Vlad IV
Vlad IV 1431?-1476, prince of Walachia (1448, 1456-62, 1476), known as Vlad the Impaler. He was the son of Prince Vlad Dracul (Vlad the Devil) and is therefore also called Dracula or son of the Devil. Vlad IV seized the Walachian throne briefly in 1448 and definitively in 1456 with the support of John Hunyadi , whom he had helped against the Ottoman Turks. Ruling with firmness and with cruelty toward his opponents, he created an orderly administration, developed commerce, and strengthened the army. In 1462, however, a campaign against him by the Ottoman Sultan Muhammad II resulted in his deposition. Vlad sought aid from the Hungarian king Matthias Corvinus but was instead imprisoned in Hungary for 12 years. In late 1476, Vlad, with Transylvanian aid, regained the Walachian throne only to be defeated and killed by the Ottoman-supported prince, Laiota Basarab. The novel Dracula by Bram Stoker , although not based on Vlad's historical exploits, made the name Dracula well known in literature.
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Introduction: Cornelia and her maternal legacy.(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: Helios; 9/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; At De lingua latina 10.41, Marcus Terentius Varro, one of our major authorities...media nox ad noctem). Whether Varro's analogy likens men and their...nighttime, is far from clear. But Varro clearly views Roman mothers as...
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Annual General Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society (with the Institute of British Geographers) 4 June 2007.(Presidential Address: Building resilience)
Magazine article from: The Geographical Journal; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...elegantly, defined sustainability was a Roman, Marcus Terentius Varro in the second century BC. Varro was a brilliant Roman who would have been...but we were a bit slow off the mark! Varro said that agriculture is an art and a science...
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PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORIES NORFOLK WOMAN CHRONICLES VISIONS IN BOOK.(NORFOLK COMPASS)
Newspaper article from: The Virginian Pilot; 7/26/2001; 700+ words
; ...KLEMENC THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT ``The longest part of the journey is said to be the passing of the gate.'' - Marcus Terentius Varro, ancient Roman scholar and prolific writer BRENDA WRIGHT'S JOURNEY began nearly 50 years ago in a three-room...
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Introductory atmospheric sciences at a liberal arts university (1995-99)
Magazine article from: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...and theology known as scholasticism. The seven liberal arts were codified in late antiquity by such writers as Marcus Terentius Varro and Martianus Capella. In medieval times, the seven liberal arts offered a canonical way of depicting the realms...
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Encyclopaedic Visions: Scientific Dictionaries and Enlightenment Culture.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Albion; 12/22/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...would shape encyclopedias, he refers to encyclopedic surveys or cycles of the seven liberal arts dating from Marcus Terentius Varro's Disciplinarum Libri Novem of about 50 B.C.E. This genre, which experienced a revival during the sixteenth...
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The water's not so fine
Newspaper article from: Yakima Herald-Republic; 2/12/2005; 343 words
; ...laying down the laws for his ideal state, says, "Let there be a law that no deformed child shall be reared." Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 B.C.), the Roman scholar who rose to the office of praetor, worked with Julius Caesar. In his...
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Marcus Terentius Varro
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Marcus Terentius Varro Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 B.C.) was the greatest Roman scholar and an incredibly prolific writer. It is estimated that he wrote 74 separate works in 620 volumes on all aspects of contemporary learning. Varro...
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Encyclopedism
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas
...term denoting a circle of learning. Works such as Marcus Terentius Varro's Disciplines (c. 50 b.c.e., now lost) defined...quadrivium of the medieval university curriculum. Varro also included medicine and architecture. However...
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