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* '''Rome wasn't built in a day''' (proverb) | * '''Rome wasn't built in a day''' (proverb) | ||
| − | '''rebus (Latin | + | * '''rebus''' (''Latin:'' by things): a word puzzle using pictures to represent words or parts of words. Used in heraldry (when it is called canting) as a hint to the name of the owner of a coat of arms. |
[[Category: Twins]] | [[Category: Twins]] | ||
[[Category:Roman history]] | [[Category:Roman history]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:26, 4 August 2012
- rhombus (also known as a rhomb) is a quadrilateral in which all of the sides are of equal length. More colloquially it may be described as a diamond or lozenge shape. A rhombus can be made from the two "equoangular trillitter[s]" (equilateral triangles) pictured in the diagram of ALP on page 293.
- Romulus and Remus: (771 BC- 717 BC Romulus) (771 BC- 753 BC Remus), the traditional founders of Rome, appeared in Roman mythology as the twin sons of the priestess Rhea Silvia, fathered by the god of war Mars.
- Rome wasn't built in a day (proverb)
- rebus (Latin: by things): a word puzzle using pictures to represent words or parts of words. Used in heraldry (when it is called canting) as a hint to the name of the owner of a coat of arms.
