Zeugma comes from the Greek ζεῦγμα 'that which is used for joining, a band, bond', from the verb ζεύγνυμι 'to yoke'. In English, Zeugma refers to a place and a concept in rhetoric, linguistics, and literary criticism.

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On This Day in Ancient History, in A.D. 222, the unpopular 17-year old Roman emperor Elagabalus or Heliogabalus (born Varius Avitus Bassianus) was assassinated.

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Who is the man holding the studded globe in this segment of Raphael's painting "The School of Athens"?

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He may have known Pythagoras.

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He was probably from northern Persia.

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On this day in 241 B.C. the Romans beat the Carthaginians at Aegusa, ending the First Punic War. Read more...