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1 day ago · A Pan-Celtic Flag of two interlaced Triskelion, designed by Breton Robert Berthelier in 1950. A Pan-Celtic flag of the six Celtic nations.. Pan-Celticism (Irish: Pan-Cheilteachas, Scottish Gaelic: Pan-Cheilteachas, Breton: Pan-Keltaidd, Welsh: Pan-Geltaidd, Cornish: Pan-Keltaidh, Manx: Pan-Cheltaghys), also known as Celticism or Celtic nationalism is a political, social and cultural movement ...
1 day ago · Charles Martel, Frankish commander at the Battle of Tours. Gianni Polli, Italian general commander at the World War I and at the World War II Bersaglieri. "Hammerhead" – John C. Martin, U.S. submarine commander [4] "Hap" – Henry H. Arnold, USAAF/USAF General of the Air Force. Hobart R. Gay, U.S. Army officer, Patton's Chief of Staff
1 day ago · t. e. A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. [1][2] The concept of Knighthood may have been inspired by the ancient Greek hippeis (ἱππεῖς) and Roman equites. [3]
4 hours ago · Ambrose of Milan (Latin: Aurelius Ambrosius; c. 339 – 4 April 397), venerated as Saint Ambrose, [a] was a theologian and statesman who served as Bishop of Milan from 374 to 397. He expressed himself prominently as a public figure, fiercely promoting Roman Christianity against Arianism and paganism. [5]
1 day ago · In Francia, the Arab and Berber Muslim forces invaded the region of Septimania in 719 and deposed the local Visigothic Kingdom in 720; [18] [31] after the Frankish conquest of Narbonne in 759, the Muslim Arabs and Berbers were defeated by the Christian Franks and retreated to their Andalusian heartland after 40 years of occupation, and the Carolingian king Pepin the Short came up reinforced.
1 day ago · e. Al-Andalus[a] (Arabic: الأَنْدَلُس) was the Muslim -ruled area of the Iberian Peninsula. The term is used by modern historians for the former Islamic states in modern-day Gibraltar, Portugal, Spain, and Southern France. The name describes the different Muslim [1][2] states that controlled these territories at various times between ...
1 day ago · The undated Dutch edition only printed excerpts for a total of 500 of the 1070 lines that compose the Ilias Latina in a volume titled Speculum Meonii homeri greci poetarum maximi opus insigne cui yliada titulus inscribitur e greco in latinum versa. The first complete edition was instead printed by Filippo di Pietro in Venice in c. 1476. [106] [105]
