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Tribute Tribute
TRIBUTE TRIBUTE. Thomas Jefferson's new administration faced a crisis regarding the Barbary pirate nations of North Africa. For years, European nations and the United States had paid tribute, or ransom, to these rogue nations to ensure protection of commercial vessels and keep sailors from being... Read more
Marcian Marcian
Marcian , 396-457, Roman emperor of the East (450-57); successor of Theodosius II, whose sister Pulcheria he married in 450. Orthodox in religious affairs, he convoked (451) the Council of Chalcedon (see Chalcedon, Council of ). He curtailed court expenses and endeavored to lighten taxation. His... Read more
Murad I Murad I
Murad I , 1326?-1389, Ottoman sultan (1362?-1389), son and successor of Orkhan to the throne of the Ottoman Empire (Turkey). Murad widened the Ottoman hold on European territory, conquering Macedonia and making Adrianople his residence. He granted Muslims sections of conquered lands as fiefs (see ... Read more
Sir Henry Wotton Sir Henry Wotton
Sir Henry Wotton 1568-1639, English poet and diplomat, b. Kent. He was secretary to the earl of Essex and later became a favorite of James I, who knighted him and appointed him ambassador to Venice. He was provost of Eton from 1624 until his death. His poetic fame rests largely on two poems, ... Read more
Brennus Brennus
Brennus fl. c.389 BC, legendary Gallic leader. He occupied Rome but failed to take the Capitol from Manlius (Marcus Manlius Capitolinus). According to legend, when the tribute that the Romans had agreed to pay was being weighed, a Roman complained, whereupon Brennus threw his sword on the scale,... Read more
Tripolitan War Tripolitan War
Tripolitan War , 1800-1815, conflict between the United States and the Barbary States . Piracy had become a normal source of income in the N African Barbary States long before the United States came into existence. The new republic adopted the common European practice of paying tribute to buy... Read more
Henry I (Germany) Henry I (Germany)
Henry I or Henry the Fowler, 876?-936, German king (919-36), first of the Saxon line and father of Otto I , the first of the Holy Roman emperors. Henry succeeded his father as duke of Saxony in 912. A foe of King Conrad I , who futilely tried to subdue the rebellious Henry, he was... Read more
Perry Perry
Perry, Canada, USA USA: twelve cities have this name, a substantial number in tribute to Captain Oliver Hazard Perry (1785–1819), an American naval officer who gained almost legendary status after defeating a British squadron at the Battle of Lake Erie in the 1812 war. Perrysburg in New... Read more
Minos Minos
Minos , in Greek mythology, king of Crete, son of Zeus and Europa . He was the husband of Pasiphaë, who bore him Androgeus, Glaucus, Ariadne , and Phaedra . Because Minos failed to sacrifice a beautiful white bull to Poseidon, the god caused Pasiphaë to conceive a lustful passion for... Read more
Niksic Niksic
Nikšić, Montenegro/Serbia and Montenegro Anagastum, Onogošt Originally named after the Gothic leader, Angasta, in the 5th century. When the Slavs arrived at the end of the 6th century they built a new settlement on the site with the modified name of Onogošt. In the middle... Read more

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