The procedure of "adoring the purple" was instituted under Diocletian. What did this procedure entail?
A) Admiring the wine supplied by the emperor at banquets
B) Embracing the colors of the pagan deities, purple
C) The adoration of all imperial family members
D) Mimicking the imperial family by donning purple garments
E) Kissing the purple hem of the emperor's robe
E
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a. increased American national debt. b. a collapse of the housing market in the US. c. an Asian financial crisis in the 1990s. d. decreased investment after a bubble economy "popped" in 1997 e. all of the above
At a January 1943 meeting in ________, Roosevelt and Churchill agreed to a British plan for the invasion of Sicily.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
The Family and Medical Leave Act was intended to provide
A) a stipend during illness. B) job security during childbirth or illness for employees of larger companies. C) family leave for all employees. D) childcare payments.
A distinctive feature of the standing armies of European states was that they were __________
A) not disbanded after the war ended B) smaller in size than medieval armies C) dominated by mounted soldiers D) controlled by individual lords