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  • Italy, and he received the title Patrician of Rome.

    The Revelation Explained 1913

  • He gave Vitiges the title of Patrician and took him to Constantinople, where he dwelt for more than two years, bound by ties of affection to the Emperor, and then departed this life.

    The Early Middle Ages 500-1000 Robert Brentano 1964

  • The Meyer Company of St. Louis, Missouri, is quietly undertaking a green building experiment called Patrician Place, the results of which could have far reaching implications in the field of green building.

    Patrician Place: An Experiment in Energy 2008

  • That said, as with a number of other Pratchett novels the ending is somewhat contrived and the characters get out of the various fixes they're in with some fast-talk, handwaving and a nod from the Patrician, which is a resolution that has perhaps been used a few too many times in this series.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Adam Whitehead 2008

  • That said, as with a number of other Pratchett novels the ending is somewhat contrived and the characters get out of the various fixes they're in with some fast-talk, handwaving and a nod from the Patrician, which is a resolution that has perhaps been used a few too many times in this series.

    Making Money by Terry Pratchett Adam Whitehead 2008

  • Julius sent against them Orestes, a Pannonian, called the Patrician, who turned a traitor, and, on the assassination of Julius, entered Ravenna in triumph.

    The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. John Lord 1852

  • The foregoing fable is respectfully dedicated to the Southern Plebs, who, under the lead of their "Patrician" masters, have "seceded," like their predecessors in the days of Menenius Agrippa.

    The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 08, No. 48, October, 1861 Various

  • And beside John XV, who was made pope after the fall of Boniface VII, the dux, Crescentius, under the usurped title of "Patrician", ruled over Rome, so that the times of an Alberic seemed to have returned.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913

  • "Patrician", which had been so long worn by Ricimer, and was associated in men's minds with the practical mastery of the Empire.

    Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872

  • During sixteen years of this time (456-472), supreme power in the Empire was virtually wielded by a nobleman of barbarian origin, but naturalised in the Roman State, the proud and stern "Patrician" Ricimer.

    Theodoric the Goth Barbarian Champion of Civilisation Thomas Hodgkin 1872

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