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Aventinus

Humanist scholar and historian, born in Abensberg (Latin Aventinum), Bavaria, SE Germany. Known as the ‘Bavarian Herodotos’, he taught Greek and mathematics at Kraków, and wrote a history of Bavaria.

Aventinus can refer to: Place:

Aventine Hill, named after Aventinus, king of Alba and Latium

Persons:

Aventinus, son of Hercules and Rhea Aventinus, descendant of Aeneas, king of the Latins (future Rome site) Saint Aventinus, disciple of St. Loup (d. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

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