Moshing or slamdancing is a style of dance in which participants push or slam into each other, typically performed to “aggressive” live music. It originated in the hardcore punk scenes of California and Washington, D.C. in the early 1980s, thereafter spreading from hardcore to other forms of punk rock as well as thrash metal and grunge, which exposed it to the mainstream in the late 1980s. Since then, moshing has occasionally been performed to energetic music within a wide variety of genres, including alternative rock, EDM and hip hop, while remaining a staple at punk and heavy metal shows. Though...

In ancient Rome, the plebs was the general body of free Roman citizens who were not patricians, as determined by the census. From the 4th century BC or earlier, they were known as commoners (part of the lower social status). Literary references to the plebs, however, usually mean the ordinary citizens of Rome as a whole, as distinguished from the elite—a sense retained by "plebeian" in English. In the very earliest days of Rome, plebeians were any tribe without advisers to the King. In time, the word – which is related to the Greek word for crowd, plethos – came to mean the common people. ��2...

Nathan or Natan may refer to: == People == Nathan (prophet), biblical figure during the time of King David Nathan (son of David), biblical figure, son of King David and Bathsheba Starboy Nathan, a British singer who used the stage name "Nathan" from 2006 to 2011 Nathan (given name) Nathan (surname) == Other uses == Nathan, Queensland, a suburb of Brisbane in Australia Nathan (band), an alt-country band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Vethan or "Nathan", a deity in Ayyavazhi theology Natan Couture, a Belgian fashion house created and owned by Édouard Vermeulen Éditions Nathan, a French publishing...

Osman may refer to: == People == Osman (name), people with the name == Places == India Osmanabad, District of Maharashtra, India Osmannagar (alternative name for Sultanabad, Karimnagar), village located in Karimnagar district, Andhra Pradesh, India Iran Osman, Iran, a village in Kermanshah Province, Iran Osman, Kurdistan, a village in Kurdistan Province, Iran United States Osman, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community == Other uses == House of Osman, an Ottoman dynasty Asian cyprinid fish in genera Diptychus, Gymnodiptychus, Oreoleuciscus and Schizopygopsis Osman (film), a 2011 Turkis...