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Archdiocese of Dublin (Roman Catholic) The Archdiocese of Dublin is the largest Roman Catholic diocese in Ireland. It covers all of County Dublin, nearly all of County Wicklow, with much of County Kildare and fragments of Counties Carlow, Wexford and Laoise.
Archdiocese of Esztergom The archbishopric of Esztergom was a historical diocese created in 1000 in the Kingdom of Hungary largely on the territory of the Nitrian principality (what is today western and central Slovakia). After World War I, with the fall of the Kingdom of Hungary, its territory was reduced to its present-day extent in modern Hungary and it became Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest on 31 May, 1993.
Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest This Hungarian archdiocese is rare (not unique, compare Belgium's primas Mechelen-Brussels) in the sense that it represents two Hungarian cities, Esztergom and the national capital Budapest. The two being one diocese is because in Hungary's early history Esztergom was one of the former capitals of the Hungarian apostolic kingdom (much larger than the present republic – roughly the eastern half of the Habsburg empire).
Archdiocese of Făgăraş and Alba Iulia The Archdiocese of Fagaras and Alba Iulia, in Romanian Arhieparhia de Făgăraş şi Alba Iulia, is the only archiocese of the whole Romanian Church United with Rome (Romanian Greek-Catholic Church). Its Metropolitan, who holds the rank of Major Archbishop (one of only four such posts in the world), is the head (in rank just below a Patriarch) of the whole Greek-Catholic Church of Romania, where all other dioceses (Cluj–Gherla, Lugoj, Maramureş, Oradea Mare) are his suffragans; only the diocese for the American diaspora the Eparchy of St.
Archdiocese of Freiburg The Archdiocese of Freiburg im Breisgau (Latin Archidioecesis Friburgensis) is a Roman Catholic diocese in Baden-WĂĽrttemberg comprising the former states of Baden and Hohenzollern. The Archdiocese of Freiburg is led by an archbishop who also serves as the metropolitan bishop of the Upper-Rhine ecclesiastical province for the suffragan dioceses of Mainz and Rottenburg-Stuttgart.
Archdiocese of Guadalajara The Archdiocese of Guadalajara (Latin: Archidioecesis Guadalaiarensis) is a Roman Catholic archdiocese located in Mexico currently covering an area of 20,827 km² (8,044 Square Miles). The diocese was erected on July 13, 1548 and was elevated to Archdiocese on January 26, 1863.
Archdiocese of Jaro The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Jaro is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the Philippines. Jaro is a district of Iloilo City, Iloilo on the island of Panay in the Western Visayas.
Archdiocese of Karachi The Archdiocese of Karachi, originally known as the Diocese of Karachi was erected on 20 May 1948 under the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Bombay, India. It was elevated as the Archdiocese of Karachi on 15 July 1950.
Archdiocese of Naples The archdiocese of Naples is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory in southern Italy, the see being in Naples. It was founded in the first century AD and was raised to the level of an Archdiocese in the 10th century.
Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles The Archdiocese of Puebla de los Angeles, Puebla (in Latin Archidioecesis Angelorum) is the oldest Roman Catholic diocese in Mexico. It was established on October 13, 1525 as the diocese of Tlaxcala and retained that name until it was elevated to an archdiocese in 1903.
Archdiocese of Quito The Archdiocese of Quito is the Catholic Christian religion's archdiocese in the capital city of Ecuador, Quito. It was established as the Diocese of Quito on January 8 1545 before being elevated to archdiocese level in 1849.
Archdiocese of Rosario The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Rosario (Archidioecesis Rosariensis) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern part of the province of Santa Fe, Argentina, with its motherchurch, the Basilica Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, located in the city of Rosario. The Archbishop since 22 December 2005 is José Luis Mollaghan and the Auxiliary Bishop was Sergio Fenoy, until he was appointed Bishop of San Miguel the 5 December 2006.
Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Samoa-Apia consists of the Independent State of Samoa. The origins of the archdiocese stem from the August 20, 1850 canonical erection by the Holy See of the Vicariate Apostolic of the Navigators' Archipelago, entrusted to the Society of Mary (Marists).
Archdiocese of SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo do Rio de Janeiro The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of SĂŁo SebastiĂŁo do Rio de Janeiro (Archidiocesis Sancti Sebastiani Fluminis Ianuarii) in Brazil was established as a territorial prelature on July 19, 1575. It was elevated to the status of a diocese on November 16, 1676.
Archdiocese of Singapore The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore (Latin: Archidioecesis Singaporensis) is made up of five districts covering the entire city-state of Singapore. They are the City District, East District, West District, North District and the Serangoon District.
Archdiocese of St Andrews and Edinburgh The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in Scotland. It is the Metropolitan see of the Province of Saint Andrews and Edinburgh, consisting of the additional suffragan sees of Aberdeen, Argyll and the Isles, Dunkeld, and Galloway.
Archdiocese of Tarragona The Archdiocese of Tarragona (Latin, Tarraconensis) is located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Tarragona, part of the autonomous community of Catalonia. The archdiocese heads the ecclesiastical province of Tarragona, having Metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of Girona,
Archdiocese of Taunggyi The (Roman Catholic) Archdiocese of Taunggyi (Latin: Archidioecesis Taunggyiensis) is located in the Shan State of Myanmar. The dioceses of Kentung, Loikaw, Pekhon and Taungngu are suffragans of the archdiocese.
Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng The (Roman Catholic) Archdiocese of Thare and Nonseng (Archidioecesis Tharensis et Nonsengensis, ) is located in the north-east of Thailand. It is based in Tha Rae, a township (thesaban tambon) in the Mueang Sakon Nakhon district.
Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain The Archdiocese of Thyateira and Great Britain is an Archdiocese of the Eastern Orthodox Church, part of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople. Its present Archbishop is His Grace Gregorios Theocharous.
Archdiocese of Tuam The Archdiocese of Tuam was established as a diocese by the Synod of Rathbreasail 1111; it was promoted to become the metropolitan archdiocese for Connacht by the Synod of Kells-Mellifont in 1152 Tuam (Catholic Enyclopedia 1913)
Archdiocese of Valencia The Archdiocese of Valencia (Latin, Valentina) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Valencia, part of the autonomous community of Valencia. The archdiocese heads the ecclesiastical province of Valencia, having Metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of Ibiza, Mallorca, Minorca, Orihuela-Alicante and Segorbe-CastellĂłn.
Archdiocese of Vercelli The Metropolitan Archdiocese of Vercelli (in Latin, Archidioecesis Vercellensis) is one of the two archdioceses which form the ecclesiastical region of Piedmont. The dioceses suffragan to Vercelli are: Alessandria (della Paglia), Biella, Casale Monferrato and Novara.
Archdiocese of Zagreb The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Zagreb (, ) is the central archdiocese of the Catholic Church in Croatia, centered in the capital city Zagreb. It is the metropolitan see of Croatia, and the present archbishop is Josip Bozanić.
Archdiocese of Zaragoza The Archdiocese of Zaragoza (Latin, Caesaraugustana) is a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical territory located in north-eastern Spain, in the province of Zaragoza, part of the autonomous community of AragĂłn. The archdiocese heads the ecclesiastical province of Zaragoza, having Metropolitan authority over the suffragan dioceses of Barbastro-MonzĂłn, Huesca, Tarazona, and Teruel and AlbarracĂ­n.
Archducal hat The first archducal coronet () was shown on a portrait of Rudolf IV, Duke of Austria, though this coronet probably never existed. Ernest the Iron had a coronet made, and another was made on the death of Archduke Ferdinand II of the Tyrol in 1595.
Archduchess Gisela of Austria Gisela Louise Marie, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Bavaria (de: Gisela Louise Marie, Erzherzogin von Österreich) (July 12, 1856 – July 27, 1932) was born to Elisabeth of Bavaria and Franz Josef of Austria, their second child together.
Archduchess Luise, Princess of Tuscany Luise of Tuscany (2 September, 1870 in Salzburg–23 March, 1947 in Brussels) (Luise Antoinette Maria Theresia Josepha Johanna Leopoldine Caroline Ferdinande Alice Ernestine, Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess of Tuscany, Hungary and Bohemia) was a daughter of Ferdinand IV of Tuscany and his second wife Alicia of Parma, daughter of Duke Charles III and Louise of Berry. Archduchess Luise was thus a great-great-granddaughter of Charles X of France.
Archduchess Maria Anna Archduchess Maria Anna (October 6, 1738 – November 19, 1789) was the second and eldest surviving daughter of Emperor Francis I and Maria Theresa of Austria. She was heiress presumptive between 1740 and 1741, until her brother Joseph (later Joseph II) was born.
Archduchess Maria Christina, Duchess of Teschen Marie Christine Johanna Josephe Antonie of Austria (born Maria Christina Johanna Josepha Antonia) (3 May 1742 - 24 June 1798), (→Family Tree) called "Mimi", was the fourth girl and fifth child of Maria Theresa of Austria and Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor.
Archduchess Marie Astrid of Austria Archduchess Marie-Astrid, Princess Imperial of Austia, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Princess of Luxembourg, Nassau and Parma, Princess of Habsburg-Lorraine (Marie-Astrid Charlotte Léopoldine Wilhelmine Ingeborg Antoinette Elisabeth Anna Alberta von Habsburg-Lothringen) (born 17 February 1954 at Castle Betzdorf), is the oldest daughter and the first child of Grand Duke Jean and Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte. Her godparents are King Leopold III of Belgium (her maternal grandfather), and Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (her paternal grandmother).
Archduchess Marie Valerie of Austria Marie Valerie, Archduchess of Austria (April 22, 1868 - September 6, 1924) was the fourth and last child of Elisabeth of Bavaria ("Sissi") and Franz Josef of Austria. Her given name was Marie Valerie Mathilde.
Archduchy of Austria The Archduchy of Austria () was one of the most important states within Holy Roman Empire, the center of the Habsburg Monarchy, the predecessor of the Austrian Empire. Over nearly 700 years, it evolved from a margravate to the center of an empire.
Archduke The noble title of Archduke (feminine: Archduchess) (German: Erzherzog, fem; Erzherzogin) denotes a rank above Duke and under King, but is too rare and yet has uses too diverse to be given a fixed relative position within the former Holy Roman Empire to which vast European territory it was restricted.
Archduke (butterfly) The Archdukes are a genus (Lexias) of tropical forest-dwelling butterflies that are common throughout Southeast Asia and Australasia. Members of the brush-footed butterfly family Nymphalidae, the genus is represented by about 17 species.
Archduke Albert, Duke of Teschen Albrecht Friedrich Rudolf, Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Teschen (born August 3, 1817 in Vienna; died February 2, 1895, Arco (Italy) was an Austrian Habsburg general.
Archduke Ferdinand Charles of Austria Ferdinand Charles, Archduke of Further of Austria (de: Erzherzog Ferdinand Karl von Ă–sterreich), (born May 17, 1628; died December 30, 1662 in Kaltern) was the ruler of Further Austria including Tirol from 1646 to 1662.
Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este Archduke Ferdinand Karl Joseph of Austria-Este (April 25, 1781-November 5, 1850) was the third son of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este and of his wife Princess Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este, last member and heiress of the house of Este. For much of the Napoleonic Wars he was in command of the Austrian army.
Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este Archduke Ferdinand Karl Anton Joseph Johann Stanislaus of Austria-Este (1 June 1754-24 December 1806), was the fourth son and fourteenth child of the Holy Roman Emperor Franz I and of his wife Maria Theresa of Austria. He was designated as the heir to the Duchies of Modena and Reggio but never reigned owing to the Napoleonic Wars.
Archduke Franz Karl of Austria Archduke Franz Karl Joseph of Austria (7 December 1802 – 8 March 1878) was father of two emperors (Austria and Mexico) and the grandfather of Franz Ferdinand, Archduke of Austria, whose shooting was the occasion of the start of World War I.
Archduke Friedrich, Duke of Teschen Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl, Archduke and Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, Duke of Teschen (4 June 1856, Gross-Sellowitz – 30 December 1936, Altenburg) was the son of Archduke Karl Ferdinand of Austria-Teschen (1818 - 1874) and his wife Archduchess Elisabeth Franziska of Austria (1831 - 1903).
Archduke Charles, Duke of Teschen Archduke Charles of Austria, Duke of Teschen (de: Erzherzog Karl von Österreich, Herzog von Teschen, also known as Karl von Österreich-Teschen) (September 5,1771–April 30, 1847) was a son of Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor (1747–1792) and his wife Infanta Maria Luisa of Spain (1745–1792). He was also the younger brother of Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor.
Archduke Josef Ferdinand, Prince of Tuscany Archduke Josef Ferdinand (May 24 1872 – February 28 1942) was an Austro-Hungarian noble, military commander, and early advocate of air power. He later retired to life as a common citizen of Austria, and was briefly imprisoned in Dachau during the Nazi era.
Archduke Joseph, Palatine of Hungary Palatine Joseph of Hungary or Archduke Joseph Anton Johann of Austria (9 March 1776, Florence – 13 January 1847, Buda), in Hungarian József nádor, was the Palatine of Hungary between 1796 and 1847. He was the eighth son of Emperor Leopold II of Austria and Maria Luisa of Spain.
Archduke Karl Pius, Prince of Tuscany Archduke Karl Pius, Prince of Tuscany (4 December 1909 - 24 December 1953) was born in Vienna, Austria the son of Archduke Leopold Salvator, Prince of Tuscany (1863-1931) and Infanta Blanca of Spain (1868-1949), the daughter of the Carlist pretender to the throne of Spain, Carlos, Duke of Madrid.
Archduke Leopold Alfons of Austria Archduke Leopold Maria of Austria (full name: Leopold Maria Alfons Blanka Karl Anton Beatrix Michael Joseph Peter Ignatz von Habsburg-Lothringen) (born in Zagreb 30 January 1897 - died Willimantic, Connecticut 14 March 1958) was the second son of Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria and Infanta Bianca of Spain. At the age of 19, he was the last person appointed to the Order of the Golden Fleece by his great uncle, Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria.
Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria Archduke Leopold Wilhelm of Austria (Wiener Neustadt January 5 1614–Vienna November 20 1662), was a Governor of the Spanish Netherlands, a military commander in the service of Spain, and a patron of the arts. He is also known as Leopold Wilhelm von Habsburg but as a son of the Emperor carried the title Archduke of Austria.
Archduke Louis of Austria Archduke Louis Joseph Anton Johann, Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia and Prince of Tuscany (born 13 December 1784 at Florence, Italy – died 21 December 1864 at Vienna, Austria) was the 15th son of Emperor Leopold II of Austria, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary and Bohemia, Grand Duke of Tuscany and Maria Luisa de Bourbon, Infante of Spain.
Archduke Maximilian Franz of Austria Maximilian Franz (1756-1801) was the 16th child of Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and her husband, Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. His siblings included two Holy Roman Emperors (Joseph II and Leopold II), as well as Queen Marie Antoinette of France and Queen Maria Carolina of Naples and Sicily.
Archduke Otto Franz of Austria Otto Franz Joseph Karl Ludwig Maria, Prince Imperial and Archduke of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia (April 21, 1865-November 1, 1906) was the second son of Archduke Karl Ludwig of Austria (younger brother of Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria) and his second wife, Princess Maria Annunciata of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.
Archduke Rainer of Austria Rainer Joseph Johann Michael Franz Hieronymus, Archduke of Austria (Pisa 30 September 1783 - Bolzano 16 January 1853), son of Emperor Leopold II. Married at Prague on 28 May 1820 Princess Elisabeth of Savoy-Carignano (Paris 13 April 1800 - Bozen 25 December 1856).
Archduke Sigismund, Grand Duke of Tuscany Archduke Sigismund of Austria, Grand Duke of Tuscany (Sigismund Otto Maria Josef Gottfried Henrich Erik Leopold Ferdinand von Habsburg-Lothringen) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, (born 21 April 1966 in Lausanne). Sigismund is the son of Archduke Leopold Franz and Princess Laetitia of Arenberg; he is the current head of the Tuscan branch of the Habsburg dynasty.
Archean The Archean (IPA: , also spelled Archaean, formerly called the Archaeozoic (IPA: ), also spelled Archeozoic) is a geologic eon before the Proterozoic, 2500 Ma (million years ago). Instead of being based on stratigraphy, this date is defined chronometrically.
Arched legs Arched legs is an imperfection in a horse, in which being in his natural position, he has his legs bent forward, and his whole leg makes a kind of arch or bow. It usually arises from excessive labor, whereby the back sinews are made to shrink up so that the legs remain arched, and tremble after a little riding.
ArcheDream ArcheDream (AKA ArcheDream for HUMANKIND) is a multimedia dance theatre that uses vivid black-light masks, creative movement and highly-stylized, colorful costumes to perform allegories (or dreams) that personify vital issues pertaining to our lives. The themes of such performances address political, social and emotional dilemmas that confront many cultures.
Archegonium An archegonium (pl: archegonia), from the ancient Greek αρχη (beginning) and γονος (offspring), is a multicellular structure or organ of the gametophyte phase of certain plants producing and containing the ovum or female gamete. The archegonium has a long neck and a swollen base.
Archelaus I of Macedon Archelaus I was king of Macedon from 413 to 399 BC, following the death of Perdiccas II. The son of Perdiccas by a slave woman, Archelaus obtained the throne by murdering his uncle, his cousin, and his half-brother, the legitimate heir, but proved a capable and beneficent ruler, known for the sweeping changes he made in state administration, the military, and commerce.
Archenemy An archenemy, archfoe, archvillain or archnemesis (sometimes spelled arch-enemy, arch-foe, arch-villain or arch-nemesis) is the principal enemy of a character in a work of fiction, often described as the hero's worst enemy (compare nemesis). The reason as to why the particular villain stands out more than the other rogues gallery villains varies, although they may be the hardest enemy to fight, the hero's opposite, the most often recurring villain, always bearing the most dangerous plots or poses the biggest threat, such as global domination in comparison to burglary, was once a friend of the hero, or is the source of constant tragedy, pain and horror to the hero.
Archenemy Record Company The Archenemy Record Company is a record company founded and located in Boston, Massachusetts. Founded in 1997, the label is home to such acts as Freezepop, Lifestyle, The Texas Governor, Rockets Burst from the Streetlamps, Chop Chop and Karacter.
Archeology of Algeria Algeria is rich in prehistoric memorials of human occupation, especially in megalithic remains, of which nearly every known kind has been found in the country. Numerous flints of palaeolithic type have been discovered, notably at Tlemcen and Kolea.
Archeparchy of Mosul The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Mosul (Latin: Mausiliensis Chaldaeorum) is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the northern part of the Iraq, some 396 km (250 miles) northwest of Baghdad. The diocese comprises the city of Mosul.
Archer & Armstrong Archer & Armstrong was a highly successful comic book by Valiant Comics, with sales of 350,000 books a month. The first series featured writing and art by comic great Barry Windsor-Smith (creator of Red Sonja).
Archer (typeface) Archer is a slab serif typeface designed in 2001 by Tobias Frere-Jones, Jonathan Hoefler, and Jesse Ragan for text and display use in Martha Stewart Living magazine. A product of the Hoefler & Frere-Jones foundry, it is a proprietary face and not available to license for public use.
Archer Avenue Line The Archer Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, mostly running under Archer Avenue in the Jamaica neighborhood of Queens. Conceived as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's 1968 expansion plans, this line is one of the newest sections of the system.
Archer Avenue, Chicago Archer Avenue (formerly Archer Road) in Chicago, Illinois is a diagonal street running southwest between the area south of the Chicago Loop and Harlem Avenue. It follows the old portage trail between the Chicago River and the Des Plaines River, and parallels the path of the Illinois and Michigan Canal and the Alton Railroad.
Archer class patrol vessel The Archer-class is a class of patrol and training vessel in service with the British Royal Navy (RN). Ten vessels were ordered as the P2000 class, based on a design of an Omani coastguard cutter, from Watercraft Marine.
Archer Park Railway Station Archer Park Railway Station is a transport museum in Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia. The Museum's main attraction is a rare French "Purrey" steam tram originally operated by the Rockhampton City Council.
Archer Roulette Henry Archer, an Irish London businessman, presented the British Government with an easy means of separating postage stamps. His plan, which was submitted to the Postmaster General on October 1 1847, was referred to the departments of the post office and after receiving final approval, Archer's patents were purchased in June 1853.
Archerfield Estate and Links Archerfield and Archerfield Links are a country house (now hotel) and pair of golf courses in the parish of Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland. An older golf course, also called Archerfield Links, occupied the area before falling into disuse after World War II.
Archerfish The archerfishes (or archer fishes) are a family (Toxotidae) of fish notable for their habit of preying on insects and other small animals by shooting them down with water "pellets" from their specialized mouths. A large lower jaw helps these fish to hunt.
Archery at the 1900 Summer Olympics At the 1900 Summer Olympics, six of the archery events that took place in Paris were considered Olympic, with 153 archers competing in them. The identities of 17 of those archers are known, though a number of those are known only by their surnames.
Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics Archery at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp marked the return of the sport after a 12-year absence following it not being contested in the 1912 Summer Olympics and the cancellation of the 1916 Summer Olympics due to World War I. The only competitors were men, and from only three countries.
Archery at the 2006 Asian Games Archery was competed at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha, Qatar. Men and women competed in both individual and team events with all competition taking place at the Lusail Archery RangeLusail Shooting Complex from December 9 through December 13.
Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics will be held over a seven day period starting August 9 and ending August 15. The events will take place at the Olympic Green Archery Field, a temporary venue on the Olympic Green, Beijing's Olympic Park.
Archery at the Summer Olympics Archery had its debut at the 1900 Summer Olympics and has been contested in 13 Olympiads. 83 different nations have appeared in the Olympic archery competitions, with France appearing the most often at 11 times.
Archery butts An archery butts is an archery practice field, with mounds of earth used for the targets. The name originally referred to the targets themselves, but over time came to mean the platforms that held the targets as well.
Archery UK Archery UK is a magazine devoted to the sport of archery in the United Kingdom. As the official journal of the Grand National Archery Society, it is distributed to every GNAS member, 4 times a year, with the costs of this being taken from the archer's affiliation fee.
Arches of Trajan The Arches of Trajan are triumphal arches built all over the Roman empire by the Roman emperor Trajan during his reign. Intriguingly, however, when it came to commemorating his achievements in Rome itself, he chose a column rather than the more standard arch.
Archestratus Archestratus (Archestratos) was an Ancient Greek poet of Gela, in Sicily, who wrote some time in the mid 4th century BCE. His humorous didactic poem Hedypatheia ("Life of Luxury"), written in classical Greek hexameters, seems to advise a gastronomic reader on where to find good food in the Mediterranean world.
Archestratus of Syracuse Archestratus of Syracuse or Gela was a Greek poet who flourished about 330 BCE. After travelling extensively in search foreign delicacies for the table, he embodied the result in an amorous poem called Art of Cookery, afterwards freely translated by Ennius under the title Hedypathica.
Archetypal literary criticism Archetypal literary criticism is a type of critical theory that interprets a text by focusing on recurring myths and archetypes (from the Greek archē, or beginning, and typos, or imprint) in the narrative, symbols, images, and character types in a literary work. As a form of literary criticism, it dates back to 1934 when Maud Bodkin published Archetypal Patterns in Poetry.
Archetype An archetype is a generic, idealized model of a person, object or concept from which similar instances are derived, copied, patterned or emulated. In psychology, an archetype is a model of a person, personality or behavior.
Archetype (information science) In the field of informatics, an archetype is a a formal re-usable model of a domain concept. Traditionally, the term archetype is used in psychology to mean an idealized model of a person, personality or behaviour (see Archetype).
Archezoa Archezoa was a kingdom proposed by Cavalier-Smith for eukaryotes that diverged before the origin of mitochondria. At various times, the pelobionts and entamoebids (now archamoebae), the metamonads, and the microsporidia were included here.
Archchancellor An archchancellor (, ), or chief chancellor, a title given to the highest dignitary of the Holy Roman Empire, and also used occasionally during the Middle Ages to denote an official who supervised the work of chancellors or notaries.
Archi Cianfrocco Archi Cianfrocco (born October 6, 1966 in Rome, New York) is a former professional baseball player who played in Major League Baseball primarily as an infielder from 1992-1998. Selected by Pittsburgh Pirates in 11th Round (259th overall) of 1986 amateur entry draft.
Archi language Archi is a Caucasian language spoken by the 1,000 Archis in the village of Archi, southern Dagestan, Russia. It contrasts a voiceless velar lateral fricative with voiceless and ejective velar lateral affricates.
Archibald Acheson, 1st Viscount Gosford Achibald Acheson 1st Viscount Gosford, Bt PC (1 September 1718 – 5 September 1790) was an Irish Peer. The son of Sir Arthur Acheson, 5th Baronet, he succeeded to the baronetcy upon the death of his father, and was subsequently created Baron Gosford in 1776 and Viscount Gosford in 1785.
Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford GCB (Markethill, County Armagh August 1, 1776 – March 27, 1849 Markethill) was a British politician who served as Lieutenant-Governor of Lower Canada and Governor General of British North America in the 19th century.
Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford KP (20 August 1806 – 15 June 1864) was a British peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to that Irish Earldom (and a British peerage) upon the death of his father in 1849, but had previously been created a British peer in his own right in 1847.
Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford Archibald Brabazon Sparrow Acheson 4th Earl of Gosford KP (19 August 1841 - 11 April 1922) was a British Peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 3rd Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father in 1864.
Archibald Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford Archibald Charles Montagu Brabazon Acheson 5th Earl of Gosford (26 May 1877 - 20 March 1954) was a British Peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 4th Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father.
Archibald Acheson, 6th Earl of Gosford Archibald Alexander John Stanley Acheson 6th Earl of Gosford (14 January 1911 - 17 February 1966) was a British Peer. The son of Archibald Acheson, 5th Earl of Gosford, he succeeded to the earldom upon the death of his father.
Archibald Alexander Archibald Alexander (1772 – October 24, 1851) was an American Presbyterian theologian who was a professor at the Princeton Theological Seminary and served for 27 years as that institution's first principal from 1812 to 1840.
Archibald Armstrong Archibald Armstrong (d. March, 1672), court jester, called "Archy," was a native of Scotland or of Cumberland, and according to tradition first distinguished himself as a sheep-stealer; afterwards he entered the service of James VI, with whom he became a favourite.
Archibald Arnott Archibald Arnott (born 1772, died 1855, Kirconnel Hall, Ecclefechan, Dumfries, Scotland) was a British Army surgeon who is best remembered as Napoleon's doctor on St. Helena, and who was present at the Emperor's autopsy.
Archibald Asparagus Archibald Asparagus is a character in the animated movies of the VeggieTales series. He has a taste for “class” and wants more than anything to turn the usually wacky VeggieTales into a more “classy”, serious work.
Archibald Bisset Smith Archibald Bisset Smith (19 December 1878-10 March 1917) was a Scottish recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr. Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt, Jr. (February 18, 1918 – May 31, 1990), the first child of Archibald Bulloch Roosevelt and grandson of US President, Theodore Roosevelt, was a soldier, scholar, linguist, authority on the Middle East and a career CIA officer.
Archibald Campbell (bishop) Archibald Campbell (died 1744), was a clergyman of the Scottish Episcopal Church who served as Bishop of Aberdeen. He was the son of Lord Neil Campbell by his wife Lady Vere Ker; his grandfathers were Archibald Campbell, 1st Marquess of Argyll, and William Kerr, 1st Earl of Lothian.

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