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Torquatus
Torquatus, masculine (''torquata'', feminine; ''torquatum'', neuter), is a Latin word meaning "adorned with a neck chain or collar" and may refer to: People *Lucius Manlius Torquatus * Titus Manlius Torquatus (235 BC) * Silanus **Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus (consul AD 19) **Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus (consul AD 46) ** Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus ** Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus * Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 299 BC) * Titus Manlius Torquatus (347 BC) *St. Torquatus of Acci Animals Reptiles *Collared delma (''Delma torquata'') *Night snake ('' Hypsiglena torquata'') *Amazon lava lizard ('' Tropidurus torquatus'') * Wiegmann's crevice swift ('' Sceloporus torquatus'') Birds * Stripe-headed brush-finch (''Arremon torquatus'') * Collared titi (''Callicebus torquatus'') *Ringed woodpecker (''Celeus torquatus'') * Collared crow (''Corvus torquatus'') *Ringed antpipit (''Corythophis torquatus'') * Collared tuco-tuco (''Ctenomys torquatus'') *Barred rai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titus Manlius Torquatus (235 BC)
Titus Manlius Torquatus (born before 279 BC – died 202 BC) was a politician of the Roman Republic. He had a long and distinguished career, being consul in 235 BC and 224 BC, censor in 231 BC, and dictator in 208 BC. He was an ally of Fabius Maximus "Cunctator". Family background Titus belonged to the patrician ''gens'' Manlia, one of the most important '' gentes'' of the Republic. It already counted 13 consulships, and 14 consular tribuneships before him. Titus' ancestry is a bit uncertain as the Fasti Consulares list him with the same filiation ("son of Titus, grandson of Titus") as Aulus Manlius Torquatus Atticus, who was consul two times in 244 BC and 241 BC, as well as censor in 247 BC, and possibly princeps senatus. Münzer tentatively supposed that Aulus was Titus' uncle. Titus' father and grandfather are not known, but his great-grandfather—also named Titus—was consul in 299 BC. The cognomen ''Torquatus'' was first received by Titus' ancestor Titus M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titus Manlius Torquatus (347 BC)
Titus Manlius Imperiosus Torquatus was a famous politician and general of the Roman Republic. He had an outstanding career, being consul three times in 347, 344, and 340 BC, and dictator three times 353, 349, and 320 BC. He was one of the early heroes of the Republic, alongside Cincinnatus, Cornelius Cossus, Furius Camillus, or Valerius Corvus. As a young military tribune, he defeated a giant Gaul in single combat in one of the most famous duels of the Republic, which earned him the cognomen Torquatus after the torc he took from the Gaul's body. He was also known for his moral virtues, especially his severity as he had his own son executed after he had disobeyed his orders in a battle. His life was seen as a model for his descendants, who tried to emulate his heroic deeds, even centuries after his death. Career His father Lucius was appointed dictator in 363 BC in order to fulfil religious duties, but instead undertook preparations for war. This resulted in strong op ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquatus Of Acci
Saint Torquatus ( es, Santo Torcuato) is venerated as the patron saint of Guadix, Spain. Tradition makes him a Christians, Christian missionary of the 1st century, during the Apostolic Age. He evangelized the town of ''Acci'', identified as Guadix, and became its first bishop. He is one of the group of Seven Apostolic Men (''siete varones apostólicos''), seven Christian clerics ordained in Rome by Saints Saint Peter, Peter and Paul of Tarsus, Paul and sent to evangelize Hispania. Besides Torquatus, this group includes Sts. Hesychius of Cazorla, Hesychius, Caecilius of Elvira, Caecilius, Saint Ctesiphon, Ctesiphon, Euphrasius of Iliturgi, Euphrasius, Indaletius, and Secundus of Abula, Secundius (''Isicio/Hesiquio, Cecilio, Tesifonte, Eufrasio, Indalecio y Segundo''). It is not certain whether Torquatus was a martyr or confessor of the faith. Veneration Torquatus' relics were rediscovered in the 8th century during the Moorish invasion of Spain, in a church built in his honor, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Manlius Torquatus
Lucius Manlius Torquatus was a consul of the Roman Republic in 65 BC, elected after the condemnation of Publius Cornelius Sulla and Publius Autronius Paetus. Biography Torquatus belonged to the patrician gens Manlii, one of the oldest Roman houses. He was proquaestor in Asia under Lucius Cornelius Sulla in 84 BC, for whom he issued gold and silver coinage. He returned to Rome with Sulla in 82 BC where he fought at the Battle of the Colline Gate. He was elected Praetor by 68 BC, and was possibly a legate under Pompey before taking up his new post of propraetor of the Roman province of Asia in 67 BC. In 66 BC, Torquatus stood for election as Roman consul, but was defeated by Publius Cornelius Sulla and Publius Autronius Paetus. However, Torquatus and Lucius Aurelius Cotta accused the consul designates for the following year of bribery in connection with the elections; they were condemned under the Lex Acilia Calpurnia, and Cotta and Torquatus elected in their places. This, al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Titus Manlius Torquatus (consul 299 BC)
Titus Manlius T.f. Torquatus (died 299 BC) was a patrician Roman Republican consul for 299 BC, elected along with a plebeian co-consul Marcus Fulvius Cn.f. Paetinus. Family background The Manlii were one of the oldest and most distinguished patrician gens in the Roman Republic. One Gnaeus Manlius Cincinnatus had been chosen consul in 480 BC, four years after the first Fabius had become consul. Prominent consuls in the family included the early 4th century consul Marcus Manlius T.f. Capitolinus (whose career was marked by his ''gens'' banning the use of the ''praenomen'' ''Marcus'' thereafter), and the 4th century consul Titus Manlius L.f. Imperiosus Torquatus. Titus was descended from this last consul, notable not only for his military successes but also for executing his own son for an impetuous breach of military discipline. It is not clear if the consuls Aulus Manlius Torquatus Atticus, consul in 244 BC and 241 BC, and Titus Manlius Torquatus, consul in 235 BC and 224 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus (consul AD 19)
Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus was a Roman senator. He was consul in AD 19, with Lucius Norbanus Balbus as his colleague. Biography Silanus was a descendant of the noble Roman house of the Junii Silani. His grandfather was Marcus Junius Silanus, consul with the emperor Augustus in 25 BC. His mother appears to have been Calpurnia Domitia Calvina, daughter of Lucius Calpurnius Bibulus and Domitia Calvina, daughter of Gnaeus Domitius Calvinus. Torquatus married Aemilia Lepida, daughter of Julia the Younger, and great-granddaughter of Augustus. Consul for the whole year of AD 19, he and his colleague Norbanus brought forward the ''lex Junia Norbana'', which prevented slaves manumitted by praetors from receiving the franchise, and precluding their descendants from inheritance. Freedmen under this law came to be known as ''Latini Juniani''. From AD 32 to 38, Silanus was proconsul of Africa. Descendants Silanus and Aemilia had five children, all of whom suffered as a result of their ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus
Two noblemen, an uncle and nephew, who shared the name Lucius Junius Silanus Torquatus and were descendants of the Roman Emperor Augustus, lived during the 1st century AD. Elder Silanus Silanus (died 49), was the third born son to Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus, a member of the Junii Silani, a family of Ancient Rome. His maternal grandparents were Julia the Younger, granddaughter of Augustus, and consul Lucius Aemilius Paullus. Through his maternal grandparents he was a descendant of the Roman Emperor Augustus, the noble woman Scribonia, the statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and the consul Lucius Aemilius Lepidus Paullus (brother of the triumvir Marcus Aemilius Lepidus). He won an honorary triumph and gave a lavish gladiatorial display. He was praetor in 48. The Emperor Claudius betrothed him to his daughter Claudia Octavia, but this was broken off (also in 48) when the Empress Agrippina the Younger, hoping to secure Octavia as bride for her son Nero and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus
Decimus Junius Silanus Torquatus (16 AD64 AD) was a Roman senator who lived during the 1st century. Life He served as an ordinary consul in 53 with Quintus Haterius Antoninus as his colleague. Decimus was the second son born to Aemilia Lepida and Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus, a member of the Junii Silani The gens Junia was one of the most celebrated families of ancient Rome. The gens may originally have been patrician, and was already prominent in the last days of the Roman monarchy. Lucius Junius Brutus was the nephew of Lucius Tarquinius ..., a family of Ancient Rome.Ronald Syme, ''The Augustan Aristocracy'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), pp. 188, 192 Through his maternal grandparents, the princess Julia the Younger and Lucius Aemilius Paullus (consul 1), Lucius Aemilius Paullus, consul AD 1, Decimus was related to Roman Emperor, Emperor Augustus, his second wife, Scribonia (wife of Augustus), Scribonia, the statesman Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa and the consul Luci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus (consul AD 46)
Marcus Junius Silanus (AD 14–54) was a Roman senator. Biography He was the eldest son of Marcus Junius Silanus Torquatus and Aemilia Lepida (fiancee of Claudius), Aemilia Lepida. His mother was the great-granddaughter of the emperor Augustus. As a member of the imperial family, Silanus could therefore be considered a possible candidate for the succession. Although he was honoured with a consulship by the Emperor Claudius in 46, and served as proconsular governor of Asia (Roman province), Asia, Silanus did not survive the death of that Emperor. Although Tacitus exonerates Nero of Silanus' death, the 'first crime of the new principate,' the historian casts Agrippina, Nero's mother, as the architect of the murder, on the grounds that she feared that Silanus would avenge his brother's death, of which she was the perpetrator.''Annales'' 13.1 As with Claudius, poison was the means to Silanus' end; the epitomator of Dio Cassius' ''Roman History'' tells us that Agrippina sent Silanus th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Black-collared Barbet
The black-collared barbet (''Lybius torquatus'') is a species of bird in the family Lybiidae which is native to sub-Saharan Africa. Indigenous names include ''Rooikophoutkapper'' in Afrikaans, ''isiKhulukhulu'' and ''isiQonQotho'' in Zulu, and ''Isinagogo'' in Xhosa. Range It is found in Sub-Saharan Africa through Angola, Botswana, Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Eswatini, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Rwanda, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe. Description The black-collared barbet usually is about 20–25 cm long, plump-looking and has a large head. It also has the heavy bill fringed with bristles that is characteristic of the genus ''Lybius''."Black-collared Barbets." (Lybius Torquatus). N.p., n.d. Web. 3 Dec. 2013. This barbet has a very obvious bl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ornate Melidectes
The ornate melidectes or ornate honeyeater (''Melidectes torquatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist montane forest. References ornate melidectes Birds of New Guinea ornate melidectes ornate melidectes The ornate melidectes or ornate honeyeater (''Melidectes torquatus'') is a species of bird in the family Meliphagidae. It is found in the New Guinea Highlands. Its natural habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of reso ... Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{Meliphagidae-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collared Redstart
The collared whitestart (''Myioborus torquatus''), also known as the collared redstart, is a tropical New World warbler The New World warblers or wood-warblers are a group of small, often colorful, passerine birds that make up the family Parulidae and are restricted to the New World. They are not closely related to Old World warblers or Australian warblers. Mos ... endemic to the mountains of Costa Rica and western-central Panama. Description The collared whitestart is around in length with a weight of . It has a chestnut crown bordered with black, and a black forehead. The rest of the upper parts are slaty black, and the tail is black with white edges, hence the bird's name: "start" is an old English word for "tail". The face and underparts are bright yellow, with a black band across the breast. The sexes are similar, but young birds are duller, with a browner back, weakly yellow underparts, and the head entirely slate-coloured, with no yellow on the face or red on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
