Palladium. Sacred image of Athena protecting Troy. Stolen by Odysseus.

Palmyra. 19C BC. Syrian city “founded by Solomon”. 3C AD + Syria, Egypt. 273 Rome destroys.

Paris. Son of Priam. Carried Helen back to Troy, starting the Trojan Wars. Shot Achilles. Judged first beauty contest.

Parlement. 12C-1792 French royal supreme courts in Paris, provinces.

Philoctetes. Mythical Greek warrior. Killed Paris at Troy.

Plata, La. 1776-1910. Spanish viceroyalty in South America. Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay.

Pompeii. Destroyed 79 by Vesuvius eruption. Rediscovered 1592.

Pop Art. 1950-. Movement drawing from popular culture. Warhol. Lichtenstein.

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood. 1848-53. British painters vs Royal Academy. Advocated return to simple classical naturalism. Painted with bright colors on white vs dark tones of the time. Rossetti. Millais. Hunt.

Priam. Last king of Troy. Father of Paris, Hector.

Pride’s Purge. 1648. Removal of 143 Presbyterian royalists from Parliament. Rump Parliament.

Punic Wars. 264-241BC Rome gains Sicily from Carthage. Mylae. 218-201BC Rome defeats Hannibal attack, gains Spain. 149-146BC Rome destroys Carthage.

Radziwill. 15-18C. Polish-Lithuanian royal family.

RCMP. Royal Canadian Mounted Police. 1873 Formed as NW Mounted Rifles. 1920 =RCMP.

Reynolds, Joshua. 1723-92. English expressive portrait painter: Mrs. Siddons. Miss Nelly 1760. Founder, Royal Academy 1768.

Royal Academy of Arts. 1768. 40 members. Based on Hogarth’s Society of Independent Artists.

Royal Academy of Music. 1822.

Royal Air Force. 1918.

Royal Artillery. 1716.

Royal Ballet. 1956. Academy of Choreographic Art 1926 + Sadler’s Wells 1930.

Royal Hospital. 1685. Chelsea building by Wren.

Royal Scots Guards. 1633. Oldest regular regiment in British Army.

Royal Society. 1660. English publisher of scientific Philosophical Transactions since 1665.

Royal Society of Arts. 1754.

Royal Titles Act. 1876. Declared Victoria Empress of India.

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