The Myths. 1  Everyone in the Middle Ages thought the earth was flat. 2  Columbus faced opposition to his attempt to find a western route to Asia because people thought the earth was flat.
King Alfred of Wessex was careful to note this himself, suggesting a wide-ranging area of settlement of the Angles, and a relatively large population. The Angles, Anglii, or Angels (the 'g' is pronounced hard, as in 'gun' not soft as with a 'j') are first mentioned by Tacitus (Germania) about AD 98. They could be related to the Teutones of Pliny and Strabo in the early first century AD, forming a group known as the Ingaevones with the Chauci and the Cimbri.
Etymology and early use. The phrase quod erat demonstrandum is a translation into Latin from the Greek á½ÏÎµÏ á¼Î´ÎµÎ¹ Î´Îµá¿Î¾Î±Î¹ (hoper edei deixai; abbreviated as Î¿ÎµÎ´). Translating from the Latin into English yields, what was to be demonstrated; however, translating the Greek phrase á½ÏÎµÏ á¼Î´ÎµÎ¹ Î´Îµá¿Î¾Î±Î¹ produces a slightly different meaning.