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Historical periods, ancient societies, their institutions, inventions and legacies.

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AlcibiadesAlcibiades was an Athenian statesman and general of the fifth century BCE, and one of the speakers in Plato's Symposium. Issue.13 names him in its retelling of that…
Antônio CostaAntônio Costa is a figure in the origin story of Santo Daime as told in Research.2 of the Agency editorial, an edition published only in Portuguese. The edition presents…
ArchimedesArchimedes was an ancient Greek mathematician and inventor from Syracuse, in Sicily, who lived in the third century BCE. Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire…
Artistic PatronageArtistic patronage is the financial, social, and institutional support bestowed by monarchs, popes, wealthy aristocrats, or modern corporate foundations upon artists…
BlancheflorBlancheflor is the mother of Tristan in the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde. Issue.13 of the Agency editorial names a chapter after her and opens its retelling…
Charles BabbageCharles Babbage was an English mathematician and inventor of the nineteenth century, known for designing two calculating machines, the Difference Engine and the…
Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was a Genoese navigator who crossed the Atlantic in 1492 in the service of the Spanish Crown. Issue.4 cites him once, in the author's prose about why…
CiceroMarcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE) was a Roman statesman, orator and writer. Issue.10 names him once, as the credit of a sentence about books in the caption of the…
Cultural AncestryCultural ancestry is the lineage of artistic, intellectual, and moral influences that shapes a person or community across generations. It transcends purely biological…
Cultural DiffusionCultural diffusion is the geographical and social process by which cultural items, social rituals, technologies, ideas, or consumer habits spread from one society or…
DiocletianDiocletian was a Roman emperor who ruled from 284 to 305 and reorganised the administration and the taxes of the empire. Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire…
Franz Joseph HaydnFranz Joseph Haydn (1732 to 1809) was an Austrian composer of the Classical period. Issue.10 names him once, with Mozart and Beethoven, in a list of what the…
Galileo GalileiGalileo Galilei (1564 to 1642) was an Italian astronomer, physicist and mathematician. Issue.10 names him once, with Isaac Newton, in a list of what the Enlightenment…
Golden Age of TelevisionThe Golden Age of Television is a cultural and industry era characterized by the emergence of ambitious, cinematic, and narratively complex serialized drama. Initiated in…
HomerHomer is the ancient Greek poet to whom the Iliad and the Odyssey are attributed. Issue.27, the edition about the Roman Empire, names him once, in the passage on Roman…
Homo UniversalisHomo Universalis, or the Renaissance polymath, is an intellectual ideal describing an individual whose expertise spans multiple disciplines across arts, sciences, and…
Isaac NewtonIsaac Newton was an English physicist and mathematician, known for the laws of motion and universal gravitation published in the Principia (1687). Issue.10 names him…
IsoldeIsolde is the heroine of the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde. In the retelling of Issue.13 she is the bride from Ireland promised to King Mark of Cornwall in a…
Jacques-Louis DavidJacques-Louis David was a French painter, the leading name of Neoclassicism, who painted The Death of Socrates in 1787. The Agency editorial names him twice and only for…
Johannes GutenbergJohannes Gutenberg was a German craftsman and inventor of the fifteenth century, known for introducing printing with movable type to Europe. In the Agency editorial…
King MarkKing Mark of Cornwall is the king of the medieval romance of Tristan and Isolde. In the retelling of Issue.13 he adopts his orphaned nephew Tristan and trains him in…
Ludwig van BeethovenLudwig van Beethoven (1770-1827) was a German composer and pianist, author of nine symphonies. Issue.10 names him once, in the author's prose, in the section on the…
Marcus AureliusMarcus Aurelius was a Roman emperor of the second century and a Stoic philosopher, known for the book called Meditations. In the Agency editorial, Issue.7 names him among…
NeroNero was a Roman emperor of the first century, the last of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. In the Agency editorial he is named twice, each time in one sentence: Issue.7 says…

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