Adventus
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Adventus is the Latin word for arrival, and may mean
  • The Latin word for the Christian season of Advent
    Advent
    Advent is a season observed in many Western Christian churches, a time of expectant waiting and preparation for the celebration of the Nativity of Jesus at Christmas. It is the beginning of the Western liturgical year and commences on Advent Sunday, called Levavi...

  • A Roman cognomen
    Cognomen
    The cognomen nōmen "name") was the third name of a citizen of Ancient Rome, under Roman naming conventions. The cognomen started as a nickname, but lost that purpose when it became hereditary. Hereditary cognomina were used to augment the second name in order to identify a particular branch within...

    , held by
    • Quintus Antistius Adventus
      Quintus Antistius Adventus
      Quintus Antistius Adventus was a Roman politician and general.He served in the Parthian War under Lucius Verus. Antistius Adventus became governor of Germania Inferior, and then of Roman Britain between c. 175 and 178. In 175, 5,500 Sarmatian cavalry troops arrived in Britain...

      , governor of Britain
    • Marcus Oclatinus Adventus, head of the frumentarii
      Frumentarii
      Frumentarii acted as the secret service of the Roman Empire. There are two main sources of information about the frumentarii, inscriptions on gravestones and anecdotes where the actions of individual frumentarii are mentioned by historians. From what is known of the Frumentarii, they always worked...

  • Adventus Saxonum, the traditional date for the arrival of the Saxons in Britain in 449
  • Adventus Interactive
    Adventus Interactive
    Adventus Incorporated is a Canadian IT company founded in 1996 specializing in educational software. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Adventus is a recognized leader in music learning software...

    , an educational software package
  • Adventus (ceremony)
    Adventus (ceremony)
    The adventus was a ceremony in ancient Rome, in which an emperor was formally welcomed into a city either during a progress or after a military campaign, often Rome. The term is also used to refer to artistic depicitions of such ceremonies. Its 'opposite' is the profectio.-External links:*...

    , 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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