Longinus. The Roman soldier who speared Jesus.
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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Start of Red Eyebrows Rebellion
The Red Eyebrows rebellion began as a peasant uprising against the ruling Wang Mang regime. Originating in the Henan region, discontent over heavy taxation and natural...
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Development of Roman Legal Codification
Roman law saw significant advancements in codification through the efforts of distinguished jurists during the Republic and early Empire. These legal experts compiled ...
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Victors Convert Military Victory Into a Political Settlement
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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Black Hand Network
1911–1917 — Unification or Death, commonly called the Black Hand, is a secret Serbian nationalist organization containing influential military officers. Individuals as...
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Mamluk Egypt
1250–1517 CE — Military elites known as Mamluks seize political control and establish a powerful sultanate centered on Cairo. They defeat Mongol forces at Ain Jalut an...
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Third Intermediate Period
c. 1070–664 BCE — Political power is divided among several dynasties and regional centers. Libyan-descended ruling families establish dynasties in northern Egypt, whil...
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Battles Around Rzhev Intensify
8 January 1942 — Soviet offensives expand around the Rzhev-Vyazma salient west of Moscow. Fighting in the region becomes prolonged and extraordinarily costly. The sali...
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Forced Labor Becomes Central to German Armaments Production
2 February 1942 — Fritz Sauckel's later appointment as General Plenipotentiary for Labour Deployment in March formalizes a rapidly expanding coercive labor system, whi...
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Joseph Stalin
c. 1928–1953 — Stalin controls the Soviet political system during the entire war. His prewar purges severely damage parts of the officer corps, while his misjudgment o...
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Joseph Stalin
c. 1928–1953 — Stalin controls the Soviet political system during the entire war. His prewar purges severely damage parts of the officer corps, while his misjudgment o...
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Joseph Stalin
c. 1928–1953 — Stalin controls the Soviet political system during the entire war. His prewar purges severely damage parts of the officer corps, while his misjudgment o...
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Millions of Civilians Flee West
13 January 1945 — Soviet advances into East Prussia and Poland trigger enormous civilian flight. German authorities evacuate populations inconsistently and often too l...
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Paris Peace Conference Opens
18 January 1919 — The victorious Allied and Associated Powers gather in Paris to determine the postwar settlement. Woodrow Wilson, Georges Clemenceau, David Lloyd Geor...
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Soviet Deception Conceals Operation Bagration
1 June 1944 — In the weeks before Bagration, Soviet commanders employ extensive deception measures known broadly as maskirovka. Troop concentrations are concealed, fal...
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Soviet Leadership Reframes the Conflict as a Patriotic War
3 July 1941 — Stalin addresses the Soviet population and invokes defense of the motherland as well as socialist ideology. Soviet propaganda increasingly draws upon Rus...
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Soviets Construct Deep Defensive Belts at Kursk
1 May 1943 — Soviet engineers prepare extensive minefields, trenches, anti-tank positions and reserve lines around the Kursk salient. Intelligence about German intenti...
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Third Battle of Ypres Begins
31 July 1917 — British-led forces begin the offensive later associated with Passchendaele. Heavy artillery, persistent rain and destroyed drainage systems turn parts o...
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Untitled
Untitled5 November 1937 — During the Hossbach meeting, Hitler presents territorial expansion as necessary for Germany's strategic future. Austria and Czechoslovakia ar...
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Zimmermann Telegram Becomes Public
1 March 1917 — American newspapers publish the German proposal known as the Zimmermann Telegram. The message suggests a German-Mexican alliance if the United States en...
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