Adventus is the Latin word for
arrival, and may mean
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Adventus (ceremony), the ceremony of an emperor's formal arrival at a city (usually, but not always, Rome)
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Adventus (art), the artistic convention of depicting this ceremony
*The Latin word for the Christian season of
Advent
Advent is a Christian season of preparation for the Nativity of Christ at Christmas. It is the beginning of the liturgical year in Western Christianity.
The name was adopted from Latin "coming; arrival", translating Greek ''parousia''.
In ...
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Quintus Antistius Adventus, Roman governor of Britain
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Adventus Saxonum
The Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain is the process which changed the language and culture of most of what became England from Romano-British to Germanic. The Germanic-speakers in Britain, themselves of diverse origins, eventually develope ...
, the traditional date for the arrival of the Saxons in Britain in 449
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