orig. Manuel Planudes born 1260, Nicomedia, Byzantine Empire died 1310, Constantinople Greek Orthodox scholar, anthologist, and polemicist. He established a school in Constantinople that gained a strong reputation for its humanities curriculum. His Greek translations of Latin philosophy and literature and of Arabic mathematics publicized these areas of learning throughout the Greek Byzantine cultural world. Though chiefly known for his theological writings, he made a distinctive contribution to the history of Greek literature with his revision of the Greek Anthology, a collection of Greek prose and poetry 700 BC-AD 1000
born 1480, Árta, Greece died 1556, near Moscow, Russia; feast day January 21 Greek scholar and linguist. Educated in Paris, Venice, and Florence, he became part of a circle of humanist scholars and was influenced by the Dominican reformer Girolamo Savonarola. He became a Greek Orthodox monk and was chosen to translate Greek liturgical and theological texts into Russian, thus making possible the dissemination of Byzantine culture throughout Russia. In Moscow he became involved in a religious controversy when he joined a faction called the Nonpossessors, who advocated renunciation of property ownership by the church. Arrested for heresy in 1525, he was imprisoned for 20 years in a monastery. After his death he was venerated as a saint
{i} Quintus Fabius Maximus Verrucosus (275-203 B.C.), Roman general and statesman who won the battle against Hannibal in the Second Punic War by delaying the fighting in order to allow the Roman army to recuperate
died 203 BC Roman commander and statesman. He served as consul in 233 BC (an office he would hold five times) and censor in 230. Elected dictator in 217, he used a strategy of harassment and attrition in the Second Punic War against Hannibal (218-201). These cautious delaying tactics (Cunctator means "delayer") allowed Rome to recover and take the offensive, but Roman impatience led to defeat at the Battle of Cannae. He unsuccessfully opposed the invasion of Africa by Scipio Africanus in 205
Say: glue-tee-us max-ih-muss You don't have to look too far for this body part - you're sitting on it! This is the fancy name for the muscles that are under the skin and fat in your rear end