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Aurelian
Aurelian (Lucius Domitius Aurelianus) , c.212-275, Roman emperor (270-75). Rising in the ranks, he became consul under Valerian. He succeeded Claudius II , whose victory over the Goths had begun the territorial rehabilitation of the empire. Aurelian conceded Dacia to the Goths but consolidated th...
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Office of Consumer Affairs
Office of Consumer Affairs agency of the U.S. Department of Commerce, established 1971. The office advises and represents the president on matters of consumer interest, and analyzes and coordinates activities of the federal government in the area of consumer protection. It conducts investigations a...
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bioethics
bioethics in philosophy, a branch of ethics concerned with issues surrounding health care and the biological sciences. These issues include the morality of abortion , euthanasia , in vitro fertilization , and organ transplants (see transplantation, medical ). In the 1970s bioethics emerged as...
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Zenobia
Zenobia , d. after 272, queen of Palmyra . She was of Arab stock and was the wife of Septimius Odenathus . He was murdered, probably through her contrivance, and she obtained rule of his lands in the name of her son. She expanded the territories further to rule E Asia Minor, Syria, N Mesopotamia, ...
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Tacitus
Tacitus (Marcus Claudius Tacitus) , d. 276, Roman emperor (275-76). An elderly senator with a reputation for honesty and vigor, he was chosen by the senate to succeed the murdered Aurelian . He failed to restore the glory of the senate, and after reigning only a few months he died when on campaig...
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Egeria
Egeria , in Roman religion and mythology, goddess or nymph of fountains. Consort and adviser of King Numa, she was also identified with Diana and worshiped as a goddess of childbirth. The name is used as an epithet for a female adviser or companion.
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Lapland
Lapland , Finn. Lappi, Nor. Lapland, Swed. Lappland, vast region of N Europe, largely within the Arctic Circle. It includes the Norwegian provinces of Finnmark and Troms and part of Nordland; the Swedish historic province of Lappland; N Finland; and the Kola Peninsula of Russia. Swedish Lappla...
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Russian Revolutions
Russian Revolutions (1917) From the end of the nineteenth century, rapid industrialization, urbanization, professionalization, the spread of literacy, as well as Stolypin's land reforms of 1906, created rapid economic and social change which was not accompanied by sufficient political, legal, or adm...
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spring
spring in geology, natural flow of water from the ground or from rocks, representing an outlet for the water that has accumulated in permeable rock strata underground. Some of the water that falls as rain soaks into the soil and is drawn downward by gravity to a depth where all openings and pore sp...
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Dacia
Dacia , ancient name of the European region corresponding roughly to modern Romania (including Transylvania). It was inhabited before the Christian era by a people who were called Getae by the Greeks and were called Daci by the Romans. They were a people of advanced material culture, with a tribal o...
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