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The names of the magi or three wisemen who visited the Christ child.

Battle of Magnesia - About the Battle of Magnesia

Spirits of the Dead - Lares, Larvae, Lemures, and Manes. The Romans believed the spirits of the dead became lares, manes or lemures (larvae).

Battle of Marathon in the Persian Wars 490 was an important moment for the victorious Athenians, renowned today more for a legendary marathon runner than the battle itself.

Marcian became emperor in the East after Theodosius of legal code fame.

Marcus Aurelius - Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius. Basic information on the Roman emperor Marcus Aurelius

From humble beginnings Marius rose to become consul of Rome, not just once but an unprecedented seven times.

 

Megalesia or Megalensia was a Roman festival in Honor of Cybele

Menes is a figure of Egyptian legend who is said to have been the first king of Egypt.

Glossary entry for the term metathesis.

The meters of Greek and Latin poetry: trochaic, iambic, anapestic, dactylic, and spondaic meters.

Midgard is a region in Norse mythology that was home to the humans.

 

The monophysites are sometimes described as following the sect of Eutychianism.