Their rivalry is settled by a foot race, a noble competition with a classical pedigree.
Rivalry between the warring Hellenic states was set aside to allow for noble competition between individual sportsmen whose only reward was an olive wreath.But in 1896, when the games were revived in Greece again modern nationalism was on the rise in Europe.
Quigly lists among other recurrent features the stolen exam paper, the innocent who is wrongly accused and ultimately justified after much proud suffering, the boating accident, the group rivalries, the noble friendships.
At this point the rivalry of the noble houses injected itself more overtly into the religious struggle.
A noble tactic or disguised Oedipal rivalry?
He based his power on a massive agglomeration of crown and family lands, acquired for the most part by confiscation from the church, which put him beyond the rivalry of any other noble house.
Campaigns against Bijapur and against the Portuguese at Chaul (just south of present-day Mumbai [Bombay]), as well as a bitter rivalry between the Deccani and foreign nobles, further weakened Ahmadnagar at a time when Akbar's growing interest indicated grave danger.
This was the start of a tradition in the Dutch Republic whereby the stadtholderships were for long periods monopolized by the princes of Orange and counts of Nassau, supported by an enduring Orange "party" composed of nobles, orthodox Calvinist leaders, artisans, and peasants against the rivalry of the patriciate of Holland.
Born of a noble Perugian family, Braccio became the pupil of Alberico da Barbiano, the first great Italian condottiere, initiating a lifelong rivalry with another of Alberico's followers, Muzio Attendolo Sforza.
