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Ottoman claim to Roman succession. After the conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the sultans of the Ottoman Empire laid claim to represent the legitimate Roman emperors. This claim was based on the right of conquest and mainly rested on possession of Constantinople, capital of the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Empire for over a millennium.
The " Third Temple " (Hebrew: בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, Bēṯ hamMīqdāš hašŠlīšī, transl. 'Third House of the Sanctum') refers to a hypothetical rebuilt Temple in Jerusalem. It would succeed Solomon's Temple and the Second Temple, the former having been destroyed during the Babylonian siege of ...
Nonetheless, two notable claims to succession of the Eastern Roman Empire arose in the centuries after the fall of Constantinople: the Ottoman Empire and the Russian Empire; notably, Mehmed II, the Ottoman sultan who captured Constantinople, justified his assumption of the title of Emperor of the Romans (Kayser-i Rum) by right of conquest, [2 ...
Rome, Diplomacy, and the Rituals of Empire Foreign Sacrifice to Jupiter Capitolinus* abstract: This article examines a ritual whereby foreign envoys, upon concluding treaties and alliances with the Roman Senate, offered sacrifice to Jupiter Capitolinus at his temple in Rome.
Aedes Capitolina. The Capitoline Temple ( Aedes Capitolina) was the temple of the Capitoline Triad. It consisted of the three most important deities of the Roman state religion, namely: Jupiter the Best, the Greatest, Juno Regina and Minerva. However, the dominant role belonged entirely to Jupiter.
The archaeologist Carlo Fea began an excavation in the Roman Forum to clear the area around the third century C.E. triumphal arch of the emperor Septimius Severus. Fea’s work ushers in a new era of what would become archaeological practice in the valley of the forum, as well as at other sites of the ancient city.
21 sie 2019 · Archaeological remains provide ample evidence the building of many Republican-period temples in and outside of Rome. Many more that have disappeared without leaving any physical trace are known from inscriptions and ancient literary sources.
