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Aimoini monachi, qui antea Annonii nomine editus est, Historiae Francorum lib. 5.

First edition edited by J. Nicot of the text written by the Benedictine monk Aimone, which tells the story of the Franks from their origins up to 654.

history Franks Middle Ages
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Historiarum compendium, quod incipiens à Nicephori imperatoris, à genicis obitu, ad imperium Isaaci Comneni pertinet.

A compendium of stories about the reigns of Byzantine emperors, from Nicephorus I (d. 811) to Isaac I Comnenus (d. 1061).

history Byzantine Empire Eastern Empire
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Istorie del suo tempo di Mons. Paolo Giovio da Como, vescovo di Nocera; tradotta per m. Lodovico Domenichi, et novissimamente ristampata, et corretta.

Renaissance work about the world known in that time, focusing particularly on italian events, with a geographic table of the mentioned places.The first part covers the period from 1494 to 1517.

history geography Italy
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Iusti Lipsii De bibliothecis syntagma

Brief treatise that following a chronological order traces the history of ancient libraries, from the Egyptian ones to those of Imperial Rome.

library history ancient libraries
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Polybii Megalopolitani Historiarvm libri priores quinque, Nicolao Perotto Sipontino interprete.

Latin translation of the first five books of the Histories of Polybius, followed by an epitome of the following books up to the seventeenth. These first 17 books tell with a didactic purpose the story of the rise of Rome, from the first Punic war (264 BC) to the end of the second Macedonian war (197 BC).

Roman history didactics politics war
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Pausaniæ De veteris Græciæ regionibus commentarii.

Latin translation of the Periegesis of Pausanias, in which the topographical description of the Greek regions is narrated with an antiquarian and erudite taste, with long historical and geographical excursuses.

Greece periegesis history geography
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Epitome historiae ecclesiasticae. De conversionibus gentium, persecutionibus ecclesiae; haeresibus & Conciliis Oecumenicis

Compendium of ecclesiastical history on the conversions of peoples, the persecutions of the Church, heresies and ecumenical councils.

ecclesiastical history Catholic Church Catholicism
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Ēmer-eniauto-genea-chorographias nucleus, insigni lectionis variae fructu locuples. Historiae cùm

Chronological compendium of universal sacred and profane history, with calendars, list of popes and Roman emperors, genealogical tables and a small atlas of Europe with 15 maps.

universal history genealogy calendar
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Onvphrii Panvinii Veronensis De ludis circensibus, libri 2. De triumphis, liber unus.

This work depicts the world of Roman circus shows, depicting agonal games as well as ceremonies and sacred rites linked to the various celebrations.

history of Rome Roman circuses agons sacred rites
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M. Henrici Kippingi Ad epitomen Historiæ ecclesiasticæ D. Johannis Pappi Auctaria

With the addition of new sources, this work is proposed as a supplement to Johannes Pappus's epitome of church history.

ecclesiastical history Catholic Church Catholicism
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