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Aristophănes in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

The greatest writer of Greek comedy. He lived at Athens, B.C. 444-388. His father, Philippus, is said to have been not a native Athenian, but a settler from Rhodes or Egypt, who afterwards acquired citizenship. However this may be, the demagogue Cleon, whose displeasure Aristophanes had incurred, tried to call in question his right to the citizensh...

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Numerian in Roman Biography

Nu-me'ri-an, [Lat. Numeria'nus; Fr. Numeriex, nu'mS're4,N',| (Marcus Aurelius,) son of Cams, succeeded him as Emperor of Rome in 284 A.D., in conjunction with his brother Carinus. He was afterwards put to death in the same year, as is supposed, by his fatherin- law, Arrius, and Diocletian was chosen emperor. Numerianus was famed as an orator and a ...

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Numerian in Wikipedia

Marcus Aurelius Numerius Numerianus (d. November, 284), known in English as Numerian, was a Roman Emperor (December 283 – November, 284), together with his brother Carinus. They were sons of Carus, a Gaul raised to the office of praetorian prefect under Emperor Probus in 282. Reign - In 282, the legions of the upper Danube in Raetia and Noricum...

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Numeriānus in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

Marcus Aurelius. A Roman who succeeded to the imperial throne conjointly with his elder brother Carinus, after the death of their father Carus, at the beginning of A.D. 284. Numerianus was with the army in Mesopotamia at the death of Probus; but, instead of following up the advantage which his father had gained over the Persians, he was compelled...

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