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- Boudicca (6973 bytes)
1: ...y two historians, [[Tacitus]] (in his ''[[Annals (Tacitus)|Annals]]'' and ''[[Agricola (book)|Agricola]]'')...
7: ...the [[Roman emperor]] co-heir, along with his two daughters, to his kingdom.
9: ...unger]], chose this point to call in their loans. Tacitus does not mention this, but does single out [[proc...
11: ...esieging the last defenders in the temple for two days before it fell. The future governor [[Quintus P...
15: ... only four hundred Romans. Boudicca, according to Tacitus, poisoned herself; Dio Cassius says she fell sick... - Isis (20790 bytes)
7: ...nt throughout her worship. First mentions of Isis date back to the [[Fifth dynasty of Egypt|5th dynast...
54: ...ad]] of [[Heliopolis (ancient)|Heliopolis]], as a daughter of [[Nut (goddess)|Nut]] and [[Geb]], and s...
63: ...ide'' contains the most extensive account known today, a myth so significant that everything else pale...
65: ...th of [[Osiris]]' posthumous son, [[Horus]]. Many dangers faced Horus after birth, and Isis fled with ...
81: [[Tacitus]] writes that after [[Julius Caesar]]'s assassina... - Pytheas (6447 bytes)
1: ...er]] from the [[Phocaean]] colony [[Massilia]] (today Marseille). He made a voyage of exploration to n...
12: Pytheas visited an island six days sailing north of Britain, called [[Thule (myth)...
14: ...e night in Thule was only two to three hours. One day further north the congealed sea began, he claime...
31: ...eco-Roman Conception of the North from Pytheas to Tacitus (in Arctic, vol. 37, no. 4, Dec. 1984, p. 341-346... - Pompeii (10901 bytes)
13: In [[62]], a violent [[earthquake]] severely damaged Pompeii and many other towns of Campania. In...
18: ... the sun on a mild afternoon. Coincidentally, the date was that of the [[Vulcanalia]], the festival of...
20: ...e phenomenon occurring over Mt. Vesuvius: a large dark cloud shaped rather like a pine tree emanating ...
22: ...ud" that Pliny the Younger wrote about is known today as a [[pyroclastic flow]], which is a cloud of s...
26: ... the eruption and the daylight hours were left in darkness. His uncle [[Pliny the Elder]] had already ... - Leonardo Bruni (2706 bytes)
10: ...ists who believed they had reached the end of the Dark Age and were entering a modern period, and thus...
14: ...stotle]]. His use of [[Tacitus]]'s ''[[Histories (Tacitus)|Histories]]'' to buttress his republican theses ... - Timeline of Ancient Rome (22347 bytes)
1: ...nts concerning Ancient Rome''', from the city foundation until the last attempt of the [[Byzantine Emp...
4: * [[753 BC]] – Traditional date for the [[founding of Rome]] by [[Romulus and R...
15: ...gn of [[Servius Tullius]]: defined the sacred boundary of Rome - the ''[[pomerium]]''
82: ...f Roman laws|Senatus consultum de re publica defenda]]'' to deal with the threat of violence started b...
92: ...– [[First Mithridatic War]] against [[Mithridates VI of Pontus]] - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
9: ...of imperial majesty were common from the earliest days of the Empire.
42: Secondary sources on the Augustan Age include [[Tacitus]], [[Dio Cassius]], [[Plutarch]] and [[Suetonius]...
46: ...lia, either through [[Julia Caesaris]], Augustus' daughter from his first marriage ([[Caligula]] and [...
52: ...utions with relish. Sejanus also began to consolidate his own power; in AD [[31]] he was named co-con...
66: ...tain|Britain]], [[Armenia]], [[Parthia]], and [[Judaea]]. Nero's inability to manage the rebellions an... - Titus (3154 bytes)
3: ...ius]] Vespasianus''' ([[December 30]], CE [[39]]–[[September 13]], [[81]]) ruled the [[Roman Emp...
5: ...Tertulla, who died, and then Marcia Furnilla (one daughter, [[Julia Flavia]]), whom he was forced to d...
13: ... contemporary historian [[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus|Tacitus]]. Had Titus lived long enough, he may have suff...
18: ...before=[[Vespasian]]|after=[[Domitian]]|years=79–81}} - Nero (23127 bytes)
4: ...ius Domitius Ahenobarbus''', also called ([[50]]–[[54]] AD) '''Nero Claudius Drusus Germanicus''...
8: ... works were mainly written by [[Suetonius]] and [[Tacitus]], both of whom were of senatorial rank. Their d...
14: Born in [[Antium]] (modern day [[Anzio]]), he was the only son of [[Gnaeus Domi...
16: ... to [[Mark Antony]] and [[Octavia]] through their daughter [[Antonia Major]].
18: ...gustus]] and his wife [[Scribonia]] through their daughter [[Julia Caesaris]] and her husband [[Marcus... - Germanic tribes (16394 bytes)
14: ...f southern Scandinavia (2-3 degrees warmer than today) deteriorated considerably, which not only drama...
18: ... of the [[Celts]] inhabiting the more southerly [[Danube]] and Alpine regions during the same period.
24: ...ius Cornelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of the ''[[Germania (book)|Germania]]''...
25: ...ome]] advanced her borders to the [[Rhine]] and [[Danube]], incorporating many [[Celtic]] societies in...
27: ...efinition of the "Germania magna": from Rhine and Danube in the West and South to the Vistula and the ... - Sweden (27111 bytes)
3: ...extended to a [[Great Power]] of twice its size – subsequently lost within a century. Since [[18...
5: ...] in the early [[20th century]]. The country is today defined by liberal tendencies and a strong natio...
26: ...vereignty_type = [[Consolidation of Sweden|Consolidation]] |
28: established_dates = [[10th century|10th]] - [[13th century|13th]...
63: ...following the recession of the last [[ice age]] – the [[Weichsel glaciation]]. The region develo... - Demographics of Estonia (4738 bytes)
1: ...]]. The Roman historian [[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus|Tacitus]] in [[98]] A.D. was the first to mention the "Ae...
3: ...onians have strong ties to the Nordic countries today stemming from strong cultural and religious infl...
5: ...ial language of the country. One-third of the standard vocabulary is derived from adding suffixes to r...
11: ...on in Harju county, and 70% of the population in Ida-Viru county.
64: ...ial heathen traditions are held in high regard. Today, about 32 % of the population are members of a c... - History of Slovakia (43199 bytes)
5: ...ological artifacts from Slovakia have been carbon dated to 270,000 BCE, the Early Paleolithic Era, and...
7: ...and other nearby sites. Artifacts were discovered dating to the Paleolithic Stage, including the famou...
9: ...made of shells from Cypraca thermophile [[Gastropoda|gastropods]] of the Tertiary Period have been dis...
15: ...Neolithic Era, the geographic location of present-day Slovakia was dense trade network for goods such ...
19: ...lture of the Carpathians and that of the middle [[Danube]]. During the later Neolithic Age, a consider... - Charlemagne (11466 bytes)
2: '''Charlemagne''' (c. [[742]] or [[747]] – [[January 28]], [[814]]) was king of the [[Fra...
4: == Date of birth ==
5: ...at present, it is impossible to be certain of the date of the birth of Charlemagne. The best guesses i...
8: ...8]]) and his wife [[Bertrada of Laon]] ([[720]] – [[July 12]], [[783]]); he was the brother of t...
10: ... News of the Death of his Father and the Great Feudalists offer him the Crown.--Costumes of the Court ... - History of Germany (53864 bytes)
5: ...dolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
12: ...rnelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work abo...
15: ...g Forest]]. Germany as far as the Rhine and the [[Danube]] remained outside the [[Roman Empire]].
17: ...e Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube frontier.
32: ...ce-elector]]s of the Holy Roman Empire. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Paul Kn? (18... - Livia (5714 bytes)
6: ... Rolf Winkes, Livia, Octavia, Iulia- Porträ´³ und Darstellungen- (Archaeologia Transatlantica XIII) Lo...
8: ...diately in love with her and they got married the day after both their divorces were announced. Appare...
15: ... and Tiberius was nominated heir to the Empire. [[Tacitus]] charges that Livia was not altogether innocent ... - Germany in the Middle Ages (53864 bytes)
5: ...dolf Hitler]] referred to [[Nazi Germany]] (1933–1945) as the Third Reich.
12: ...rnelius Tacitus.jpg|thumb|150px|[[Gaius Cornelius Tacitus]], author of ''Germania'', a descriptive work abo...
15: ...g Forest]]. Germany as far as the Rhine and the [[Danube]] remained outside the [[Roman Empire]].
17: ...e Germans finally broke through the Limes and the Danube frontier.
32: ...ce-elector]]s of the Holy Roman Empire. From ''Bildatlas der Deutschen Geschichte'' by Dr Paul Kn? (18...
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