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unusual facts about Gallo-Italic of Sicily


Gallo-Italic of Sicily

Other such communities existed also in the provinces of Catania (for example, in Paternò, Bronte and Randazzo), Syracuse (Ferla, Buccheri, Cassaro) and Palermo (Corleone).


Acionna

Acionna probably had her sanctuary at the Fontaine de l'Etuvée in the commune of Orléans, and remains of a Gallo-Roman temple and a section of an aqueduct were excavated in 2007.

Adalelm, Count of Troyes

--since the abbey stands on its Gallo-Roman foundations, the "tranferral" must be in error--> In 893, he confirmed the donation of Chaource to the abbey of Montiéramey, made originally by his uncle.

Albert Gallo

In 1966, New York City's Youth Board requested that Albert Gallo and his brothers help them lower racial tensions between white and African-American youths in the East New York and Flatbush sections of Brooklyn.

Albinus of Angers

Born to a noble Gallo-Roman family at Vannes, Brittany, St. Albinus was a monk and from 504 C.E. Abbot of Tintillac (which no longer stands; its location has not been satisfactorily identified).

Anchetil de Greye

Between them, on the river Seulles, at Orival near Creully, lies an ancient quarry where building stone is said to have been dug and lime burned since Gallo-Roman times.

Anextiomarus

Anextlomarus is also attested as a Gaulish man's father's name at Langres, and a feminine divine form, Anextlomara, appears in two other Gallo-Roman dedications from Avenches, Switzerland.

Anna Pujol Puigvehi

As archaeologist she has taught several technical courses in Empuries and with international Franco-Spanish teams has excavated at sites of scientific importance as the oriental palace of Cancho Roano, (Zalamea de la Serena, Badajoz, Spain) or the Gallo-Roman town of Bibracte (Mount-Beuvary, Nièvre, France ), and in numerous sites of different periods and types of Spain, Catalonia (Ullastret, Ampurias ...) and Europe (Saint-Remy-de-Provence, Bourges, Bordighera, Liguria ...).

Berengar II of Neustria

Berengar's kin became the first Gallo-speaking lords holding residence within Brittany (Rennes and Penthièvre, rather than the Loire Valley-predominant Nantes or Vannes), as a consequence of the Breton nobility being more or less broken under the Norman invasions of the 880s and as a reward for holding his ground against their attacks.

Bertrange

During the Gallo-Roman era which lasted until about 450, the Romans built a number of roads in the area including the Kiem (Latin caminus, road) linking Trier to Reims.

Bittern

They were called hæferblæte in Old English; the word "bittern" came to English from Old French butor, itself from Gallo-roman butitaurus, a portmanteau of Latin būtiō and taurus.

Château de Montbéliard

It is believed that there has been a fortress on the site since the Gallo-Roman times, though then it was only a wooden watchtower acting as an observation post for the defence of the town of Mandeure (Epomanduodurum).

Château de Montreuil-Bellay

The Château de Montreuil-Bellay is a historical building in the town of Montreuil-Bellay, département of Maine-et-Loire, France, first built on the site of a Gallo-Roman village high on a hill on the banks of the Thouet River.

Cryptoporticus

The cryptoporticus of Reims, formerly enclosing three sides of the forum, is of Gallo-Roman origin and was probably built during the 3rd century.

Delfín Gallo

On September 1, 1889, during the run-up to the Revolution of the Park, Gallo spoke at the great meeting of the Jardín Florida, which gave rise to the Civic Youth Union.

Desiderius of Aquitaine

Desiderius (died 587) was a Gallo-Roman dux in the Kingdom of the Franks during the reigns of Chilperic I and Guntram.

Dolly Rathebe

A talent scout from Gallo approached her and it was not long before she became a star.

Dudu Pukwana

In 1962, he won first prize at the Johannesburg Jazz Festival with Moyake's Jazz Giants (1962 Gallo/Teal).

Everest Syndrome

The Everest Syndrome, named by Maddux (cited in Gallo & Horton, 1994, p. 17) refers to the tendency of teachers to feel the need to use technology, specifically the Internet, in their classrooms simply because it exists (Maddux's choice of words may have been influenced by a reason attributed to George Mallory for wanting to climb Mount Everest).

Frank Scarabino

The hit was requested by reputed Gambino crime family Boss John Gotti of New York, and Giovanni "John the Eagle" Riggi, Boss of the DeCavalcante family, accepted his request, and contracted Scarabino, Capo, Gallo and Palermo for the task.

Gallo Record Company

Other figures at Gallo over the years have included talent scouts Rupert Bopape and Louis Petierson as well as musician-composer-arrangers such as Shadrack Piliso, Marks Mankwane, Hilda Tloubatla, Lucky Monama, Joseph Shabalala, Simon Mahlathini Nkabinde and Thandi Nkomo, in addition to figures such as Eric Gallo, Peter Gallo, and others.

Geoffrey of Vinsauf

Gallo explains that "both of these liberal arts taught composition and taught the student to examine the diction, figurative language, and meters of the curriculum authors who were to serve as models for imitation. However it was rhetoric and not grammar that was concerned with Invention of subject matter and with disposition or organization of the work" as well as memory and delivery (72).

Gevrey-Chambertin

This archaeological discovery corroborates with texts written by Pliny the Elder and Columella, making it credible that the Gallo-Roman vines in Gevrey-Chambertin were the first vines to be planted in Bourgogne.

Gigi Perreau

They had two children: Gina Maria Gallo Paris, a filmmaker, and Robert Anthony Gallo, a guitarist.

Horse goddess

Epona, the horse goddess in Celtic and Gallo-Roman mythology

Hygieia

These attributes were later adopted by the Gallo-Roman healing goddess, Sirona.

Jardin Musée de Limeuil

Today the garden contains sections of plantings representing Prehistoric France, the neolithic era, pre-Roman Gaul, Gallo-Roman culture, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, and contemporary cultivation.

José Antonio Viera-Gallo

With the help of then Apostolic Nuncio Angelo Sodano (who would later rise to the rank of cardinal in the Catholic hierarchy), Viera-Gallo was able to obtain safe passage out of Chile, and moved to exile in Rome, Italy.

José Juan Vázquez

Vázquez is commonly known as "El Gallo" (Spanish for Rooster) for the way he styles his hair in a Mohawk.

Joseph Gallo

Joseph Edward Gallo, cheese producer, brother of winemakers Ernest and Julio Gallo

Kenny Gallo

Gallo also appears on the Discovery Channel show Flipped: A Mobster Tells All Kenny "Kenji" Gallo and Spike TV's Deadliest Warrior, where he served as an expert for the Medellin Cartel in "Somali Pirates vs. Medellin Cartel."

Léo Medeiros

He played the best matches of the club from Salvador in the first half, but still not pleased the coach Gallo, still at the beginning of the Brazilian Championship, asked her head and put him to train separately.

By luck or chance, Medeiros saw soon after the coach and disaffection, Gallo, be dismissed.

Leonardo Boldrini

He painted an altarpiece, whose panels are now hanging apart in the church of San Gallo near Zogno.

Lindsey Gallo

Gallo continued running as a student-athlete at the University of Michigan in the fall of 2000, majoring in business and competing in both cross country and track.

Following college, Gallo began running professionally with sponsorship from Reebok.

Litavis

Her name is found in inscriptions found at Aignay-le-Duc and Mâlain of the Côte-d'Or, France, where she is invoked along with the Gallo-Roman god Mars Cicolluis in a context which suggests that she might have been his consort.

Los Muñequitos de Matanzas

On October 9, 1952 in the barrio of La Marina, city of Matanzas, Cuba, a group of young rumberos stopped off at their local tavern El Gallo after work.

Magnus Felix Ennodius

He was one of four fifth to sixth-century Gallo-Roman aristocrats whose letters survive in quantity: the others are Sidonius Apollinaris, prefect of Rome in 468 and bishop of Clermont (died 485), Ruricius bishop of Limoges (died 507) and Alcimus Ecdicius Avitus, bishop of Vienne (died 518).

Robert Berning

Under California law at the time, there were fair trade provisions for alcoholic beverages which made it illegal to sell wines at a cheaper price than branded competitors, such as Gallo's.

Robor

In Gallo-Roman religion, Robor or Roboris was a god invoked alongside the genius loci on a single inscription found in Angoulême.

Spendrups

Among the brands that it manufactures under license include Heineken, Schweppes, Pago, El Coto, Gallo, Bergstrands Kafferosteri (coffee roastery) .

Tongeren

Located on the important road linking Cologne to Bavay via the relay of Liberchies, and surrounded by the fertile lands of the Hesbaye region, Roman Tongeren quickly became one of the largest Gallo-Roman administrative and military towns in the 1st century.

Ultra Championship Wrestling-Zero

A number of independent wrestlers spent their early careers in the promotion, most notably, 'Blitz' Mason, who was established as the first UCW-Zero Heavyweight Champion, Derrick Jannety, Los Mochis' Paco, and Tristan Gallo who was the promotion's first UCW-Zero Ultra-X Champion; in 2011, Gallo was a participant in WWE Tough Enough.

Umberto's Clam House

The Mafia hit and its locale were recalled in media coverage of the death of the actor Jerry Orbach, who became friends with "Crazy Joe" Gallo after playing a character who was modeled on him in the movie, The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight (1971), based on a novel by Jimmy Breslin.

Vertillum

Vertillum is a Gallo-Roman site in the modern commune of Vertault in the Côte-d'Or department of eastern France.

Vicente Gallo

Born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Gallo joined the Radical Civic Union (UCR) from its inception, forming part of a group of young people who worked with Hipólito Yrigoyen in the mid-1890s to secure universal male suffrage.

Waroch I

During the first half of the 6th century, Waroch reigned in the region of Benetis (ancient name of Vannes), without actually controlling the city that became a Gallo-Frankish enclave.


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