Consul. 509BC-. Roman chief magistrate.

Corinth. 1350BC “Founded by Sisyphus”. 243BC Achaean League. 146 Rome destroys, rebuilds 46BC. Byzantine. 1458 Ottoman. 1687 Venice. 1715 Ottoman 1822 Greece.

Corpus Juris Civilis. Developed 529-35. Roman legal code. Influenced European legal systems.

Counter-Reformation. 1517-1622. Catholic reform that followed the Reformation. Trent.

Crassus, Lucius. 140-91BC. Roman statesman, orator. Banished non-citizens, causing Social War.

Crassus, Marcus. c115-53BC. First Roman triumvirate member. Suppressed Spartacus’ slave revolt.

Crépy, Treaty. 1544. Ends 23 years of war between Holy Roman Empire and France.

Culhwch + Olwen. c1100. Earliest Arthurian romance.

Cupid. Roman god of love, son of Venus. = Eros.

Curia. Roman political division.

Cuza, Alexandru. 1820-73. First Prince of Romania, 1859-66. Freed serfs. Educational reform.

Cybele. Roman Great Mother of gods. = Rhea.

Cymbeline. c40. Legendary British king, resisted Romans.

Dacia. Ancient name for Romania.

D’Annunzio, Gabriele. 1863-1938. Italian nationalist writer. Siezed Fiume 1919. Revived Roman salute.

Decius. c201-251. Roman Emperor 249-. First systematic persecution of Christians.

Delacroix, Eugène. 1798-1863. French Romantic painter. Dante and Virgil. Massacre at Chios 1824.

Diana. Roman goddess of hunt and moon = Artemis.

Dio Cassius. 155-235. Greek/Roman historian. 80 Volume history: Roman Antiquities.

Diocletian. 245-316. Roman Emperor of the East 284, West 285. Abdicated 305. Regained Britain, Persia. Persecuted Christians. Condemned alchemy 297.

Dis (Pater). Roman underworld god. = Pluto. Richest god.

Disestablishment Acts. 1869, 1920 End Roman Catholic obligations to fund Episcopal Church of Ireland, Wales.

Domitian. 51-96. Roman Emperor 81-. Reign of terror.

Donatus. c333 Roman teacher. Ars Grammatica used for centuries.

Donizetti, Gaetano. 1797-1848. Italian Romantic opera composer. Lucretia Borgia 1833.

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