2) Flavian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Flavian, (fla´ven) (KEY) , ancient Roman gens. The name was applied especially to three Roman emperors, Vespasian and his sons Titus and Domitian....

3) Vespasian. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...The son of a poor family, he made his way in the army by sheer ability. He served in Germany and in Britain (where he conquered the Isle of Wight) and was made consul...

4) Colosseum. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Flavian Amphitheater in Rome, near the southeast end of the Forum, between the Palatine and Esquiline hills. Begun by Vespasian, c.A.D. 75, and completed by his son...

5) Eutyches. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Constantinople of the most violent opponents of Nestorianism, among whom was Dioscurus, successor to St. Cyril (d. 444) as patriarch of Alexandria. Whereas Cyril...

6) John Chrysostom, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Doctor of the Church, one of the greatest of the Greek Fathers. He was born in Antioch and studied Greek classics there. As a young man he became an anchorite monk...

7) Chalcedon, Council of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Council of, fourth ecumenical council, convened in 451 by Pulcheria and Marcian, empress and emperor of the East, to settle the scandal of the Robber Synod and to...

8) Meletius, Saint. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Catholic bishop, leader of the Meletian faction in the Antiochene schism. Meletius became (361) Catholic patriarch after the Arians deposed Eustathius. The Eustathians,...

9) Constantinople, First Council of. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...First Council of, 381, second ecumenical council. It was convened by Theodosius I, then emperor of the East and a recent convert, to confirm the victory over Arianism....