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Calvus (cognomen)
Calvus (Latin for "bald") may refer to: People *Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus (82 BC–c. 47 BC), orator and poet of ancient Rome * Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (died 211 BC), Roman general and statesman * Constantine III of Scotland (before 971–997), King of Scots, known in Latin as Constantinus Calvus *Baldwin II, Margrave of Flanders (c. 865–918), nicknamed "Calvus" * Owain Foel (fl. 1018), King of the Cumbrians, also known as Eugenius Calvus See also *Altolamprologus calvus ''Altolamprologus calvus'' is a cichlid endemic to the southern shoreline of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa. The species has an extremely laterally compressed body and a high dorsal fin. Males may grow to 13 cm (5 inches), while fema ..., a species of Cichlidae fish from Lake Tanganyika, Africa * Cumulonimbus calvus, a type of cloud {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Licinius Macer Calvus
Gaius Licinius Macer Calvus (28 May 82 BC – c. 47 BC) was an orator and poet of ancient Rome. Son of Licinius Macer and thus a member of the ''gens Licinia'', he was a friend of the poet Catullus, whose style and subject matter he shared. Calvus' oratorical style opposed the "Asian" school in favor of a simpler Attic model: he characterized Cicero as wordy and artificial. Twenty-one speeches are mentioned, including several against Publius Vatinius. Calvus was apparently short, since Catullus alludes to him as ''salaputium disertum'' (eloquent Lilliputian). Seneca the Elder also mentions his short stature, and refers a story in which Calvus asked to be raised to a platform, so that he could defend one of his clients.Seneca the Elder, ''Controversiae'', 7.4.6 F. Plessis published fragments of Calvus in 1896. See also * Licinia (gens) The gens Licinia was a celebrated plebeian family at ancient Rome, which appears from the earliest days of the Republic until imperi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus
Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus (died 211 BC) was a Roman general and statesman during the third century BC. He played a major part in the Second Punic War establishing Roman Rule in the east of the Iberian Peninsula and tying up several Carthaginian armies keeping them from reinforcing Hannibal. Family Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio Calvus was a member of the patrician family of the Cornelii Scipiones. His father was Lucius Cornelius Scipio consul of 259 BC, the son of the patrician censor of 280, Lucius Cornelius Scipio Barbatus. His younger brother was Publius Cornelius Scipio consul of 218, father of the famous Scipio Africanus (the most famous of the Scipios). Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio was nicknamed Calvus (the bald) to distinguish him from his uncle, another Gnaeus Cornelius Scipio, who was nicknamed Asina (donkey) and who had been consul twice during the First Punic War. Consulship Gnaeus Cornelius was elected consul for 222 BC, with Marcus Claudius Marcellus as his co-consul. B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantine III Of Scotland
Constantine, son of Cuilén ( Middle Gaelic: ''Causantín mac Cuiléin''; Modern Gaelic: ''Còiseam mac Chailein''), known in most modern regnal lists as Constantine III (c. 970–997), was king of Scots from 995 to 997. He was the son of King Cuilén..Listing includes all kings descended from him. John of Fordun calls him, in Latin, ''Constantinus Calvus'', which translates to Constantine the Bald. Benjamin Hudson notes that insular authors from Ireland and Scotland typically identified rulers by sobriquets, noting for example the similarly named ''Eugenius Calvus'' (Owen the Bald), an 11th-century King of Strathclyde. Background The Scottish monarchy of this period based its succession system on the rule of tanistry. All adult male descendants of previous monarchs were eligible for the throne. The kingship regularly switched from one line of royal descendants to another, though they were all closely related. Constantine was able to rise to the throne, despite his cousin and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baldwin II, Margrave Of Flanders
Baldwin II ( 865 – 10 September 918) was the second margrave (or count) of Flanders, ruling from 879 to 918. He was nicknamed the Bald (''Calvus'') after his maternal grandfather, Emperor Charles the Bald. Rule Baldwin II was born around 865 to Margrave Baldwin I of Flanders and Judith, daughter of Emperor Charles the Bald.Detlev Schwennicke, '' Europäische Stammtafeln: Stammtafeln zur Geschichte der Europäischen Staaten'', Neue Folge, Band II (Verlag von J. A. Stargardt, Marburg, Germany, 1984), Tafel 5 The early years of Baldwin II's rule were marked by a series of devastating Viking raids into Flanders.David Nicholas, Medieval Flanders (Longman Group UK, Ltd., 1992)pp. 17–18 By 883, he was forced to move north to Pagus Flandransis, which became the territory most closely associated with the Counts of Flanders. Baldwin constructed a series of wooden fortifications at Saint-Omer, Bruges, Ghent, and Kortrijk. He then seized lands that were abandoned by royal and ecclesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owain Foel
Owain () is a name of Welsh origin, variously written in Old Welsh as Ougein, Eugein, Euguen, Iguein, Ou(u)ein, Eug(u)ein, Yuein, and in Middle Welsh as Ewein, Owein, and Ywein. Other variants of the name Owain include Ewein, Iguein, Owein, Ouein, Ywen, Ywein, Ywain, Yuein, and Yvain. Owain has also been Latinized as ''Oenus''. Etymology Osborn Bergin proposed that the name is cognate with Old Irish ''Ugaine'', ''Augaine'', and suggested that the Irish name could be a British loan. Linguist Kenneth H. Jackson proposed that the name is a derivation of the Latin ''Eugenius'', (which was more recently accepted by T.J. Morgan). Julius Pokorny favored a purely Celtic origin, from Brittonic ''*Ouo-genios''/''*Owi-genjos'', "Born of Sheep", "Sheep kin". Linguists Holger Pedersen and Henry Lewis (who earlier linked the name to Gaulish *Esugenos) determined that both Jackson's and Pokorny's etymologies were phonologically impossible. Popularity Owain is one of the few Welsh names to be cons ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Altolamprologus Calvus
''Altolamprologus calvus'' is a cichlid endemic to the southern shoreline of Lake Tanganyika in eastern Africa. The species has an extremely laterally compressed body and a high dorsal fin. Males may grow to 13 cm (5 inches), while females are normally smaller. It is physically similar to its close relative '' A. compressiceps'', though it is less deep-bodied and has a longer snout. ''A. calvus'' is commonly kept as an aquarium fish Fish are aquatic, craniate, gill-bearing animals that lack limbs with digits. Included in this definition are the living hagfish, lampreys, and cartilaginous and bony fish as well as various extinct related groups. Approximately 95% of li ... in setups devoted to East African fish. Several local variants exist. Examples include: * 'Black Sambia' * 'Black Pectoral' * 'Black Zaire' * 'Black Kapampa' * 'Yellow' * 'White' References calvus Fish described in 1978 Taxa named by Max Poll {{Lamprologini-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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