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Theravāda (/ˌtɛrəˈvɑːdə/; lit. 'School of the Elders'; Chinese: 上座部佛教; Vietnamese: Thượng tọa bộ) is Buddhism's oldest existing school. The school's adherents, termed Theravādins (anglicized from Pali theravādī), have preserved their version of the Buddha's teaching or Dhamma in the Pāli Canon for over two millennia. (Full article...)

• ... that religious studies scholar C. Jouco Bleeker believed that religions are like acorns?
• ... that Catherine de Parthenay, a 16th-century Huguenot leader, was a member of "a highly successful network of information" during the French Wars of Religion?
• ... that the capital of South Ossetia once had more Jews than Ossetians?
• ... that fictional religions, often described in speculative fiction, have in some cases inspired real religious movements?
• ... that Gherardo Gambelli, the incoming archbishop of Florence, served as a prison chaplain in Chad for over a decade?
• ... that the Grave with the Hands commemorates a married couple, divided by society and religion, with hands clasped over a cemetery wall after death?

Augustus of Prima Porta, 1st century

Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus (born Gaius Octavius; 23 September 63 BC – 19 August AD 14), also known as Octavian (Latin: Octavianus), was the founder of the Roman Empire, who reigned as the first Roman emperor from 27 BC until his death in AD 14. The reign of Augustus initiated an imperial cult and an era of imperial peace (the Pax Romana or Pax Augusta) in which the Roman world was largely free of armed conflict. The Principate system of government was established during his reign and lasted until the Crisis of the Third Century. (Full article...)