Diocletian. 245-316. Roman Emperor of the East 284, West 285. Abdicated 305. Regained Britain, Persia. Persecuted Christians. Condemned alchemy 297.

Diogenes (The Cynic). c413-327BC. Greek philosopher. Cynic. Looked for an honest man. Declined gifts of Alexander the Great. Lived in a tub. Sought virtue and moral freedom.

Dionysius. c431-367BC. Syracuse tyrant, unites Greek cities, defeats Carthaginians. Syracuse becomes major power.

Dionysius of Halicarnassus. 1C BC Greek writer of 20 volume History of Rome.

Dionysus. Greek god of wine and orgies = Bacchus.

Dioscorides, Pedanius. 1C. Greek physician and pharmacologist. De Materia Medica used to 16C.

Diplomatic Revolution. 1756. Reversal of alliances led to Seven Years War.

Dirac, Paul. 1902-84. English quantum physicist.

Directory. French government 1795-99. Consulate.

Disarmament Conference. 1932-4. 60 Nations fail to agree due to Hitler’s rise in Germany.

Disciples of Christ. c1810-. US Protestant organization urging ancient order of Christianity.

Dismas, St. Thief converted by Jesus on cross.

Disney, Walt. 1901-1966. US producer of animated cartoons. Mickey Mouse 1928. Snow White 1937. Disneyland 1955.

Disputations. 4-18C Compulsory public debates, Jew vs Christian.

Disraeli, Benjamin. 1804-81. English radical Imperialist Tory Prime Minister 1868,74-80. Suez Purchase. Novelist:Henrietta Temple 1837. Sybil. Coningsby. Lothair 1870.

Dissolution of Monasteries. 1536, small; 1539, large. Henry VIII siezes wealth of church.

Divine Right. 16-18C. Assertion that king’s authority came from God. Louis XIV. James I. Charles I.

Dix, Dorothea. 1802-87. US social reformer for mentally ill.

Djilas, Milovan. 1911- Yugoslav Communist dissident.

Docetism. Gnostic heresy. Christ was phantasm, not human.

Doctors’ Plot. 1953. Stalinist conspiracy.

Doctrinaires. 1815-30. French Royalist writers.

Dodecanese. 12 Aegean islands including Rhodes. 16C Turkey. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece.

Dodge City. 1864. Famed US frontier town.

Doenitz, Karl. 1891-1980. German admiral. Wolf pack U-boat strategy. Authorized German surrender, 1945.

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