 "Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL)")
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Lighter collectors no match for new flight security rules.
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Byline: Rex W. Huppke
May 9--The little-known but seemingly innocent hobby of cigarette-lighter collecting, embraced by a sliver of the American populace that fancies everything from classic Zippos to ornate Art Deco Ronsons, has suddenly been hamstrung by, of all things, national security.
On April 14, it became illegal for passengers to carry any form of lighter--from antiques to disposable Bics--on board a plane. This, combined with the decades-old restriction on transporting lighters in checked luggage, puts a crimp in collectors' ability to cart prized ...
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Heads or tails? A late-Roman coin unearthed in an Oxfordshire field and on show in the Ashmolean Museum leads Llewelyn Morgan to ponder the misleading messages on the faces of coins.(CROSS CURRENT)
Magazine article from: History Today
; ...Museum, Oxford, belongs to an emperor named Domitianus, who seems...conventional treatment of the emperor's headwear, was one coin...in the Roman empire. Thus Valerian, the emperor whose capture...remained when the consequences of Valerian's capture had been fully...
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 "The Daily Mail (London, England)")
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MARTYRS OF GORE; Flogged, decapitated and stoned to death - the extraordinary stories of the men of faith whose courage paved the way for the Christmas services shared by so many this week ...
Newspaper article from: The Daily Mail (London, England)
; ...in 258AD when the despotic Emperor Valerian ordered the summary execution...meant spiritually - than the Emperor. The envoy lit a fire under...Lawrence, and a favourite of Emperor Diocletian, who made him...served as physician to two Emperors until envious colleagues denounced...
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 "The Saturday Star (South Africa)")
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The Reign IN Spain; monument to a saint.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: The Saturday Star (South Africa)
; ...thought he'd prove a point when the Emperor Valerian captured him on August 6 258...the imperial palace and told the emperor: "These are the treasures of...Furious at being thwarted, Emperor Valerian sentenced Saint Lawrence to a slow...
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Faith triumphs over persecution: the simple and enduring faith of Christians has proven unconquerable despite the persecutions from ancient Rome to modern-day Iraq.(FAITH)(Cover story)
Magazine article from: The New American
; ...continued under succeeding emperors. Though no one knows how...before our eyes." The Emperor Valerian issued an order in 258 establishing...Christians that occurred under the emperor Maximinus in the city of Nicomedia...persecutions ended and an emperor converted to Christianity...
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 "The Mirror (London, England)")
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JOHN PAUL THE GREAT: 1920-2005: 2000 YEARS: A PAPAL ODYSSEY.(News)
Newspaper article from: The Mirror (London, England)
; ...Bishop of Rome". 37-41 Roman Emperor Caligula declares himself god...Christians, who are massacred. Emperor Nero infamously played his lyre...Christians reaches its peak under Roman Emperor Valerian. He wrecks the church by executing...
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The story on Iran
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; ...palaces of Cyrus and Darius, the sixth-century B.C. "great" emperors who made Persia the world superpower of their era. Next we traveled...Romans in several major battles and in A.D. 260 captured the Emperor Valerian, b
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 "Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)")
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Appian Way in the 21st century; Runners, cyclists take a historic road.(Travel)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...reburied together for a time during the persecutions of the Emperor Valerian. Nearby, down a side road called Vigna Randanini...prisoner in chains, who had come to plead with the Emperor Nero for his life, had his first view of Rome, the...
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 "Iran Times International (Washington, DC)")
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Velayati utters strange views of policy, people.
Newspaper article from: Iran Times International (Washington, DC)
; ...Velayati then suggested Frattini sees the bas relief at Naqsh-e Rostam where Persian Emperor Shapur I is shown making the captured Roman Emperor Valerian bow down before him in 260 CE. Velayati said the bas relief "serves as a warning to Romans...
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A Guide to the Study of Greco-Roman and Jewish and Christian History and Literature
Magazine article from: Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society
; ...a simple chronology outlining a few pertinent facts about important persons and authors between Ben Sira and the emperor Valerian (200 BC to AD 259), this volume may be for you. The chronology's format is consistent throughout: Pages on...
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Papal history anything but trivial pursuit.(Capital Region)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
; ...popes (the aforementioned Sixtus II was executed by crucifixion barely a year into his papacy by order of the Roman Emperor Valerian,who was trying to stamp out Christianity), there was no shortage of candidates for the office and no particular...
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