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AEL
AEL may refer to: AEL FC, a Cypriot football clubEKA AEL, a Cypriot basketball clubLarisa, a Greek leading football clubArab European League, an Arab organization in Belgium and the NetherlandsAsiatic Exclusion League, an organization formed in the early twentieth century in the United States and Ca..
Aelbert Cuyp
"The Negro Page" Aelbert Jacobsz Cuyp (Dordrecht October 20, 1620 - Dordrecht November 15, 1691) was one of the leading Dutch landscape painters of the 17th century. The most famous of a family of painters, the pupil of his father Jacob Gerritsz. Cuyp (1594–1651/52), he is especially kno..
Aelfgar Centre
The Aelfgar Centre is the sixth form college of two medium-sized High Schools in Rugeley, Staffordshire. The centre offers a variety of A-Level and vocational courses, as well as several Adult Education programmes scheduled between 8am and 9pm on weekdays. Facilities are basic but competent; includi..
Aelfinn
Aelfinn are a group of fictional 'people' in Robert Jordan's '''Wheel of Time series. The Aelfinn are beings that are Snake like in appearance and reside in a dimension outside that of "Randland" that one may get to through a twisted red doorway ter'angreal. Referred to as the Snake People, the ..
Aelfric of Kent
Ælfric, King of Kent, jointly with Æðelberht II and Eadberht I. Ælfric acceded with his two brothers on the death of his father Wihtred, according to Bede, but is otherwise unknown. Kelly (1995) observed that the reign of 762 to 796 attributed to him by William of Malmesbury “is evidently fan..
Aelfric Puttoc
Aelfric Puttoc (d. 22nd January 1051) became Archbishop of York in 1023, losing the Bishopric of Worcester to Lyfing, Abbot of Tavistock, Canute's counselor. Lyfing was accused of being implicated in the murder of the Prince Alfred Atheling and the Archbishop took his opportunity to seize the See of..
Aelfsige
Aelfsige I (?-959) became Archbishop of Canterbury in 958. He succeeded Saint Aelfheah, also called Alphege the Bald, as Bishop of Winchester in 951. He died from a cold during a trip in the Alps when he was on his way to receive the pallium in Rome, Italy. List of Archbishops of Canterbury Saxo..
Aelfthryth
Aelfthryth, also known as Elfrida, (d. 929), was the third and last child of Alfred the Great, the Saxon King of England. She married Baldwin II (d. 918), Count of Flanders. One of their descendants, Matilda of Flanders (d. 1083), would go on to marry William the Conqueror, therefore starting th..
Aelfwald of East Anglia
Aelfwald was the brother of Aldwoulf and became king of East Anglia upon his death. He was king from c.713 to 749. He was the last of the Wuffinga dynasty. Some scholars believe Beowulf originated during his reign. He was also a great proponent of Christianity. ..
Aelfwald of Sussex
Ælfwald was a King of Sussex, who reigned jointly with Ealdwulf and Oslac, and probably also with Oswald and Osmund. Ælfwald witnessed an undated charter of Ealdwulf, believed to be from about 765, with his name corruptly recorded as Ælhuuald rex [link]. Ælfwald also witnessed a cha..
Aelfwine of Deira
Aelfwine (c. 661 - 679) was a King of Deira (670 - 679). He was a son of Oswiu of Northumbria and a brother of Ecgfrith of Northumbria. After the succession of Ecgfrith as king of Northumbria in 670, he made Aelfwine king of the sub-kingdom of Deira. Aelfwine was still a boy at the time, and the ti..
Aelfwynn
Aelfwynn was the only daughter of Earl Aethelred of Mercia and his wife and successor Ethelfleda. She joined her mother as "lady of the Mercians" in 918. She succeeded to the throne with the death of her co-ruler later that same year. Mercia was claimed by her maternal uncle Edward the Elder of the..
Aelgifu of Northampton
Aelgifu (also called Aelfgifu or Elgifu or Aelfgitha) was the wife of Canute the Great in the 11th century. Aelfgifu was the daughter of Ealdorman Aelfhelm, who was killed by King Ethelred the Unready. At some time during the Danish Conquest of England, Canute the Great married Aelfgifu. She bore..
Aelian
The name Aelian may refer to one of two people: Aelianus Tacticus, a Greek military writer of the 2nd century, who lived in RomeClaudius Aelianus, a Roman teacher and historian of the 3rd century, who wrote in Greek ..
Aelianus Tacticus
For the Roman writer, see Claudius Aelianus. Aelian (Aelianus Tacticus) was a Greek military writer of the 2nd century, resident at Rome. Aelian's military treatise, Taktike Theoria, is dedicated to Hadrian, though this is probably a mistake for Trajan, and the date 106 has been assigned to it. I..
Aelia Capitolina
The Madaba Map depiction of sixth-century Jerusalem has the Cardo Maximus, the town’s main street, beginning at the northern gate, today's Damascus Gate, and traversing the city in a straight line from north to south to Nea Church. Aelia Capitolina (Latin in full: Colonia Aelia Capitolina) ..
Aelia Eudocia
Portrait of Aelia Eudocia on a tremissis. Eudocia Augusta (ca. 401-460), wife of Theodosius II, East Roman emperor, was born in Athens. She was the daughter of the sophist Leontius, from whom she received a thorough training in literature and rhetoric. The traditional story, told by John Mal..
Aelia Eudoxia
Aelia Eudoxia (d. 6 October 404) was the wife of the Eastern Roman emperor Arcadius. The daughter of a certain Bauto, a Frankish magister militum serving in the Western Roman army during the 380s, Eudoxia owed her marriage to the youthful Emperor Arcadius on 27 April 395 to the intrigues of the eun..
Aelia Flaccilla
Aelia Flaccilla. Aelia Flavia Flacilla (d. 385), first wife of the Roman Emperor Theodosius I. Her sons were Arcadius and Honorius, her daughter Pulcheria. She was crowned Augusta, as her coinage shows. External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to: [Special] [Aelia..
Aelia Paetina
Aelia Paetina (lived in first century) was the second wife of the future emperor Claudius. Born into the family of the Aelii Tuberones, she was the adoptive sister of the praetorian prefect Sejanus. She married Claudius in AD 28. Their only child, Claudia Antonia, was born in 30. Claudius divorced ..
Aelita
For other uses, see (disambiguation)}}}. Aelita (Russian: Аэлита), also known as Aelita: Queen of Mars, is a silent movie directed by Soviet filmmaker Yakov Protazanov maked on Mezhrabpom-Rus film studio and released in 1924. It was based on Alexei Tolstoy's novel of the same name. Mikhail Z..
Aelita (Code Lyoko)
Aelita (known as Aelita Stones at Kadic) is a character from the French animated television series Code Lyoko. Contents 1 Description2 Discussion3 History4 Skills5 Trivia6 Voice actor information7 External links Description Aelita is the sole known inhabitant..
Aelita (disambiguation)
Aelita (Cyrillic alphabet: Аэлита) is a female given name in eastern Europe. Aelita may refer to: Aelita (Code Lyoko), a character in the French animated television series Code Lyoko.Aelita, a 1923 novel by Alexei Tolstoy.Aelita: Queen of Mars, a silent movie directed by Soviet filmmaker Yako..
Aelita (novel)
For other uses, see Aelita (disambiguation). Aelita, or, The Decline of Mars (Russian: Аэлита) is a 1923 novel by Russian author Alexei Tolstoy. The story takes place in the post-war Soviet Union and tells of a young man, Loss, traveling to Mars in a rocket ship, where he leads a popular upr..
Aelius
Aelius was the nomen of the ancient Roman gens Aelia. Among its members, Emperor Hadrian. Publius Aelius Paetus, consul 337 BCGaius Aelius Paetus, consul 286 BCPublius Aelius Q.f. Paetus, consul 201 BCSextus Aelius Q.f. Paetus Catus, 198 BCPublius Aelius P.f. Ligus, consul 172 BCQuintus Aelius Paet..
Aelius Aristides
Aelius Aristides (AD 117 - 181) was a popular Greek orator who lived during the Roman Empire. He is considered to be a prime example of the Second Sophistic, a group of showpiece orators who flourished from the reign of Nero until c.230 AD. The son of a wealthy land-owner, Aristides studied unde..
Aelius Catus
Aelius Catus was a Roman commander near the Danube who, according to Strabo's geography, transplanted 50,000 Getae from what is now Muntenia in Romania far to the south of Danube, in Moesia. There has been some debate both on the identity of Aelius Catus and on the date of this action. Some historia..
Aelius Donatus
Aelius Donatus (fl. late 4th century AD) was a Roman grammarian and teacher of rhetoric. The only fact known regarding his life is that he was the tutor of St. Jerome. He was the author of a number of professional works, of which several are still extant: A partly incomplete commentary on the p..
Aelius Festus Aphthonius
Aelius Festus Aphthonius was a Latin grammarian of the 3rd or 4th century, possibly of African origin, and considered to be one of the most important classical rhetoricians. He wrote a metrical handbook De Metris, in four books, which was added to the Ars Grammatica of Gaius Marius Victorinus somet..
Aelius Gallus
Aelius Gallus was the 2nd prefect of Roman Egypt (Aegyptus). ..
Aelius Herodianus
Aelius Herodianus (c. AD 180-250) was a Greek grammarian in ancient Rome, in the time of Marcus Aurelius. The son of Apollonius Dyscolus, he was born in Alexandria. From preserved fragments, his work seems to have concentrated on accentuation, or the relative stress on words' individual syllables. ..
Aelius Moeris
Aelius Moeris, Greek grammarian, surnamed Atticista (the Atticist), probably flourished in the 2nd century. He was the author of an extant (more or less alphabetical) list of Attic forms and expressions, accompanied by the Hellenistic parallels of his own time, the differences of gender, accent, an..
Aelius Theon
Aelius Theon was a mid-1st millennium Alexandrian sophist and author of a collection of preliminary exercises (progymnasmata) for the training of orators. The work (extant, though incomplete), which probably formed an appendix to a manual of rhetoric, shows learning and taste, and contains valuable ..
Aella of Deira
Ælla (Ella, Ille) (d. 588), is the first known king of Deira. One of his sons was Edwin of Northumbria and his daughter Acha married Æthelfrith of Bernicia. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, he became king the same year as Ceawlin of Wessex (560) on the death of Ida of Bernicia, and ruled 3..
Aelle
Aelle (also seen as Aella, Ælla or Ella) may refer to: Amazon Aella: In Greek mythology Heracles slew the Amazon Aella ("Whirlwind") who was known for wielding a double-axe. Three Anglo-Saxon kings:* Aelle of Sussex (reigned 477–c. 514).* Aella of Deira (died 588).* Aelle II of Northumbria (..
Aelle II of Northumbria
Ælle II (d. 867), king of the Northumbrians, became king about 862 on the deposition of Osbeorn, although he was not of royal birth. Afterwards he became reconciled with Osbeorn, and together they attacked the Danes, who had invaded Northumbria, and drove them into York. Rallying, however, the D..
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Aello
In Greek mythology, Aello was one of Hippolyte's Amazons. She was the first to attack Heracles when he came for Hippolyte's girdle. Unfortunately, Heracles was wearing the Nemean Lion skin from his first labor, making him invulnerable. Aello could not kill Heracles; thus, she was killed instead. Her..
Aello Peak
Aello Peak is the highest peak of a mountain group called The Twaharpies, just west of Mount Bona in the Saint Elias Range of Alaska. While not highly significant in terms of prominence or isolation (it is just 5 miles/8 km west of the summit of Mount Bona), it has a tremendous south face. From t..
Aelurillus
Aelurillus is a spider genus of the Salticidae family (jumping spiders). Aelurillus catches and feeds on ants (myrmecophagy). Contents 1 Distribution2 Species3 Literature4 External links Distribution Aelurillus occurs in the Palaearctic and Africa, with a few species known..
Aelurillus aeruginosus
Aelurillus aeruginosus is a jumping spider that feeds on ants. Distribution A. aeruginosus occurs in the Mediterranean, for example in Sicily, Spain and the Levant (Israel, Syria). External links [Photography of a feeding female][Drawings of male] ..
Aelurillus v-insignitus
Aelurillus v-insignitus is a jumping spider. Contents 1 Appearance2 Etymology3 Distribution4 External links Appearance The male has v-shaped rows of hairs on its head and a pronounced white median stripe on its abdomen. The female is mottled brown. The spider can reach a le..
Aelurodon
Aelurodon is an extinct genus of the subfamily Borophaginae.[link] Part of a clade of canids loosely known as "bone-crushing" or "hyena-like" dogs, Aelurodon apparently descended from the earlier genera Protomarctus and ''Tomarctus.[link] Several species are known from fossils f..
Aeluromancy
Aeluromancy is the use of flour for divination. The word comes from the Greek aleuron, meaning flour, and manteia, meaning divination. It was originally something like a Greek fortune cookie. Slips of paper with messages were rolled in flour balls and given to those seeking answers to queries. A..
Aeluroscalabotes felinus
The Cat Gecko (Aeluroscalabotes felinus) is a species of gecko found in the countries of Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand. It is the only species within the genus, Aeluroscalabotes, and the only genus found within the taxonomic subfamily Aeluroscalabotinae. It is commonly called the Cat..
AEL 1964
A.E. Larisa or AEL 1964 is a Greek football club based in Larisa. Its full name is Athlitiki Enosi Larisa (Athletic Union of Larisa). Since 2003, it has been known as AEL 1964 (a bankruptcy forced this name change.) History The club was founded in 1964 from a merger four local clubs: Iraklis ..
AEL Limassol
Contents 1 Introduction2 History3 Football team3.1 Titles Football team3.2 Current Squad4 Basketball Team (EKA AEL)4.1 EKA AEL Titles4.2 Titles basketball team (women)5 Titles volley team (women)6 Titles AEK Larnaca | AEL FC | Anorthosis&nb..
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