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Pollio
Pollio may refer to: * Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Roman architect usually known as Vitruvius * Gaius Asinius Pollio, Roman historian and orator * Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 23), grandson of the preceding * Rufrius Pollio, Roman Prefect of the Praetorian Guard * Vitrasius Pollio (died AD 32) Roman member of the equestrian class * Abtalion, a leading rabbi in the 1st century BC, known as Pollion in Greek and Pollio in Latin * Vedius Pollio, friend of Roman emperor Augustus * Pollio of Cybalae, 3rd-century Christian martyr * Alberto Pollio (1852–1914), Italian general and Chief of Staff of the Italian army * Claudio Pollio (born 1958), Italian Olympic champion wrestler * Marty Pollio (born 1955), American comedian and actor * Mike Pollio (born 1943), American former basketball coach and college athletics administrator * Silvio Pollio, director of the 2003 crime film ''How It All Went Down'' See also * Polio (other) Polio is the common name of poliomyelitis, an acut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Asinius Pollio
Gaius Asinius Pollio (75 BC – AD 4) was a Roman soldier, politician, orator, poet, playwright, literary critic, and historian, whose lost contemporary history provided much of the material used by the historians Appian and Plutarch. Pollio was most famously a patron of Virgil and a friend of Horace and had poems dedicated to him by both men. Early life Asinius Pollio was born in ''Teate Marrucinorum'', the modern current Chieti in Abruzzi, central Italy. According to an inscription his father was called Gnaeus Asinius Pollio. He had a brother called Asinius Marrucinus, whom Catullus calls out for his tasteless practical joke, whose name suggests a family origin among the Marrucini. He may therefore have been the grandson of Herius Asinius, a plebeian and a general of the Marrucini who fought on the Italian side in the Social War. Pollio moved in the literary circle of Catullus, and entered public life in 56 BC by supporting Lentulus Spinther. In 54 he unsuccessfully im ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vedius Pollio
Publius Vedius Pollio (died 15 BC) was a Roman of equestrian rank, and a friend of the Roman emperor Augustus, who appointed him to a position of authority in the province of Asia. In later life, he became infamous for his luxurious tastes and cruelty to his slaves – when they displeased him, he had them fed to " lampreys" that he maintained for that purpose, which was deemed to be an exceedingly cruel act. When Vedius tried to apply this method of execution to a slave who broke a crystal cup, Emperor Augustus (Pollio's guest at the time) was so appalled that he not only intervened to prevent the execution but had all of Pollio's valuable drinking vessels deliberately broken. This incident, and Augustus's demolition of Vedius's mansion in Rome he inherited in his will, were frequently referred to in antiquity in discussions of ethics and of the public role of Augustus. Biography Publius Vedius Pollio, the son of a freedman, was born in the 1st century BC and attained membership ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abtalion
Abtalion ( he, אַבְטַלְיוֹן ''ʾAbhtalyôn'') or Avtalyon (Modern Hebrew) was a rabbinic sage in the early pre-Mishnaic era. He was a leader of the Pharisees during the 1st century BCE, and by tradition vice-president of the great Sanhedrin of Jerusalem. He lived at the same time as Sh'maya. They are known as one of the zugot ("couples"): ''Shmaya and Avtalyon''. Biography Abtalion and Shemaiah were converts to Judaism or the descendants of converts; by tradition they were descended from King Sennacherib of Assyria. Despite this, they were influential and beloved. The ''Talmud'' relates that once, when the high priest was being escorted home from the Temple by the people, at the close of a Day of Atonement, the crowd deserted him upon the approach of Abtalion and Shemaiah and followed them. However, Graetz has argued that neither Shemaiah nor Abtalion was of Gentile descent, although both were Alexandrians. Little is known about Abtalion's life. He was a pupil of J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitruvius
Vitruvius (; c. 80–70 BC – after c. 15 BC) was a Roman architect and engineer during the 1st century BC, known for his multi-volume work entitled '' De architectura''. He originated the idea that all buildings should have three attributes: , , and ("strength", "utility", and "beauty"). These principles were later widely adopted in Roman architecture. His discussion of perfect proportion in architecture and the human body led to the famous Renaissance drawing of the '' Vitruvian Man'' by Leonardo da Vinci. Little is known about Vitruvius' life, but by his own descriptionDe Arch. Book 1, preface. section 2. he served as an artilleryman, the third class of arms in the Roman military offices. He probably served as a senior officer of artillery in charge of ''doctores ballistarum'' (artillery experts) and ''libratores'' who actually operated the machines. As an army engineer he specialized in the construction of ''ballista'' and '' scorpio'' artillery war machines for si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marty Pollio
Marty Pollio (born February 22, 1955) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He appeared twice on ''The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson'' and once in a skit on the show with Jay Leno. He also guest starred on several network sitcoms, including ''Night Court'', ''Empty Nest'' and ''Blossom'', in addition to co-starring in a CBS pilot produced by Dan Aykroyd, ''Mars Base One''. Born Martin Polio, he legally changed his last name to its original ethnic Italian spelling of Pollio. Raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Pollio is the son of the former Julia Tino, a homemaker and religious zealot, and Joseph Polio, a bookmaker and local racketeer who ran an after-hours gambling operation. As a teenager, his weekend job was delivering the "gifts" to cops and judges for his father. After graduating from St. Xavier High School in Louisville, Pollio was in his third year of a four-year apprenticeship as an electrician when he quit on a whim to become an actor. While attending theatr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 23)
Gaius Asinius Pollio was a Roman senator and orator active during the Principate. He was ordinary consul for 23 with Gaius Antistius Vetus as his colleague. He was the oldest son of Gaius Asinius Gallus; his brother was Marcus Asinius Agrippa, consul in 25.Ronald Syme, ''The Augustan Aristocracy'' (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986), p. 135 Pollio's mother was Vipsania Agrippina. Through her, he was the half-brother of the younger Drusus. We know from his coins Pollio was proconsular governor of Asia. In 45, Pollio was exiled as an accuser of a conspiracy and later was put to death on orders from Empress Valeria Messalina. The ''Asinia Pollionis filia'' mentioned on an inscription from Tusculum Tusculum is a ruined Roman city in the Alban Hills, in the Latium region of Italy. Tusculum was most famous in Roman times for the many great and luxurious patrician country villas sited close to the city, yet a comfortable distance from Rome ... may have been his daughter. Pollio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Pollio
Alberto Pollio (21 April 1852 – 1 July 1914) was an Italian general, who was Chief of Staff of the Regio Esercito, Italian army from 1908 to his death. Life and early career Pollio was born in Caserta, son of Michele and Maria Oberty; at a young age he enrolled into the Nunziatella, Nunziatella military school, then he attended the Military Academy of Modena, becoming in 1870 an artillery officer. In 1887 he was named aide de camp of King Umberto I, then from 1893 to 1897 military attache to the Italian embassy in Austria-Hungary, Wien, then he was appointed commander of the ''Siena'' brigade and then of two different divisions of the Italian army. He wrote an essay on Napoleon and his Waterloo Campaign, Waterloo campaign, and one on the Battle of Custoza (1866), which drew praise even from abroad. Chief of Staff In 1908, when the Chief of Staff of the Italian Army Tancredi Saletta retired, the position was offered to General Luigi Cadorna; however, he requested that his su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pollio Of Cybalae
Pollio of Cybalae or Pullio of Cybalae (3rd century) is venerated as a Christian martyr who may have been executed for his faith during the persecutions of Emperor Diocletian. It is thought that he may have been a lector in the city of ''Cybalae'' (present-day Vinkovci, Croatia) in the Roman province of Pannonia.As such he may have been associated with the imperial dynasty. He is mentioned in the Hieronymian Martyrology and the Synaxarium of Constantinople. Hagiographies tell the story of how he suffered interrogation from the prefect Prefect (from the Latin ''praefectus'', substantive adjectival form of ''praeficere'': "put in front", meaning in charge) is a magisterial title of varying definition, but essentially refers to the leader of an administrative area. A prefect's ... Probus and refused to abjure his faith; and was put to death outside of the city walls by being burnt alive.San Pollione di Cibali' References External links San Pollione [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Pollio
Mike Pollio (born May 12, 1943) is an American former basketball coach and college athletics administrator. He was the head men's basketball coach at Kentucky Wesleyan College from 1980 to 1985, Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) from 1985 to 1989, and Eastern Kentucky University from 1989 to 1992, compiling a career college basketball coaching record of 233–105. At Kentucky Wesleyan, he also served as athletic director, reviving the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers football program in 1983 after a 53-year hiatus. From 2002 until June 2010, he was the commissioner of the Mid-South Conference. Pollio is a graduate of Bellarmine College Bellarmine University (BU; ) is a private Catholic university in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened on October 3, 1950, as Bellarmine College, established by Archbishop John A. Floersh of the Archdiocese of Louisville and named after Saint Ro .... Head coaching record References 1943 births Living people Americ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vitrasius Pollio ...
Vitrasius Pollio (died AD 32) was a member of the equestrian class who was prefect or governor of the imperial province of Egypt. He died in office, and was replaced by an imperial freedman Hiberus until another eques, Aulus Avilius Flaccus, could arrive from Rome. Pollio is the earliest attested member of the Vitrasii. His son Gaius Vitrasius Pollio was prefect of Roman Egypt between the years 38 and 41.Bastiani, "Lista dei prefetti d'Egitto", p. 271 References {{DEFAULTSORT:Vitrasius Pollio 1st-century Romans 1st-century Roman governors of Egypt 32 deaths Year of birth unknown Roman governors of Egypt Pollio Pollio may refer to: * Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, Roman architect usually known as Vitruvius * Gaius Asinius Pollio, Roman historian and orator * Gaius Asinius Pollio (consul 23), grandson of the preceding * Rufrius Pollio, Roman Prefect of the Prae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claudio Pollio
Claudio Pollio (born 27 May 1958 in Naples) is an Italian wrestler and Olympic champion in Freestyle wrestling. Olympics Pollio competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow where he received a gold medal in Freestyle wrestling Freestyle wrestling is a style of wrestling originated from Great Britain and the United States. Along with Greco-Roman, it is one of the two styles of wrestling contested in the Olympic Games. American high school and men's college wrestling ..., the ''light flyweight'' class."1980 Summer Olympics – Moscow, Soviet Union – Wrestling" ''databaseOlympics.com'' (Retrieved on 13 September 2008) References 1958 birth ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Crime Films Of 2003
This is a list of crime films released in 2003. References {{DEFAULTSORT:Crime films:2000s * 2000s File:2000s decade montage3.png, From top left, clockwise: The World Trade Center on fire and the Statue of Liberty during the 9/11 attacks in 2001; the euro enters into European currency in 2002; a statue of Saddam Hussein being toppled during ... 2003-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
