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6 giorni fa · Janus of Cyprus became king of Cyprus on 9 September 1398 following the death of his father James I of Cyprus. By tradition, he was also titular king of Jerusalem and Armenian Cilicia . Both mainland kingdoms were under Mamluk control and the sultan Barsbay soon would set his sights on Cyprus.
1 giorno fa · Related to this, he launched campaigns against Cyprus in 1425–1426, during which the island's Lusignan king, Janus, was taken captive, because of his alleged assistance to the pirates; the large ransoms paid to the Mamluks by the Cypriots allowed them to mint new gold coinage for the first time since the 14th century.
22 mag 2024 · Inanna [a] is the ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love, war, and fertility. She is also associated with sensuality, procreation, divine law, and political power. Originally worshipped in Sumer, she was known by the Akkadian Empire, Babylonians, and Assyrians as Ishtar [b] (and occasionally the logogram 𒌋𒁯 ).
10 mag 2024 · According to the Roman intellectual Macrobius, Janus was given divine honours on account of his own religious devotion, as he set a pious example for all his people. Roman coin showing the two-headed Janus. Wikimedia Commons. Janus was proudly venerated as a uniquely Roman god, rather than one adopted from the Greek pantheon.
21 mag 2024 · Posted May 21, 2024 05:37 PM by. Janus Films has provided an official domestic trailer for the new 4K restoration of Vittorio De Sica's classic film Shoeshine (1946). Preliminary release dates for ...
6 giorni fa · Janus is the Roman god of doorways, beginnings, change, and transition. He was a very important figure in the Roman pantheon, typically being named first during prayers, and the cult of Janus was at one point very widespread in Rome. Janus lives on in some surprising places; the first month of the year, January, is named for Janus, as are ...
8 mag 2024 · Cronus, in ancient Greek religion, male deity who was worshipped by the pre-Hellenic population of Greece but probably was not widely worshipped by the Greeks themselves; he was later identified with the Roman god Saturn.
