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US warns ICC member states against proceedings targeting Israel On July 10, 2025, the United States government issued warnings to member states of the International C...
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Netanyahu declared an ICC war crimes suspect On November 21, 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Mini...
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International Criminal Court Arrest Warrants for Israeli Leaders On 21 November 2024, the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued arrest warrants for Isra...
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Augustus, the first Roman emperor, died in Nola after a reign that transformed the Roman Republic into the Roman Empire. His death marked the end of an era and initiat...
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Germanicus led several military campaigns into Germania to avenge the Roman defeat in the Teutoburg Forest. His forces engaged in battles against various Germanic trib...
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Expulsion of Jews from the Kingdom of Naples In 1540, Jewish communities in the Kingdom of Naples were expelled as the region came under the control of the Spanish cr...
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Jerome, a prominent Byzantine official during the Gothic War, was assassinated in the Imperial Palace at Ravenna. His death marked a significant turning point in the c...
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The last Western Roman emperor, Romulus Augustulus, was deposed. This event traditionally marks the end of ancient Rome and the beginning of the Middle Ages. Christi...
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Carausius, a Roman naval commander, declared himself emperor in Britain and northern Gaul after seizing power around 286 CE. His revolt challenged the authority of the...
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Emperor Aurelian, a prominent ruler of the Roman Empire known for his military prowess, was assassinated by his own soldiers in late September. The assassination occur...
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Queen Zenobia of Palmyra was captured following the Roman Emperor Aurelian's siege of her capital. Her defeat marked the end of the Palmyrene Empire's attempt to asser...
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The construction of the Aurelian Walls began in response to increasing external threats faced by Rome in the third century. These defensive walls were commissioned by ...
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Postumus, a Roman commander, declared himself emperor of a breakaway realm in the western provinces known as the Gallic Empire. This realm comprised Gaul, Germania, Br...
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Odaenathus rose to power in Palmyra amid the crisis of the Roman Empire in the mid-3rd century. Following the capture of the Roman Emperor Valerian by the Persians, Pa...
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Aemilian, a Roman soldier and governor, seized power through a swift military revolt against Emperor Trebonianus Gallus. His accession marked a brief interruption in t...
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The Battle of Resaena was fought between Roman forces under Emperor Gordian III and the Sasanian Empire. This conflict marked a significant Roman attempt to regain los...
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The revolt of Gordian I was a significant uprising against the Roman Emperor Maximinus Thrax in 238, known as the Year of the Six Emperors. Senatorial opposition to Ma...
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Elagabalus, also known as Varius Avitus Bassianus, was proclaimed Roman Emperor upon the death of Caracalla’s successor during the Severan dynasty. His accession marke...
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Emperor Elagabalus began implementing religious reforms centered on the worship of the Syrian sun god Elagabal. He elevated this deity above the traditional Roman gods...
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Publius Septimius Geta, son of Emperor Septimius Severus, was granted the title of Augustus, marking him as co-emperor alongside his father and brother Caracalla. This...
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Caracalla officially took the title of Augustus, marking his elevation to co-emperor alongside his father, Septimius Severus. This move solidified his position within ...
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Roman Emperor Septimius Severus led a military campaign against the Parthian Empire, culminating in the siege and sack of Ctesiphon, the Parthian capital. This marked ...
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Septimius Severus was proclaimed emperor by his troops following the death of Emperor Pertinax. This marked the beginning of the Severan dynasty and significant change...
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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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51–30 BCE — Cleopatra VII becomes the final active ruler of the Ptolemaic dynasty. She navigates the expanding power of Rome through alliances and relationships first ...
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146 BCE — Corinth is destroyed and Roman domination of Greece becomes decisive.
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168 BCE — Roman forces defeat King Gentius near Scodra after a short campaign. His capture effectively ends the last major independent Illyrian monarchy in the region....
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Last major Illyrian king defeated by Rome during the Third Illyrian War.
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229–228 BCE — Rome sends military forces across the Adriatic against Queen Teuta's kingdom. The war marks Rome's first major armed intervention on the eastern Adriatic...
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c. 6500 BCE–2026 CE — The territory and people of modern Albania were shaped by prehistoric Balkan societies, Illyrian political formations, Rome, Byzantium, medieval ...
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29 October 1922 — King Victor Emmanuel III asks Mussolini to form a government following the March on Rome. Mussolini gradually destroys parliamentary democracy and co...
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Greek cities become part of the Roman world while Greek culture deeply influences Roman education, philosophy and art.
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28 October 1922 — Fascist squads mobilize around Rome while Benito Mussolini pressures Italy's political establishment for power. King Victor Emmanuel III refuses to a...
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22 May 1939 — Germany and Italy sign a formal political and military alliance. Mussolini's government is not actually prepared for a major European war in 1939, despit...
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Mycenaean kingdoms, poleis, Macedon, Rome, Byzantium, Ottoman rule and the modern state belong to one landscape but very different political worlds.
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