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Donn. In Irish mythology, Donn ("the dark one", from Proto-Celtic: * Dhuosnos) [1][2] is an ancestor of the Gaels and is believed to have been a god of the dead. [2][3][4] Donn is said to dwell in Tech Duinn (the "house of Donn" or "house of the dark one"), [5] where the souls of the dead gather. [6] He may have originally been an aspect of the ...
Thomas O'Connor was the second son of Charles O'Conor (1736-1808) of Mount Allen and the grandson of the famed historian and antiquarian, Charles O'Conor O'Conor Don (Irish: Cathal Ó Conchubhair Donn) of Belanagare (1710-1791). The elder Charles wrote Dissertations on the ancient history of Ireland, as well as several other important ...
The word hoplology is derived from the Greek terms hoplos (a mythical plate-armored animal) and ὅπλον hóplon, the equipment carried by some warriors in ancient Greece. The word hoplite, derived from hoplon, is the term for the classical Greek warrior who carried such equipment. The field originates in the 19th century with Sir Richard ...
The date used as the end of the ancient era is arbitrary. The transition period from Classical Antiquity to the Early Middle Ages is known as Late Antiquity.Late Antiquity is a periodization used by historians to describe the transitional centuries from Classical Antiquity to the Middle Ages, in both mainland Europe and the Mediterranean world: generally from the end of the Roman Empire's ...
The Sabines (US: / ˈ s eɪ b aɪ n z /, SAY-bynes, UK: / ˈ s æ b aɪ n z /, SAB-eyens; [1] Latin: Sabini; Italian: Sabini—all exonyms) were an Italic people who lived in the central Apennine Mountains (see Sabina) of the ancient Italian Peninsula, also inhabiting Latium north of the Anio before the founding of Rome.
Martha. Henry. Robin James Lane Fox, FRSL (born 5 October 1946) [1] is an English classicist, ancient historian, and gardening writer known for his works on Alexander the Great. [2] Lane Fox is an Emeritus Fellow of New College, Oxford and Reader in Ancient History, University of Oxford. Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College from ...
3rd Dynasty of Ur. Religion. Sumerian religion. Ur-Nammu (or Ur-Namma, Ur-Engur, Ur-Gur, Sumerian: 𒌨𒀭𒇉, ruled c. 2112 BC – 2094 BC middle chronology) founded the Sumerian Third Dynasty of Ur, in southern Mesopotamia, following several centuries of Akkadian and Gutian rule.
John Donne (/ dʌn / DUN; 1571 or 1572 [a] – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a cleric in the Church of England. [2] Under Royal Patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). [1] He is considered the preeminent representative of the ...