Commodus' Gladiatorial Combat in Rome
Emperor Commodus, known for his unconventional rule, famously participated in gladiatorial combats in Rome. Unlike previous emperors, he openly fought as a gladiator, ...
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Emperor Commodus, known for his unconventional rule, famously participated in gladiatorial combats in Rome. Unlike previous emperors, he openly fought as a gladiator, ...
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Jesus of Nazareth was executed by crucifixion under Roman governor Pontius Pilate in Jerusalem, during the period of Roman occupation of Judea. The event is documented...
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3 July 2013 — Following enormous demonstrations against President Morsi, the Egyptian military removes him from office and suspends the constitution. Supporters descri...
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January–August 1997 — The collapse of enormous fraudulent investment schemes wipes out the savings of hundreds of thousands of Albanians. Armed rebellion spreads, mili...
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26 July–7 November 1956 — Nasser nationalizes the Suez Canal Company after Western governments withdraw support for the Aswan High Dam. Britain, France and Israel secr...
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January–June 1919 — Allied leaders negotiate borders, reparations, military restrictions, mandates and a new international organization. Wilson's language of self-dete...
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6 April 1917–11 November 1918 — The United States begins converting its enormous economy and population into military power. Millions of men enter the draft system whi...
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1 July 1916 — British and French forces open the Somme offensive after an enormous artillery preparation. The first day becomes the bloodiest single day in British mil...
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21 February 1916 — Germany launches a major offensive against the fortified Verdun region. French forces commit enormous manpower and artillery to prevent the fortress...
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September–November 1914 — After the Marne, both sides repeatedly attempt to turn the other's flank. The maneuvering eventually reaches the North Sea and creates a larg...
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28 July–4 August 1914 — European armies activate enormous prearranged railway timetables to mobilize millions of soldiers. Military planners argue that delaying mobili...
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1914–1917 Allied purchasing and finance role — J.P. Morgan & Co. becomes a major financial and purchasing intermediary for Britain and France in the United States duri...
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1914–1918 wartime production — Krupp is one of Germany's most important heavy industrial and armaments firms. The company supplies artillery, steel products and other ...
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1914–1918 wartime production — British engineering and armaments company Vickers becomes an important supplier of guns, ammunition, ships and other military equipment ...
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1914–1918 — Armaments companies, explosives producers and other industrial suppliers receive enormous wartime orders. Some businesses benefit heavily while others suff...
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17 November 1869 — The Suez Canal officially opens, connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas without requiring ships to sail around Africa. The canal transforms globa...
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18 October 1081 — Norman forces under Robert Guiscard defeat the Byzantine army of Emperor Alexios I Komnenos outside Dyrrhachium. The battle shows the Adriatic city's...
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969 CE — Fatimid forces establish al-Qahira, Cairo, as a new royal and military city. The settlement grows beside older Fustat and eventually absorbs it into an enormo...
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30 BCE — Octavian captures Alexandria after the deaths of Antony and Cleopatra. Egypt becomes a Roman province under unusually close imperial supervision because of it...
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c. 1479–1425 BCE — Thutmose III initially shares the throne during Hatshepsut's rule and later becomes one of Egypt's most successful military pharaohs. Repeated campa...
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c. 1550–1070 BCE — Egypt becomes one of the great imperial powers of the Late Bronze Age. Pharaohs campaign into Nubia and the Levant while wealth flows into enormous ...
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c. 2650 BCE — Djoser's Step Pyramid complex represents a revolutionary leap in monumental stone architecture. Traditionally associated with the official Imhotep, the p...
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c. 2667–2648 BCE — Djoser rules during Egypt's Third Dynasty and is associated with one of the greatest architectural transformations in ancient history. His funerary ...
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16 January 1942 — Roosevelt creates the War Production Board to coordinate conversion of the American economy to wartime needs. Automobile plants, steel mills, aircraf...
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27 January 1945 — Soviet troops reach the Auschwitz concentration and extermination complex in occupied Poland. They find thousands of surviving prisoners and extensiv...
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23 August 1941 — German forces intensify operations that culminate in one of the largest encirclements in military history around Kyiv. Hitler diverts armored forces s...
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