All articles starting with V

¡Viva la libertad, carajo!

¡Viva la libertad, carajo! ("Long live freedom, damn it") is the closing rallying cry of Argentine president Javier Milei and his La Libertad Avanza movement, in ritual use since the 2017 campaign, abbreviated VLLC, and spread internationally as a libertarian slogan and meme.

‘Vereis’

Vereis (Berebis, Βερβίς), Roman mansio in Pannonia inferior on the Poetovio–Mursa road, identified with Podgajci Podravski, Croatia; attested in the Peutinger Table, Ptolemy, and the itineraries, with a 236 CE milestone (CIL III 6465).

‘Vernemeto’

‘Vernemeto’ (Vernemetum, Vernemeton) was a Roman roadside settlement on the Fosse Way at Willoughby-on-the-Wolds, Nottinghamshire, recorded in the Antonine Itinerary between Ratae Coritanorum and Margidunum.

‘Vicianum’

Vicianum (Viciano), a Roman road station in Dardania near Vučitrn, Kosovo, on the Tabula Peutingeriana between Vindenis and Theranda; key junction of the Naissus-Lissus and Scupi routes, Barrington Atlas 49 D1.

‘Vico Mendicoleo’

Vico Mendicoleo (Mendicoleus vicus) is a Roman road station on the via Popilia in Lucania, shown on the Tabula Peutingeriana near Lagonegro and attested by the Geographer of Ravenna and Guido.

‘Vindenis’

Vindenis (Vindenae, Vendenis), Roman road station in Dardania on the Via Lissus-Naissus, Kosovo, near Glavnik by Podujeva; Tabula Peutingeriana site with Orpheus mosaic, marble sarcophagus, and possible castrum. Not Vindonissa, Switzerland.

‘Viscellis’

‘Viscellis’ (also Viscellae, RE), ancient road station in Noricum, Austria, known only from the Tabula Peutingeriana (segment 4A1); identified with Möderbrugg or Ober-Zeiring on the Pöls (ancient Viscella) river, Barrington Atlas 20 B2, Pleiades 197584.

‘Vorogio’

‘Vorogio’ (Vorogium, Vorocium), an ancient Roman road station in Gaul on the Tabula Peutingeriana, 8 leagues from Aquae Calidis (Vichy), identified with the Vouroux quarter of Varennes-sur-Allier, Allier, France; linked to the god Mars Vorocius.

"V" device

The "V" device, also called the Combat "V" or Combat Distinguishing Device, is a 1/4-inch bronze letter worn on US military decorations to mark awards for combat valor; created in 1944 for the Bronze Star and restricted to valor-only in 2016.

*Varatedo

Varatedo (Varatedum), Roman road station of the Bituriges Vivisci on the Peutinger route Burdigala–Vesonna, identified with Vayres, Gironde, on the Dordogne; distinct from the homonym Varadeto near Varaire, Lot.

*Vercovicium

Vercovicium (Housesteads Roman Fort), Roman auxiliary fort on Hadrian's Wall, Northumberland; 2.2 ha, 800-man milliary cohort, cohors I Tungrorum, occupied about AD 122 to the late 4th century; Britain's most complete Roman fort.

*Via Curia

Via Curia, a Roman road of central Italy connecting Reate (Rieti) with Interamna Nahars (Terni), attributed to Manius Curius Dentatus around 272 BC and known only from Dionysius of Halicarnassus citing Varro; later a Salaria–Flaminia link.

*Vicus Aurelianus

Vicus Aurelianus ("Golden Village") was the Roman civilian settlement at modern Öhringen, Baden-Württemberg, beside two forts on the Limes frontier, first excavated in the 18th century by Christian Ernst Hanßelmann.

*Vicus Phosphorianus

Vicus Phosphorianus, at Henchir Oued Kherouf (Ain Mellouk), Algeria, was a rural vicus in Roman Numidia near Thibilis, founded by Phosphorus with a Caelestis temple, four arches, and nundinae market days, known from ILAlg II, 2, 6225.

*Vindiciacum

Vindiciacum, a Roman villa at Vensat, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne, France; recorded in the Barrington Atlas gazetteer (map 14 I2) and Pleiades; name ends in Gallo-Roman -acum.

*Vocarium

Vocarium (Vocario, Ptolemy's Ouakorion) was a Roman road station in Noricum on the Iuvavum–Virunum road over the Radstädter Tauern, placed near Pfarrwerfen, Austria, 17 miles from Cucullis; its exact site remains unidentified.

/v/ (imageboard)

/v/ (imageboard) is the video game board of 4chan, created in October 2004. It is one of the site's oldest boards, dedicated to video game culture.

V

V, the twenty-second letter of the English alphabet, was a form of U until printers distinguished vowel from consonant around 1630, making it the Roman alphabet's twentieth letter.

V ' Iacheslav Oliynyk

V'iacheslav Oliynyk (В’ячеслав Миколайович Олійник, born 1966, Mariupol) is a Ukrainian Greco-Roman wrestler, 1996 Atlanta Olympic light-heavyweight (90 kg) champion and first Summer Olympic gold medalist for independent Ukraine.

V (1983 miniseries)

V (1983 miniseries), Kenneth Johnson's two-part NBC science-fiction event, depicts reptilian Visitors disguised as humans; its fascist takeover allegory drew tens of millions of viewers and spawned The Final Battle, a weekly series, and a 2009 remake.

V (1984 TV series)

V (1984 TV series), also V: The Series, is the NBC weekly continuation (October 1984 to March 1985, 19 episodes) of the V miniseries, with Marc Singer, Jane Badler, and the resistance fighting the Visitors after their defeat.

V (2009 TV series)

V (2009 TV series), ABC's reimagining of Kenneth Johnson's 1983 alien-invasion miniseries, ran 2009–2011 with Elizabeth Mitchell as FBI agent Erica Evans and Morena Baccarin as Visitor leader Anna; two seasons, 22 episodes.

V (2020 film)

V (2020) is a Telugu action thriller directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti, starring Nani as a serial killer and Sudheer Babu as a cop. Nani's 25th film, it skipped its March 2020 Ugadi theatrical release due to COVID-19 and premiered on Amazon Prime Video on September 5, 2020.

V (character)

V is the unnamed masked anarchist protagonist of V for Vendetta by Alan Moore and David Lloyd, first appearing in Warrior #1 (1982). Larkhill camp survivor, Guy Fawkes mask icon, portrayed by Hugo Weaving in the 2006 film.

V (Cyberpunk 2077)

V (Vincent/Valerie) is the customizable, fully voiced mercenary protagonist of Cyberpunk 2077 (2020) by CD Projekt Red, with three lifepaths (Nomad, Streetkid, Corpo), who carries Johnny Silverhand's Relic engram after a botched heist.

V (Maroon 5 album)

V is Maroon 5's fifth studio album, released August 29 to September 2, 2014 on the band's 222 imprint via Interscope; it marked Jesse Carmichael's return, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and produced the Top 40 number-one singles Maps, Animals, and Sugar.