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Cordus (cognomen)
Cordus may mean: * Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Roman historian * Euricius Cordus (1486-1535), German intellectual * Valerius Cordus (1515-1544), German naturalist, son of Euricius * Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro, Roman prefect * ''Cordus'' (weevil), a genus in family Brentinae Brentinae is a subfamily of primitive weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 90 genera and 520 described species in Brentinae. Genera These 92 genera belong to the subfamily Brentinae: * '' Abrentodes'' Sharp, ... See also * Cordia {{disambig, surname ...
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Aulus Cremutius Cordus
Aulus Cremutius Cordus (died 25 AD) was a Roman historian. There are very few remaining fragments of his work, principally covering the civil war and the reign of Augustus. In AD 25 he was forced by Sejanus, who was praetorian prefect under Tiberius, to take his life after being accused violating the ''lex maiestas''. Life and death Cordus was accused of treason by Satrius Secundus for having eulogized Brutus and spoken of Cassius as the last of the Romans. The Senate ordered the burning of his writings. Seneca the Younger, however, tells us that he most likely incurred Sejanus' displeasure for criticising him, because Sejanus had commissioned a statue of himself. We also know from this source—a letter to Cordus' daughter Marcia—that he starved himself to death. She was also instrumental in saving his work, so that it could be published again under Caligula. Apart from Seneca, he is mentioned by Tacitus, Quintilian, Suetonius and Dio Cassius. Even though Cordus committed suic ...
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Valerius Cordus
Valerius Cordus (18 February 1515 – 25 September 1544) was a German physician, botanist and pharmacologist who authored the first pharmacopoeia North of the Alps and one of the most celebrated herbals in history. He is also widely credited with developing a method for synthesizing ether (which he called by the Latin name ''oleum dulci vitrioli'', or "sweet oil of vitriol"). Cordus wrote prolifically, and identified and described several new plant species and varieties. The plant genus ''Cordia'' is named for him. Life In 1515, Valerius Cordus was born either in the city of Erfurt in Thuringia, or somewhere in the westwardly adjacent state of Hesse. His father, Euricius Cordus (born Heinrich Ritze, 1486–1535), was an educated physician and an ardent Lutheran convert. Valerius began his higher education in 1527, at the young age of 12, when he enrolled at the University of Marburg, studying botany and pharmacy under the tutelage of his father, who had been appointed professo ...
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Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro
Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro (21 BC – AD 38) was a prefect of the Praetorian Guard, from 31 until 38, serving under the Roman Emperors Tiberius and Caligula. Upon falling out of favour, he killed himself. Biography Macro was born in 21 BC at Alba Fucens, a Roman town at the foot of Monte Velino, situated on a hill just to the north of the Via Valeria in Italy. Inscriptional evidence from the ruins of this town reveal that, prior to becoming Praetorian prefect, Macro had served as ''Praefectus vigilum'', prefect of the vigiles, the Roman fire brigade and night watch. The date of this appointment and the length of his tenure are unknown.Sandra J. Bingham. The praetorian guard in the political and social life of Julio-Claudian Rome''. Ottawa: National Library of Canada (1997), p. 63. Macro was appointed Praetorian prefect by Tiberius after the arrest of Sejanus. According to Tacitus, Macro was active in discrediting Sejanus and in directing the subsequent purge against hi ...
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Cordus (weevil)
Cordus may mean: * Aulus Cremutius Cordus, Roman historian * Euricius Cordus (1486-1535), German intellectual * Valerius Cordus (1515-1544), German naturalist, son of Euricius * Quintus Naevius Cordus Sutorius Macro, Roman prefect * ''Cordus'' (weevil), a genus in family Brentinae See also * Cordia ''Cordia'' is a genus of flowering plants in the borage family, Boraginaceae. It contains about 300 species of shrubs and trees, that are found worldwide, mostly in warmer regions. Many of the species are commonly called manjack, while ''bocote' ...
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Brentinae
Brentinae is a subfamily of primitive weevils in the family of beetles known as Brentidae. There are at least 90 genera and 520 described species in Brentinae. Genera These 92 genera belong to the subfamily Brentinae: * '' Abrentodes'' Sharp, 1895 * '' Acramorphocephalus'' Kleine, 1918 * '' Afrocordus'' Damoiseau, 1980 * '' Agriorrhynchus'' Power, 1878 * '' Allacompsus'' Kleine, 1921 * '' Amorphocephala'' Damoiseau, 1966 * '' Amphicordus'' Heller, 1913 * '' Ananesiotes'' Kleine, 1922 * '' Anepsiotes'' Kleine, 1917 * '' Ankleineella'' Zimmerman, 1994 * '' Anomobrenthus'' Fairmaire, 1881 * '' Apocemus'' Calabresi, 1921 * '' Arrenodes'' Schoenherr, 1823 * '' Arrhenodes'' * '' Baryrhynchus'' Lacordaire, 1865 * '' Belopherus'' Schoenherr, 1833 * '' Blysmia'' Pascoe, 1872 * '' Brentus'' Fabricius, 1787 * '' Cacopsalis'' Sharp, 1895 * '' Calabresia'' Alonso-Zarazaga, Lyal, Bartolozzi and Sforzi, 1999 * '' Calorychodes'' Kleine, 1925 * '' Catablysmia'' Kleine, 1926 * '' Cephalobarus'' S ...
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