The Empire in 1180 A. D when Alexios II became EmperorOn Manuel's death in 1180, Maria, who became a nun under the name Xene, took the position of regent ( according to some historians ).

After his death, Aeacus became ( along with the Cretan brothers Rhadamanthus and Minos ) one of the three judges in Hades, and according to Plato especially for the shades of Europeans.

Francesco Albani's The Baptism of Christ, when Jesus became one with God according to Adoptionism

Charlotte became pregnant soon after the marriage but her health declined rapidly and according to Gaskell, she was attacked by " sensations of perpetual nausea and ever-recurring faintness.

This idea began to appear around the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and became stronger over time, according to one view.

However, after reverting back to his earlier style, his work became, according to Rewald, “ more subtle, his color scheme more refined, his drawing firmer.

Day became the oldest artist to score a UK Top 10 with an album featuring new material, according to the Official Charts Company, entering at Number 9.

During the reign of Nero he became superintendent of the city's water supply, but died not long afterwards, in 59 AD, having eaten himself to death, according to Hieronymus in the Chronicon of Eusebius.

She continued to enjoy steady success during the 1990s and 2000s ; her 2000 album A Day Without Rain sold 15 million copies, and became the top selling new age album of the 2000s in the US, according to Nielsen SoundScan.

It became illegal in the United States on 30 March 1997, though according to a U. S. Centers for Disease Control estimate, 168, 000 girls living there as of 1997 had undergone it or are at risk.

In 1800, the Territory of Columbia became the District of Columbia when the federal government moved to the site according to the provisions of the Residence Act.

At first he was not opposed to Luther, but as time went on and Luther's aim became clear to him, he turned more and more from the Reformer, and was finally, in consequence of this change of attitude, drawn into an acrimonious correspondence in which Luther, according to some without any justification, heavily criticized the duke.

Eventually Io settled in Egypt, where according to Ovid she became the Egyptian goddess Isis.

Some of those who argue that the Homeric poems developed gradually over a long period of time give an even later date for the composition of the poems ; according to Gregory Nagy for example, they only became fixed texts in the 6th century BC.

Embedded in Greek myth, there remain fragments of quite variant tales, hinting at the rich variety of myth that once existed, city by city ; but Hesiod's retelling of the old stories became, according to the fifth-century historian Herodotus, the accepted version that linked all Hellenes.

The last of them became king of the Scythians, according to his father's arrangement, because he was the only one among the three brothers that was able to manage the bow which Heracles had left behind, and to use his father's girdle.

He resolved to abolish idolatry from his kingdom, and among other things that he did to this end, he destroyed the high places ( or bamot ) and " bronze serpent " ( or " Nehushtan "), recorded as being made by Moses according to the command of Yahweh (), which became an object of idolatrous worship (.

After the death of Aegimius, his two sons, Pamphylus and Dymas, voluntarily submitted to Hyllus ( who was, according to the Dorian tradition in Herodotus V. 72, really an Achaean ), who thus became ruler of the Dorians, the three branches of that race being named after these three heroes.

Corruption particularly gained momentum in the 1990s, reaching to the highest levels of the political hierarchy as Suharto became the most corrupt leader according to Transparency International's corrupt leaders list.

Also according to Seldon, the formative political influence on Major was Jean Kierans, a divorcée 13 years his elder, who became his political mentor and his lover, too.

Although Wagner became fiercely critical of Brahms as the latter grew in stature and popularity, he was enthusiastically receptive of the early Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel ; Brahms himself, according to many sources ( Swafford, 1999 ), deeply admired Wagner's music, confining his ambivalence only to the dramaturgical precepts of Wagner's theory.

John would become a " connoisseur of jewels ", building up a large collection, and became famous for his opulent clothes and also, according to French chroniclers, for his fondness for bad wine.

In 1759 ( or 1758 according to Chambers ), he went to England and became chamber-musician to Queen Charlotte.

The existence of a public space for women to socialize in bars that were known to cater to lesbians " became the single most important public manifestation of the subculture for many decades ", according to historian Lillian Faderman.

He travelled in Italy, sat under Schelling at Munich and under Ludwig Tieck at Dresden, became in 1835-36 a member of Madame de Circourt's salon, and numbered among his friends Alphonse de Lamartine, Jean-Baptiste Henri Lacordaire, Alfred de Vigny, Adolphe Thiers, François Guizot, Charles Forbes René de Montalembert, and Alexis de Tocqueville, of whose books, Démocratie en Amérique and the Ancien régime, he made standard translations into English.

His father was a gardener, and he himself became first connected with the church in the humble position of a bellringer and verger in the Duomo of Piacenza ; he was twenty-one when the judge Ignazio Gardini, of Ravenna, was banished, and he followed Gardini to Ravenna where he met the vice-legate Giorgio Barni, who was made bishop of Piacenza in 1688 and appointed Alberoni chamberlain of his household.

To escape the many temptations to which he was exposed, with the knowledge of two friends, he became engaged in the year 1544 to a young girl of humble descent, Claudine Denoese, promising to publicly marry her as soon as his circumstances would allow it.

The Assembly very quickly became known as Barebone's Parliament by critics, Barebone proving a likely target due to his name and his humble origins.

In Melbourne Handspan Theatre 1977-2002 evolved from humble collective beginnings to evolve a design-rich large theatre format dubbed ' Visual Theatre ' and became a hot-house for innovative projects and award-winning multimedia collaborations within Australia and around the world.

From its humble beginnings as a family venture between a father and his two sons, the practice later became America's first integrated group practice, a model that is now standard in the United States.

He became active in calypso in the mid-1930s, and was considered a country bumpkin by his contemporaries, because of his humble beginning.

From these humble beginnings the game quickly became a fully regulated and codified sport.

Many became prominent businesspeople and respected citizens, and some prominent families in present-day Australian society can trace their origins to convict ancestors who rose above their humble origins.

He had many difficulties there but a great number of humble folk became attached to him and felt that even to touch his hand was to receive blessing.

Rhysode gradually became more humble over the course of the series, especially after watching many of his friends die on the mission to Myrkr.

Three such oarsmen, who came from humble backgrounds and became household names in the North East, were Harry Clasper, Robert Chambers and James Renforth.

Sneakers became a fashion statement, and definition of identity and personality rather than humble athletic aids.

A champion of the " godly ", Cromwell became notorious for appointing men of comparatively humble origins but stoutly-held Puritan beliefs as officers, who would then attract men of similar background and leanings to the regiment.

Bardyllis became king despite his humble roots.

Russow was the humble son of a peasant, but became a German-speaking clergyman, which was a big step up in society.

On his father's death it became necessary for him to leave school and take a humble place in the business.

From these humble beginnings the Stern Brothers became an important merchandising family in New York City.

From a humble beginning, a small number of Augustinian Friars eventually became the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova and in 1842, the Province established Villanova College, today a flourishing university about twelve

Manuel Komnenos Erotikos, a humble Thracian soldier who became a prominent general, the father of the Byzantine emperor Isaac I Komnenos, was given lands around Kastamonu by Emperor Basil II and built a fortress there named Kastra Komnenon.

Although of humble origin, he was brought up with Edward, the Black Prince ; they became intimate friends, and Burley was raised to become a tutor to the prince's son, later Richard II.

It is sufficiently clear that Óengus became a cleric, since he describes himself as such in the Félire using the more humble appellation of " pauper " ( pauperán and deidblén in Old Irish ).

From humble beginnings in seminars on phenomenology and a Recorder Consort that performed with the London ( Ontario ) Symphony Orchestra, it became a hot bed of free thought and radical idealism.

Despite their humble resources, in July 1841 Guerin and the sisters opened St. Mary's Academy for Young Ladies, which later became Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College.

Upon returning to Ethiopia, Aklilu became the protégé of the powerful Tsehafi Taezaz (" Minister of the Pen ") Wolde Giyorgis Wolde Yohannes, another man of humble birth, who had become a powerful figure in Ethiopian government, and a close advisor to the Emperor, with his appointment as Tsehafi Taezaz.