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Roman emperor ad 81–96.

 
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King of Scotland from ad 1093. Born
c.
1033, second son of Duncan I. He was deposed in May 1094, restored in November 1094, and deposed again in October 1097, having reigned three years.

 
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The innermost stronghold or keep of a medieval castle.

 
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One of the six or so secondary Neolithic Cultures of the British Isles identified by Stuart Piggott in 1954 on the basis of finds from excavations at Dorchester-on-Thames, Oxfordshire. Since 1954 the main elements of the Dorchester Culture—henges, mini-henges, post circles, cremation cemeteries, and burials under round barrows—have all been shown to be common and widespread features of the 3rd millennium
bc
in the British Isles, thus rendering the term obsolete.

 
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Traditionally the Dorians are portrayed as a group of prehistoric tribes who moved southwards towards the end of the 2nd millennium
bc
to take over the whole of Greece, many of the islands of the Aegean, Crete, and parts of Asia Minor. They are sometimes credited with overthrowing the Mycenaeans. Archaeologically, however, there is little or no evidence for the Dorians, and while it is recognized that their language went on to become a dialect spoken in the Peloponnese and southern Aegean islands, and that they probably made a contribution to the emergence of classical Greek culture, their origins and exact role remain uncertain.

 
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Greek architectural style characterized by fluted columns with a diameter-to-height ratio of one to eight and an unelaborated capital. See also
CORINTHIAN ORDER
and
IONIC ORDER
.

 
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