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Publius Decius Mus
Publius Decius Mus , name of three Romans, father, son, and grandson, who, according to legend, sacrificed themselves for their country. As a tribune, the father fought (343 BC) in the war against the Samnites and, as consul with Manlius Torquatus, commanded in the war with the Latins. Near Mt. Vesuvius he "devoted" himself to the gods and then deliberately exposed himself to death (340 BC) in the belief that the enemy would thereby be destroyed by the gods. His son, when consul for the fourth time (295 BC), similarly sought death in the battle at Sentinum against the Gauls, Samnites, and Etruscans. His grandson, in the war with Pyrrhus, followed their example at Asculum (279 BC), according to Cicero's Tusculan Disputations.
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CRISTINA SHEPPARD-DECIUS, 38.(Ferndale Downtown Development Authority)(Occupation overview)
Magazine article from: Crain's Detroit Business; 10/5/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...branding campaign next year. In many ways, Cristina Sheppard-Decius has helped downtown Ferndale become cool again. On her watch...in Farmington Hills. The lion's share of the new tenants, Decius said, are startup small businesses in clothing, dining and...
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Decius Beebe Veasey, 80, WWII vet, entrepreneur.(Obituaries)(Obituary)
Newspaper article from: The Boston Herald; 2/14/2006; 593 words
; Decius Beebe Veasey of Haverhill, a World War II veteran, retired businessman and entrepreneur, died Friday while vacationing at his...
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DECIUS VEASEY, 80; WAS CIVIC-MINDED
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe; 2/16/2006; ; 450 words
; HAVERHILL - Decius Beebe Veasey of Haverhill was known for his public service in the community. Mr. Veasey served on the boards of several local...
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A journey to Xanadu
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 2/8/2009; ; 683 words
; ...companions are a disgraced general, Count Decius, as renowned for his cruelty as for his...they give him - almost all of it about Decius - is disquieting in the extreme. The...in "the woman's script" of China; Decius, like Antioch, is eager to find the...
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More than Memories\
Newspaper article from: Post-Tribune (IN); 5/28/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...name tag and race badges of her grandfather, Jerry Decius. Anderson's grandfather and father worked at the...track. Her father and grandfather -- Jerry W. Decius and Jerry F. Decius respectively -- were out there before she was born...
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The altars of the idols: religion, sacrifice, and the early modern polity.
Magazine article from: Journal of the History of Ideas; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...forced conversions of the Roman emperor Decius, the future Saint Cyprian admonished...2) Cyprian's De lapsis excoriated Decius and the pseudo-Christians--the sacrificati...as the most treasonous of the flock. Decius's persecutions concerned few early modern...
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Ferndale DDA series aims to build business cooperation.(Downtown Development Authority)(Conference news)
Magazine article from: Crain's Detroit Business; 6/2/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...each other,'' said Cristina Sheppard-Decius, executive director of the Ferndale authority...hovered around 30 percent, Sheppard-Decius said. A few years ago, it was less than...12 new units to downtown, Sheppard-Decius said. "But we can't forget about the...
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The seven.(The Last Word)
Magazine article from: Commonweal; 1/16/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...from Ephesus refused the Roman Emperor Decius's command to sacrifice to idols. They...Having tracked the renegades down, Decius had the cave sealed. More than three...the bread with coins from the time of Decius, people in the marketplace took him to...
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Family identify slain victim.(News)
Newspaper article from: Post (South Africa); 4/25/2007; 700+ words
; ...published in POST. On reading the front page article, a shocked Decius Baijnath, 25, realised the description of the dead man fitted...she refused to believe it was her husband. She said her son (Decius) and daughter Philenessa, 21, identified their father's...
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Las Vegas Review-Journal Inside Business Column.
Newspaper article from: Las Vegas Review-Journal (Las Vegas, NV); 4/19/2004; 654 words
; ...Patricia Kirkwood; Shelli Lowe; Michael Morrissey; Vern Ratzlaff; Mark Schnippel; Earl McVicker; and Dennis DeCius. DeCius had been Bank of Nevada's chairman of the board. --The Inside Business column runs Mondays through Fridays in...
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Decius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Decius (Caius Messius Quintus Decius) , 201-51, Roman emperor (249-51), b. Pannonia. He was sent by Philip (Philip the Arabian) to quell a mutiny, but when the soldiers hailed him as emperor, he marched at their head, defeated and...
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Publius Decius Mus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Publius Decius Mus , name of three Romans, father, son, and grandson, who, according to legend, sacrificed themselves for their country...
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Gallus
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...or 254, Roman emperor after 251. He fought in the eastern campaign that proved fatal to Decius . Gallus became emperor and accepted Hostilianus, Decius' son, as his colleague, or nominal coruler. In Gallus' reign the Persians overran Mesopotamia...
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Christianity
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...emperor. There were persecutions under Nero, Domitian, Trajan and the other Antonines, Maximin, Decius, Valerian, and Diocletian and Galerius; Decius ordered the first official persecution in 250. In 313, Constantine I and Licinius announced...
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persecutions, early Christian
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...that Rome's welfare rested on the favour of the gods. In 249 Decius commanded all subjects to sacrifice and obtain certificates...Christians and suffered accordingly. The persecution did not outlast Decius' death in 251. Valerian in 257 forbade Christian meetings...
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