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(Encyclopedia) Roman Question: see Lateran Treaty. ...

(Encyclopedia) Roman roads, ancient system of highways linking Rome with its provinces. Their primary purpose was military, but they also were of great commercial importance and brought the distant provinces in touc...

(Encyclopedia) Set or Seth both: sĕt or sāt [key], in Egyptian religion, god of evil. Set was a sun god of predynastic Egypt, but he gradually degenerated from being a beneficent deity into being a god of evil and...

(Encyclopedia) nouveau roman or new novel: see French literature; Robbe-Grillet, Alain. ...

(Encyclopedia) Constantine, d. 411, Roman general. He was proclaimed emperor by the Roman troops in Britain in 407 and led a revolt in Gaul and Spain against the Western emperor Honorius. He conquered part of Gaul a...

(Encyclopedia) West Roman Empire: see Roman Empire under Rome. ...

(Encyclopedia) Irene, in Greek religion and mythology: see Horae. ...

(Encyclopedia) Tethys, in Greek religion and mythology, a Titan, daughter of Gaea and Uranus. She was the wife of the seagod Oceanus and the mother of the Oceanids. ...

(Encyclopedia) Flora, in Roman religion, goddess of flowers and fertility. Her festival, the Floralia, Apr. 28–May 1, was celebrated with great gaiety and licentiousness. ...

(Encyclopedia) Saturnalia: see Saturn, in Roman religion. ...