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Velius may refer to: * Norbertas Vėlius (1938-1996), Lithuanian folklorist * Velius Longus, 2nd-century Latin grammarian * Velius, a fictional character in the 1997 Playstation 1 game ''Final Fantasy Tactics'' * Caspar Ursinus Velius Kaspar Ursinus Velius (c. 1493 – 5 March 1539) was a German humanist scholar, poet and historian. Life From Schweidnitz in Silesia (now Świdnica in Poland) he began life as secretary to Johann Thurzo, Bishop of Breslau. Later in Vienna h ... (1493-1539), German humanist See also * Veliu, a surname {{disambig, surname ...
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Norbertas Vėlius
Norbertas Vėlius (1 January 1938 in Gulbės, near Šilalė – 23 June 1996 in Vilnius, buried in the Antakalnis Cemetery) was a Lithuanian folklorist specializing in Lithuanian mythology Lithuanian mythology ( lt, Lietuvių mitologija) is the mythology of Lithuanian polytheism, the religion of pre-Christian Lithuanians. Like other Indo-Europeans, ancient Lithuanians maintained a polytheistic mythology and religious structure. .... Major works *''Mitinės lietuvių sakmių būtybės'' (1977) *''Laumių dovanos'' (1979) (translated into Russian as ''Цветок папоротника: литовские мифологические сказания'' in 1989, into English as ''Lithuanian mythological tales'' in 1998) *''Senovės baltų pasaulėžiūra'' (1983) (translated into English as ''The World Outlook of the Ancient Balts'' in 1989) *''Chtoniškasis lietuvių mitologijos pasaulis'' (1987) *''Baltų religijos ir mitologijos šaltiniai'', 4 volumes (1996–2005). ...
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Velius Longus
Velius Longus (fl. 2nd century AD), Latin grammarian during the reign of Trajan (or Hadrian), author of an extant treatise on orthography (Heinrich Keil, ''Grammatici Latini'', vii). He is mentioned by Macrobius''Saturnalia'', iii.6.6 and Servius''Comm. on Aen.'' x.245 as a commentator on Virgil Publius Vergilius Maro (; traditional dates 15 October 7021 September 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil ( ) in English, was an ancient Roman poet of the Augustan period. He composed three of the most famous poems in Latin literature: t .... References External linksCorpus Grammaticorum Latinorum: complete texts and full bibliography Grammarians of Latin 1st-century Romans 2nd-century Romans {{AncientRome-bio-stub ...
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Characters Of Final Fantasy Tactics
is a 1997 tactical role-playing game developed and published by Square for the PlayStation video game console. Released in Japan in June 1997 and in the United States in January 1998 by Sony Computer Entertainment, it is the first game of the ''Tactics'' series within the ''Final Fantasy'' franchise, and the first entry set in the fictional world later known as Ivalice. The story follows Ramza Beoulve, a highborn cadet placed in the middle of a military conflict known as The Lion War, where two opposing noble factions are coveting the throne of the kingdom. Production began in 1995 by Yasumi Matsuno, a newcomer who had created the '' Ogre Battle'' series at Quest Corporation. Matsuno's wish was for an accessible tactical game with a storyline focusing on class-based conflict and the rewriting of history. Matsuno acted as director and writer, ''Final Fantasy'' creator Hironobu Sakaguchi was producer, and the battles were designed by Hiroyuki Ito. Multiple other staff members we ...
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Caspar Ursinus Velius
Kaspar Ursinus Velius (c. 1493 – 5 March 1539) was a German humanist scholar, poet and historian. Life From Schweidnitz in Silesia (now Świdnica in Poland) he began life as secretary to Johann Thurzo, Bishop of Breslau. Later in Vienna he was court historian and poet laureate. His ''De Bello Pannonico'' chronicled the wars of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor against John Zápolya and the Ottoman Empire. It was published in 1762, in an edition by Adam František Kollár. Velius also composed a narrative recounting ("''De interitu Ludovici regis et clade Hungarie''") on the death of Louis II of Hungary and the Battle of Mohács (1526), as he informed his friend Nicolaus Olahus in his letters at the turn of 1531 and 1532. The manuscript had been hidden for centuries, until a mutilated, patched version was discovered in the National Széchényi Library (OSZK) in 2018. It was translated into Hungarian within the framework of textual criticism in 2020. A friend of Johannes G ...
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