full/68/7/3198   (4172 words)

  
 Birds » Parrots » African Grey - Princeps Main Page
The Princeps African Grey is a member of the group of parrots known collectively as African Grey Parrots.
The Princeps African Grey is very similar to the Congo African Grey in appearance and differs by slightly darker plumage.
The Princeps African Grey is said to have originated on two small Islands off the coast of African in the Gulf of Guinea.
www.centralpets.com /animals/birds/parrots/prt1475.html   (395 words)

  
 Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus (236-184) : Princeps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
What influence he did exert is likely to have been carried out through conventional means, using his position as Princeps Senatus in the traditions of Roman politics.
That he was a dominating personality is obvious from the honours that Livy recounts that the people gave and attempted to give him, as well as the accusations of Scipio in latter years.
In addition, a huge indemnity of 15,000 talents was laid on the Seleucids - a burden that, indirectly, was to lead to the death of Antiochus III and his successor, Antiochus IV (both were killed while "plundering" temples to raise money for the Roman tribute).
www.fenrir.dk /history/bios/scipio/princeps.php   (2018 words)

  
 Epic: Armageddon - Titan Colour Schemes   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
There is a knight house that fell to Slaanesh during the seige of Terra and which started the Slaanesh knight daemon engines, but there seems to be no additional detail.
Possible explanations for this include: legions which split during the Heresy, the new Imperial Orders are very tradition oriented and revived the names so as to be the "true" legion, traitor legions are known to have changed their names and may have duplicated loyalist names.
For the Festering Death and Suns of Damnation, the (character) designation after the princeps means there were stats for character-titans with special abilities created for them.
www.specialist-games.com /epic/forum_b/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=5619   (705 words)

  
 'Uncle Derek Says' - Neoregelia 'Princess Caroline'
princeps is represented by 2 very similar clones that are only now beginning to spread in horticulture." Remember this was Harry's experience in the USA but we had had direct importation of several species to Australia from Brazil.
princeps on the label unless you are like me and love to dissect or you want to send pieces to the Identification centre at Marie Selby Gardens in Florida.
Clearly the name carolinae princeps is misleading and we do not know who coined the name many years ago, so a replacement name should be similar.
fcbs.org /butcher/Neo_Princess_Caroline.htm   (666 words)

  
 Pika [Ochotona princeps] links   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Ochotona princeps Range: Mountainous areas Habitat: Talus slopes at or near timberline Size: Eight inches long; up to seven ounces Although active all year round, this small relative of the...
Pika Ochotona princeps This stocky, tailless little animal with the Roman nose is about 175 mm long and is found in the mountain regions of western Alberta, British Columbia and the Yukon.
AMERICAN PIKA Ochotona princeps (Richardson, 1828) The overall body form of O. princeps is typical of that of ochotonids: small (approximately 115-185 g), short-legged, apparently tailless, and egg-shaped.
raysweb.net /species/pikalinks.html   (530 words)

  
 Army Career   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The next two centuries behind them were commanded respectively by the princeps prior and the princeps posterior.
Seniority between the centurions was most likely such that the pilus prior commanded the cohort, followed by the princeps prior and then the hastatus prior.
The number of his cohort was also part of a centurion's rank, so the full title of the centurion commanding the third century of the second cohort would be centurio secundus hastatus prior.
www.roman-empire.net /army/career.html   (1141 words)

  
 Ochotona princeps [American pika]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Nearctic: American pikas are found in mountain habitats from central British Columbia to South-Central California and east to Colorado.
Ochotona princeps is a moderate sized pika with buffy (as opposed to white in O. collaris) underparts.
As in other pikas, the ears are short, the tail is not readily visible, and the body is egg-shaped.
public.srce.hr /XIIIgim/pictures/pika/ochotona_princeps.html   (455 words)

  
 Princeps senatus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Although officially out of the cursus honorum and owning no imperium, thisoffice brought enormous prestige to the magistrate holding it.
The princeps senatus was not, like most Roman offices, a lifetime job.
After the fall of the Roman Republic, the princeps senatuswas the Emperor.
www.therfcc.org /princeps-senatus-102618.html   (176 words)

  
 BISON Species Account 050565   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
NEW MEXICO: In New Mexico, American pikas (Ochotona princeps) are confined to talus slides and boulder fields in Alpine and sub-Alpine areas.
The Goat peak pika (Ochotona princeps nigrescens) is an USFS Sensitive species found on the Sante Fe National Forest, in the Jemez Mountains (see species record #050566) *36*.
UTAH Pika, Ochtona princeps saxitalis (and O.p.uinta, O.p.cinnamonmea, O.p.fuscipes, O.p.utahensis), occurs in Utah (UTDNR, 1990) *61*.
fwie.fw.vt.edu /states/nmex_main/species/050565.htm   (2454 words)

  
 Trajan: Optimus Princeps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Trajan: Optimus Princeps Review: This is the run-of-the-mill booktype on Ancient History that the English speaking academia produces.
Bennett is obvious in love with his hero Trajan, and has painstakingly amassed all relevant materials (textual, archaeological, numismatic, etc.) in order to somehow produce a continuous account of his reign.
Trajan: Optimus Princeps Review: While a rather dry read at times, this book is simply unmatched in scope when it comes to describing the reign of Trajan from his rise to power to his death.
www.textkit.com /0_0253214351.html   (360 words)

  
 Livia
Her actions may have been untraditional in their public prominence, but they were directed toward very traditional ends.
In the words of Ovid quoted above (Epistulae ex Ponto 3.1.125), while Livia may have been a leader (princeps, the term applied to Augustus), she was still emphatically womanly (femina).
The unconventionality of her role made some Roman writers uncomfortable, and there were rumors that she had been involved in at least some of the untimely deaths of Augustus' designated heirs.
www.vroma.org /~bmcmanus/livia.html   (818 words)

  
 Editio Princeps
Their first album was even released in France by a local label.
Today, only "Marcha Sobre a Cidade" was already released in CD, in 2002, in a limited quantity (1000 copies) issue pressed by the Editio Princeps label in Rio de Janeiro, with 20 minutes of extra material from the previous band incarnation, still with sax player Roberto Sion.
The resulting album, "Se…" ("If…"), released in 1989 only (and edited in CD in 2004 by Editio Princeps, also with extra material), quickly became another Brazilian contemporary instrumental music landmark, not only due to the outstanding compositions but also the all-star team of musicians involved in the recording.
www.editioprinceps.com /princeps_lelonazario.htm   (1622 words)

  
 The Praetorian prefecture under the Julio-Claudians – path to power or dead-end job?
The main function of this elite army was to be the protection of the princeps.
Indeed, he was walking on thin ice where the Senate was concerned, and his power, which was high but was the power of a novus homo, was much resented by the nobility, which is demonstrated in the way Tiberius had him deposed via the conscript fathers.
Two were killed later on, and only two actually made it to the “top equestrian post” of the prefecture of Egypt, although a third, Macro, had been given the post just before his death, but did not make it to the province.
www.jerryfielden.com /essays/praetorians.htm   (5891 words)

  
 CAL Newsletter 11: Bibliography Update
Editio Princeps: A. Biran and J. Naveh 1993, An Aramaic Stele Fragment from Tel Dan.
Editio Princeps: B. Porten and A. Yardeni 1991 [appeared 1993], Three Unpublished Aramaic Ostraca.
Editio Princeps: J. Hoftijzer, An Unpublished Aramaic Fragment from Elephantine.
cal1.cn.huc.edu /newsletter/vol11.html   (578 words)

  
 Shawn Morrison   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Dearing MD (1997) The manipulation of plant toxins by a food-hoarding herbivore, Ochotona princeps.
Duke KL (1952) Histology of the Testis and Epididymis of Ochotona Princeps.
Peacock MM (1997) Determining natal dispersal patterns in a population of North American pikas (Ochotona princeps) using direct mark-resight and indirect genetic methods.
www.ualberta.ca /~sfm2/pikarefs.html   (4448 words)

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