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	Gaius Julius Priscus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Priscus was born in the Roman province of Syria, possibly in Damascus, son of a Julius Marinus a local Roman citizen, possibly of some importance.
		According to several inscriptions, Priscus was prefect of the province of Mesopotamia, procurator of Macedonia, second in command to Egypt's governor and held judicial responsibilities in Alexandria.
		Priscus became a member of the Praetorian guard around 242 during Gordian III Persian campaign, and, when Timesitheus – the praetorian prefect – died in 243, he convinced the young emperor to substitute him with his own brother Philip.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Gaius_Julius_Priscus (354 words)

	PRISCUS - LoveToKnow Article on PRISCUS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Priscus was the author of an historical work in eight books (BV~aPTLYUO~ Iin~opLa), probably from the accession of Attila to that of Zeno (433474).
		PRISCUS, a Greek Neoplatonist philosopher, of the school of lamblichus and Aedesius.
		He is important partly as maintaining the best traditions of philosophy during a period when Neoplatonism as a whole was a parasite of imperial power, and partly as being a connecting link between lamblichus and Plutarch of Athens.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PR/PRISCUS.htm (282 words)

	Tarquinius Priscus -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (also called Tarquin I) was the legendary fifth (Click link for more info and facts about King of Rome) King of Rome, said to have reigned from 616 BC to 579 BC.
		Tarquinius Priscus came from the (A native or inhabitant of ancient Etruria; the Etruscans influenced the Romans (who had suppressed them by about 200 BC)) Etruscan city of (Click link for more info and facts about Tarquinii) Tarquinii and was actually named Lucumo.
		Thus they allowed Tarquinius Priscus to be (A murderer (especially one who kills a prominent political figure) who kills by a treacherous surprise attack and often is hired to do the deed) assassinated between two buildings with an axe after 38 years of reign.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/ta/tarquinius_priscus.htm (710 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Phillip the Arabian
		Priscus was appointed praetorian prefect by Gordian III and had previously served as prefect of the Roman province of Mesopotamia.
		Priscus' appointment as praetorian prefect probably came at the beginning of the Roman campaign to reconquer upper Mesopotamia in the spring of 242.
		Priscus is described in one petition from the year 245 as "holding consular authority," which may indicate a special appointment as governor of Syria, see Feissel and Gascou, pp.
	www.roman-emperors.org /philarab.htm (5138 words)

	Priscus biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Priscus, of Panium in Thrace, Greek sophist and historian, lived during the 5th century.
		Priscus was the author of a historical work in eight books (the Byzantine History), probably from the accession of Attila to that of Zeno (433–474).
		Priscus at the court of Attila, translation by J.B. Bury
	priscus.biography.ms (198 words)

	Tarquin on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He rose to high position, and on the death of Ancus Martius (c.616 BC) he either seized the Roman throne or was elected to it by a coalition of Etruscan families.
		Priscus fought successfully against the Sabines and subjugated all Latium to Rome.
		Through the influence of Priscus' wife, Tanaquil, the plot was halted and the kingship passed to Servius Tullius, Priscus' son-in-law.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/T/Tarquin.asp (641 words)

	Encyclopedia: Tarquinius Priscus
		Lucius Tarquinius Priscus (also called Tarquin I) was the legendary fifth King of Rome, said to have reigned from 616 BC to 579 BC.
		Tarquinius Priscus came from the Etruscan city of Tarquinii and was actually named Lucumo (it is now known that lucumo is the common name of an Etruscan politcal position).
		Demaratus was the father of the fifth king of Rome Lucius Tarquinius Priscus; grandfather of the seventh and last King of Rome Lucius Tarquinius Superbus.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Tarquinius-Priscus (1268 words)

	Gaius Julius Priscus biography .ms (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		pl:Gajusz Juliusz Pryskus Gaius Julius Priscus (3rd century) was a Roman military man and member of the Praetorian guard in the reign of Gordian III.
		Priscus was born in the Syrian Roman province, possibly in Damascus, son of a Julius Marinus a local Roman citizen, possibly of some importance.
		Priscus became a member of the Prateorian guard around 242 during Gordian III Persian campaign, and, when Timesitheus ?
	gaius-julius-priscus.biography.ms (317 words)

	The Histories [of Ancient Rome] by Cornelius Tacitus:book 4
		Helvidius Priscus came of an Italian family from the town of Cluviae, and his father had been the senior centurion of a legion.
		Priscus demanded that the members of the deputation should be chosen individually by the magistrates under oath, while Marcellus called for the use of lot in accordance with the motion of the consul designate.
		Julius Priscus, the prefect of the pretorian cohorts under Vitellius, committed suicide less from compulsion than a sense of shame, but Alfenus Varus managed to survive his cowardice and disgrace.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/tacitusc/histries/chap13.htm (2373 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 528 (v. 3) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		PRISCUS SENECIO, Q. SO'SIUS, consul A. 169, with P. Coelius Apollinaris (Fasti).
		PRISCUS, TARQUITIUS, had been a legate of Statilius Taurus, in Africa, whom he accused, in order to gratify Agrippina, the wife of the emperor Claudius, who was anxious to obtain possession of his pleasure grounds.
		PRISCUS, L. VALE'RIUS MESSA'LA THRA'SEA, was distinguished alike by his birth arid wisdom during the reign of Septimius Severus.
	ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/2862.html (991 words)

	Commentary Magazine - The King, the Bishop, and the Jew (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		...One Saturday morning Priscus left home, "without any iron in his hand" and dressed in his prayer shawl, to attend services in a clandestine temple that was probably a private dwelling...
		...If, as Priscus did, we were to walk down the Roman road into the town, past the Thermae and its gardens, we would come to the spot on which the fine late Gothic church of Saint Severin now stands, with its fascinating neighborhood which Elliot Paul has sentimentalized...
		...The coin of Priscus radiates this power, and for all that it is gross to the point of vulgarity in its manufacture...
	www.commentarymagazine.com /Summaries/V15I2P58-1.htm (3973 words)

	Lucretia 2, Greek Mythology Link.
		Tarquinius Priscus was son of Demaratus of Corinth, who had left his country on account of political troubles.
		Tarquinius Priscus was succeeded by Servius Tullius, said to be the son of Hephaestus and Ocresia.
		Ancus Marcius, Arruns 2, Demaratus, Egerius, Hephaestus, Lucius Junius Brutus, Lucretia 2, Numa 3, Ocresia, Pompilia, Romulus, Servius Tullius, Sextus Tarquinius, Tarquinius Collatinus, Tarquinius Priscus, Tarquinius Superbus, Tricipitinus, Tullia, Tullus Hostilius.
	homepage.mac.com /cparada/GML/Lucretia2.html (1537 words)

	Medieval Sourcebook:
		Priscus describes the court of Attila king of the Huns (448)
		Priscus and a companion, Maxim, were sent by the Roman government with messages to Attila in 448.
		Priscus first tells of their long journey from Constantinople to Scythia, the territory then occupied by the Huns north of the lower Danube.
	www.fordham.edu /halsall/source/attila1.html (983 words)

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		Heraclius named Priscus to succeed Comentiolus as commander of the troops in Anatolia, which apparently comprised the greater part of the eastern and Balkan armies.
		Priscus, who seems to have had a much larger army than Nicetas, contrived to besiege Shahin in Caesarea over the winter.
		A troubled Heraclius went to Cappadocia to inspect Priscus's army, and that fall he summoned Priscus to the capital.
	coursesa.matrix.msu.edu /~fisher/hst372/readings/treadgold1.html (12115 words)

	Tarquitii in Antiqua Roma
		Tarquitius Priscus was a haruspex who lived in the late Republic.
		On the accusation of Tarquitius Priscus, she ruined Statilius Taurus, who was famous for his wealth, and at whose gardens she cast a greedy eye.
		Priscus had served under Taurus in his proconsular government of Africa, and after their return charged him with a few acts of extortion, but particularly with magical and superstitious practices.
	members.fortunecity.com /caiustarquitius/genssiteofthetarquitii/id10.html (658 words)

	Royal Alberta Museum: Collections and Research: Quaternary Paleontology: Bison horns photo
		These specimens were recovered from a gravel pit in the east end of Edmonton and are probably 25,000 - 30,000 years old.
		Bison priscus is an Old World form of bison that entered the New World via the Bering Land Bridge perhaps 500,000 years ago.
		"Priscus" horn cores are thicker and bigger around; they feature a slight initial downturn, a much longer beam, and a final upturn to the tip.
	www.royalalbertamuseum.ca /natural/paleo/_bison.htm (324 words)

	1G6 Bison Bones
		All bones in the permafrost tunnel are from an extinct bison called Bison priscus and are found within 15 meters of the entrance.
		Bison priscus was a cousin to the buffalo currently found in the United States (Bison bison), but had longer horns.
		All of the bones in the tunnel decomposed at or near the surface and were washed downstream (by Goldstream Creek) into the position were they are found today.
	www.crrel.usace.army.mil /permafrosttunnel/1g6_Bison_Bones.htm (398 words)

	The Histories [of Ancient Rome] by Cornelius Tacitus:book 2
		He was put out at first, though merely appealing to the tribunes of the plebs to take up this insult offered to the tribunician power of the emperor.
		A number of his hearers sneered at this impudent claim to be such a man's rival, while others approved of his choosing Thrasea rather than any of the favourites of the moment as the pattern of true glory.
		Priscus could rely on the support of Valens, and Sabinus upon that of Caecina.
	www.ourcivilisation.com /smartboard/shop/tacitusc/histries/chap9.htm (3278 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Trajan Decius
		The governor of Macedon, Titus Julius Priscus, also permitted himself to be proclaimed Augustus at Philippopolis towards the end of 251, probably with Gothic collusion.
		It was here that his elder son was slain by an arrow and the emperor, seeking to reassure his troops, famously proclaimed that the death of one soldier was not a great loss to the Republic.
		It is not known whether Priscus was trying to use the Goths for his schemes, or the Goths were using Priscus for theirs; but in any case, Philipoppolis was stormed and destroyed with an ensuing massacre of its inhabitants and Priscus disappears from the historical record.
	www.roman-emperors.org /decius.htm (8647 words)

	embassy
		There is no reason to believe that at this time the Rugi were part of Attila's empire but rather, it has been plausibly suggested, that they had settled inside the empire as allies under their chieftain Valips.
		P.fr.17 Though Attila's mind had been bent on going to Rome, his attendants, as the historian Priscus relates, deterred him, not because they were kindly disposed to the city—to which they were hostile—but holding up the example of Alaric, at one time king of the Visigoths.
		Concerning this event, it happened miraculously to Marcian, emperor of the East, who was disturbed about his fierce enemy, that a divinity standing near him in his dreams showed the bow of Attila broken that very night, as if the Huns owed much to this weapon.
	www29.homepage.villanova.edu /christopher.haas/embassy.htm (17706 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		He was an influential member of the Roman Senate at a time when the post had long become a ceremonial title bestowed on the wealthy and thoroughly devoid of any administrative or legal muscle.
		There he settled in to give Honorius grief from the north end (and just to spite him made Priscus emperor again) but before he had a chance to walk into Italy a rival tribe picked a fight with him and forced him to abandon the invasion.
		Meanwhile Priscus was captured and had to do some serious back pedaling in the court of Honorius who let him off, rather lightly by the then standards of punishment for treason, by having a couple fingers chopped off and exiled off to an island.
	www.rasiel.com /hakarl/priscus_attalus.html (495 words)

	Dojo KO
		This fight had an explosive start with Priscus going straight for a throwout When they resumed Carl threw a powerful leg kick but Priscus avoided and jabbed Carl in the face to set up for a takedown.
		Carl managed to pull Priscus into his guard but Priscus managed to get back to his feet and carried Carl over the perimeter again.
		Priscus received a cut for the trouble, and after the cut was treated, they got back to action.
	www.dojoko.com /results.htm (2055 words)

	Chapter 1
		It was the largest one any Dy'Tariex had ever assembled, and as he watched it gather in space around the flagship, Priscus Obran'Ka Harrakin, the Norrek of the fleet, felt an icy finger of anticipation crawling up and down his spine.
		Priscus realized he shouldn't be feeling such a sick sense of glee at the thoughts, but one of the reasons he was the Norrek was because, at heart, he was thoroughly malicious.
		Priscus surveyed the myriad consoles and displays of the flagship's flight command center, his advanced brain instantly processing all the information, organizing it, and relaying it to the Dy'Tariex.
	www.eyrie.org /~badger/invasions/ch1.html (6383 words)

	The Jewish Agency For Israel: The Jewish IQ Test #19
		The royal jeweler to Chilper I (Gaul) was forced into a debate with Gregory of Tours, a respected Christian theologian.
		Despite the fact that the king also put pressure on Priscus, he held his own and even Gregory conceded that the debate ended without a winner.
		When that failed, Priscus was imprisoned and then murdered by Phatir, a recent convert.
	www.jafi.org.il /iq/65/4.htm (97 words)

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		579 BC - Death of Tarquinius Priscus, who is axed in the head by two farmers.
		463 BC - The consuls are P. Servilius Priscus and L. Aebutius Helva.
		399 BC - The military tribunes are L. Atilius Priscus, M. Pomponius Rufus, G. Duilius Longus, M. Veturius Crassus Cicurinus and Volerius Publilius Philo.
	www.novaroma.org /camenaeum/RomanTimeline.txt (25003 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		When the Proconsul, Priscus, celebrated a festival of sacrifice to Ares in Chalcedon, forty-nine Christians absented themselves from the festivities and hid themselves.
		When the furious Priscus asked them why they had not carried out the imperial command, they replied: 'Both the Emperor's commands and yours must be obeyed if they are not contrary to the God of heaven.
		If they are, they must not only not be obeyed; they must be resisted.' Then Priscus put them to various tortures for nineteen days, from day to day.
	www.pomog.org /prologue/September/29.htm (573 words)

	Ars Priscus - Medieval and Celtic Clip Art: Terms of Use (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.skell.org /ars/termsF.htm (206 words)

	Covenant La Roche Caribet (Saxum Caribetum): Saga part 21
		With all the magi of Priscus posted as 'missing', Priscus was expelled from the Order and Marched.
		I do know that there was some specific mention of Saskia in the words reported from the Tribunal, thanking her for her assistance in some aspect of the investigation of Priscus, I think.
		Despite the taint of having been associated with such a disgraceful former home, I cannot but be impressed that she is mentioned by name.
	www.granta.demon.co.uk /arsm/saga21.html (794 words)

	Iranica.com - FÈRUÚZ
		Reports on the extent of the catastrophe may be somewhat exaggerated, given the fact that during this seven-year crisis, some time after 464, F^ru@z prepared a military campaign, probably against the Hunnish tribe of the Kidarites under King Kunkhas (Kou‚©xas; Priscus in Müller, Fragmenta IV, 33.4, 106; Blockley, II, p.
		At any rate, in 464 F^ru@z sought the support of the Byzantine emperor Leo I (Priscus in Müller, Fragmenta IV, 31.4, 105; Blockley, p.
		Eunapius, Olympiodorus, Priscus and Malchus II: Text, Translation, and Historical Notes, in ARCA Classical and Medieval Texts, Papers and Monographs 10, Wiltshire, U.
	www.iranica.com /articles/v9f6/v9f628.html (1176 words)

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