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Glossary entry on Naevius.

The Battle of Naulochus was fought between the second triumvirate and Sextus Pompey.

 

Nefertiti is famous because of the beautiful bust that was found depicting her. the bust of Nefertiti is in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin, Germany. Nefertiti was the queen of Egypt under Pharah Akhenaten.

Poseidon is a Greek god of the sea.

The Nile River set Egypt up to be one of the major and earliest ancient civilizations. The Nile watered crops, via irrigation, and the long course of the Nile served to transport goods and people in each direction of the longest river in the world.

In Greek mythology, Niobe was the proud and fertile daughter of Tantalus who lost all her children as a result of her boast to the mother of Apollo and Artemis, Leto (Latona).

Numa Pompilius was the second king of Rome.