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Muretus
1585Jun, 4

Muretus

Muretus, French philosopher and author (b. 1526)
Muretus is the Latinized name of Marc Antoine Muret (12 April 1526 – 4 June 1585), a French humanist who was among the revivers of a Ciceronian Latin style and is among the usual candidates for the best Latin prose stylist of the Renaissance.

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    The Olympic Theatre, designed by Andrea Palladio, is inaugurated in Vicenza.
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    Roanoke Colony

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