Symmachus
Americannoun
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Elite pagans could still pursue a career and hold public office, as did the noted intellectuals Libanius and Symmachus.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
On this day in 502, an ecclesiastical proceeding known as Synodis Palmaris resolved a disputed papal election in favor of Pope Symmachus.
From Slate • Oct. 23, 2017
This altar was for many of the senators the symbol of the life of the state itself, and their spokesman Symmachus made an eloquent plea for its restoration.
From A History of Rome to 565 A. D. by Boak, Arthur Edward Romilly
The mosaics of the tribune, representing St. Agnes between Popes Honorius I. and Symmachus, are of the seventh century.
From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.
This Symmachus, it appears, invariably moved abroad surrounded by hundreds of his disciples, whose cold investigating hands produced upon their patients the effects to which Martial alludes.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
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