Adventus

Adventus

Adventus is the Latin word for , and may mean
*The Latin word for the Christian season of Advent
*A Roman cognomen, held by
**Quintus Antistius Adventus, governor of Britain
**Marcus Oclatinus Adventus, head of the "frumentarii"
*Adventus Saxonum, the traditional date for the arrival of the Saxons in Britain in 449
*Adventus Interactive, an educational software package
*Adventus (ceremony), the ceremony of an emperor's formal arrival at a city (usually, but not always, Rome)
**Adventus (art), the artistic convention of depicting this ceremony


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