Tomás Guardia
Tomás Guardia , 1832-82, president of Costa Rica. An army general, he led a revolt that eventually placed him in control and enabled him to rule the country from 1870 to 1882 with only brief interruptions. Under a repressive military dictatorship he exiled the leading families and halted the destructive Liberal-Conservative rivalry that had torn Costa Rica for nearly 50 years. Guardia undertook the building of a costly ocean-to-ocean railroad, financed and directed by the United Fruit magnate Minor Cooper Keith . Although basically a military strong man, Guardia is generally credited with having laid the groundwork of Costa Rican political stability.
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First evidence from Rome's legendary second king Numa Pompilius' era unearthed
News Wire article from: The Hindustan Times; 10/9/2007; 545 words
; ...evidence of Rome at the time of Numa Pompilius, Rome's legendary second king, in the 8th century BC. Numa Pompilius, a member of the Sabine tribe...objects dated from the period of Numa Pompilius despite the fact there were no...
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Former Wayne State U. art instructor still lives dream of painting
News Wire article from: University Wire; 6/12/2001; ; 700+ words
; ...said Pompilius, 47. When Pompilius was young, he often fantasized...which is an heir to Roman Emperor Numa Pompilius, who ruled for 43 years. He...of the temple built to Janus by Numa Pompilius." Charles Pompilius said that...
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The look book.(STRATEGIST)
Magazine article from: New York; 11/12/2007; ; 418 words
; ...Peter Lauper, Numa's grandfather.) What does Numa like to wear? Soccer shirts. He likes Ronaldinho...charm of almost everyone. What kind of name is Numa? It's an old Italian name; Numa Pompilius was the second king of Rome, right after the...
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Man's upward reach: secularists consider religion a barbaric habit of the unenlightened. Religious faith, however, has been the mainspring of human growth and progress.(Religion)
Magazine article from: The New American; 12/27/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...but recorded it anyway. He wrote that the Roman king Numa Pompilius strove "to inculcate fear of the gods as the most...special priests for each major deity." The laws of Numa Pompilius, it was thought, brought 40 years of peace to the...
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Vesta and the Vestal Virgins.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 12/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, built Vesta's original temple in the center of Rome...ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] Females Only To guard the eternal flame, Numa decreed that young girls be chosen as priestesses of...
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February is the cruellest month
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Telegraph London; 2/4/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...That's before my time - in about 700BC. Blame it on Numa Pompilius, the then King of Rome. According to legend, he succeeded...January and February were any more exciting than now, but Numa felt no toga-pocket diary was complete with a sixth...
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Fixit; Why is February the shortest month? Ask the Romans.(VARIETY)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 2/26/2001; 700+ words
; ...based on the early Roman calendar. Tradition says that Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome, who ruled about...differences between solar and calendar year lengths. Numa, according to the historian Plutarch, made January...
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What day is it? Februarius 23.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 12/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...six months had 30 days each for a total of 304 days. To correct discrepancies, Rome's legendary second king, Numa Pompilius, increased the length of the year by 51 days. He added two months, January with 29 days and February with 28 days...
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Kids' questions answered.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 1/8/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...four of the months had 31 days. So most of the winter went along without being counted. The second king of Rome, Numa Pompilius, is given credit for adding January and February. (Readers' questions and comments are welcome and should be sent...
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LEAP YEAR sunday briefing sunday briefing Thirty days hath September, April, June and November: all the rest have thirty-one, except for February alone, which hath twenty-eight days clear, and twenty-nine in each. . .
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 2/26/2008; 700+ words
; ...added to the Roman calendar, since the Romans originally considered winter a monthless period. They were added by Numa Pompilius - according to legend, the second king of Rome - in about 700BC. February remained the last month of the calendar...
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Numa Pompilius
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Numa Pompilius , legendary king of Rome, successor to Romulus. His consort, the nymph Egeria, was said to have aided him in his rule. The...
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Numa
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Numa Numa Pompilius (traditionally 715–673 bc), legendary second king of Rome, who claimed to have received instruction from the water goddess Egeria ; the name may be used allusively for someone likened to him, especially as a lawgiver.
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Mars
Book article from: Myths and Legends of the World
...the time of the early Roman king Numa Pompilius. Believing that the shield was vital to the well-being of Rome, Numa had 11 identical shields made and...might try to steal Mars's shield. Numa also established an order of priests...
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Egeria
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...nymph, to whom pregnant women sacrificed to secure easy delivery, and who was said to be the consort and adviser of Numa Pompilius, the legendary second king of Rome (715–673 bc), whom she used to meet by night at the Porta Capena...
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