Demise of Roman Emperor Lucius Verus
Lucius Verus, co-emperor of Rome alongside Marcus Aurelius, died in Rome under circumstances believed to be related to a devastating plague. His death marked a signifi...
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Lucius Verus, co-emperor of Rome alongside Marcus Aurelius, died in Rome under circumstances believed to be related to a devastating plague. His death marked a signifi...
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The Edomites, also known in later sources as Idumeans, were an ancient Semitic people who lived in the region south of Judea, historically associated with the descenda...
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Following the death of Emperor Trajan, Hadrian chose to abandon the eastern conquests achieved during Trajan's campaigns. This strategic withdrawal aimed to consolidat...
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The Roman Empire completed the conquest and annexation of the kingdom of Dacia after a series of military campaigns led by Emperor Trajan. This marked the end of the D...
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After years of fierce conflict, Dacian King Decebalus ultimately surrendered to the Roman Emperor Trajan. This marked the end of the Dacian Wars, resulting in the anne...
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The Second Dacian War marks the renewed conflict between the Roman Empire and the Dacian Kingdom, led by King Decebalus. Roman Emperor Trajan launched a major military...
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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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Longinus is the name given in later Christian tradition to the Roman soldier said to have pierced the side of Jesus during the crucifixion with a spear, as described i...
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The census conducted under Publius Sulpicius Quirinius was ordered by the Roman Empire as part of administrative reorganization following the annexation of Judea as a ...
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1915–1918 — Consumption of artillery shells and other matériel massively exceeds prewar assumptions. Governments intervene increasingly in factories, labor, transport ...
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1914–1919 wartime role — Britain's navy protects imperial shipping routes, contains the German High Seas Fleet and implements the maritime blockade of the Central Powe...
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Untitled1914–1918 — Industrial warfare requires food, coal, metals, chemicals, credit and shipping on unprecedented scales. Britain attempts to deny overseas resources...
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1171–1193 CE in Egypt and the wider region — Saladin ends Fatimid rule and establishes the Ayyubid dynasty. He restores Sunni political dominance in Egypt and uses Egy...
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c. 1650–1550 BCE — A dynasty of rulers of largely western Asian origin controls much of northern Egypt from Avaris in the Nile Delta. Egyptian sources later portray th...
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c. 2686–2181 BCE — The Old Kingdom becomes the classic age of pyramid construction and highly centralized kingship. The royal court controls extensive agricultural res...
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c. 6000–4400 BCE — Communities along the Nile increasingly depend on farming, fishing, animal husbandry and seasonal river resources. The Nile creates a narrow fertile...
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23 August 1942 — German forces begin the major assault phase against Stalingrad after intensive Luftwaffe bombing. The city's industrial and symbolic importance combin...
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23 August 1942 — German forces begin the major assault phase against Stalingrad while the wider German campaign pushes toward oil resources in the Caucasus. Fighting i...
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3 September 1939 — Britain and France declare war on Germany after Hitler refuses demands to withdraw from Poland. Governments that spent much of the 1930s attempting ...
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4 August 1914 — Britain declares war on Germany after German forces invade neutral Belgium and Berlin fails to meet the British demand for Belgian neutrality to be res...
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10 July 1940 — Britain's defense during the Battle of Britain relies on more than fighter aircraft alone. Chain Home radar stations, ground observers, telephone commun...
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28 May 1940 — During the military crisis in France, Britain's War Cabinet continues debating whether Italian mediation might open negotiations with Germany. Winston Ch...
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28 June 1942 — Germany launches its major summer offensive toward southern Russia and the Caucasus. Hitler seeks the oil resources of the Caucasus and control of the V...
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18 October 1936 — Hermann Göring receives sweeping authority over the Four Year Plan. The program aims to increase German self-sufficiency, expand synthetic fuel and r...
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7 July 1937 — Fighting near the Marco Polo Bridge escalates into a major war between Japan and China. Japanese forces capture major cities including Shanghai and Nanji...
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18 February 1943 — Joseph Goebbels delivers his Sportpalast speech after Stalingrad, calling for even greater mobilization of German society. The speech reflects growi...
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7 December 1941 — Japanese carrier aircraft strike the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii. Japan seeks to cripple American naval power long enough to seize t...
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8 December 1941 — Almost simultaneously with Pearl Harbor, Japanese forces attack British, American and Dutch positions across East and Southeast Asia. Operations targ...
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22 June 1941 — Germany and its allies invade the Soviet Union along an enormous front. Hitler seeks not only military victory but ideological destruction of Soviet com...
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22 June 1941 — Germany and its allies invade the Soviet Union along a vast front from the Baltic to the Black Sea. Hitler expects the Soviet state to collapse after a ...
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30 June 1941 — The State Defense Committee is created as the highest wartime authority coordinating Soviet military, industrial and economic mobilization. Chaired by S...
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3 July 1941 — Stalin publicly calls for denial of useful resources to the advancing enemy. Infrastructure, crops and industrial assets may be evacuated or destroyed wh...
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26 July 1941 — Following Japan's movement into southern French Indochina, the United States freezes Japanese assets. British and Dutch measures follow, and Japanese ac...
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