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(fr t´ gûrn) (KEY) , d. 380, Visigothic chieftain. An intermittent rival of Athanaric for leadership of the Visigoths, he adopted Arian Christianity...
(h n´r kh ´zäk) (KEY) , c.1450–1517, Flemish composer. Isaac, a prolific and versatile composer, traveled widely in Europe, serving at the court...
(h r kl ´ s, h r k´l s) (KEY) , c.575–641, Byzantine emperor (610–41). The son of a governor of Africa, he succeeded the tyrant Phocas, whom he...
(zhäN bät st´ zäb ´) (KEY) , 1767–1855, French portrait painter and miniaturist. He was a pupil of J. L. David and was greatly influenced by F...
384–423, Roman emperor of the West (395–423). On the death (395) of Theodosius I, the Roman Empire was divided; Arcadius, the elder son, received ...
(Isaac Comnenus) ( ´z k k mn ´n s) (KEY) , c.1005–1061, Byzantine emperor (1057–59), first of the Comneni dynasty. Proclaimed emperor by the arm...