The Huns were a group of Eurasian nomads who, appearing from beyond the Volga, migrated into Europe c. 370 and built up an enormous empire in Europe.
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Attila the Hun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views
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The death of Rugila (also known as Rua or Ruga) in 434 left his nephews Attila and Bleda (also known as Buda), the sons of his brother Mundzuk (Hungarian: Bendegúz, Turkish: Boncuk), in control over all the united Hun tribes.
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The barbarian nation of the Huns, which was in Thrace, became so great that more than a hundred cities were captured and Constantinople almost came into danger and most men fled from it. … And there were so many murders and blood-lettings that the dead could not be numbered. Ay, for they took captive the churches and monasteries and slew the monks and maidens in great numbers. (Callinicus, in his Life of Saint Hypatius)
Nero - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 21 views
Maxentius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 27 views
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Lucius Cornelius Sulla - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views
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Sulla was born into a branch of the patrician
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It seems certain that Sulla received a good educatio
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The Social War (91–88 BC) resulted from Rome's intransigence regarding the civil liberties of the Socii,
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Roman technology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 5 views
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Much of what is described as typically Roman technology, as opposed to that of the Greeks, comes directly from the Etruscan civilization, which was thriving to the North when Rome was just a small kingdom.
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Small scale innovation was common as devices were gradually made more efficient, such as the improvement of the overshot water wheel and the improvements in wagon construction. Technology could and did evolve.
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All technology uses energy to transform a material into a desirable object. The cheaper energy is, the wider the class of technologies that are considered economic. This is why technological history can be seen as a succession of ages defined by energy type i.e. human, animal, water, peat, coal, and oil.[
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Jesus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 20 views
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Jesus of Nazareth (c 4 BC/BCE – c 30 AD/CE)[1]—also known as Jesus Christ or occasionally Jesus the Christ—is the central figure of Christianity. Within most Christian denominations Jesus is venerated as the Son of God and as God incarnate. Christians also view him as the Messiah foretold in the Old Testament; however, Judaism rejects these claims.
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In Islam, Jesus
Pliny the Elder - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 12 views
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Pliny
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Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23 – August 25, 79), better known as Pliny the Elder,
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Antoninus Pius - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 13 views
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Antoninus was not a military man.
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On his accession, Antoninus' name became "Imperator Caesar Titus Aelius Hadrianus Antoninus Augustus Pontifex Maximus
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such as Edward Gibbon or the author of the article on Antoninus Pius in the ninth edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica:
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Seneca the Younger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 6 views
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Caligula began his first year as emperor in 38
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Nero,
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From 54 to 62, Seneca acted as Nero's advisor
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Spartacus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 10 views
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into Gaul
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The ancient sources agree on Spartacus's origins. Plutarch describes him as "a Thracian of Nomadic stock" and "more Hellenic than Thracian" when refering to his character.
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While the slave-to-Roman citizen ratio at that time was very high, a larger problem was that at the time of the uprising Pompey was fighting a revolt led by Quintus Sertorius in Hispania while at the same time the consul Lucullus had committed the rest of Rome's available legions to fighting Mithridates in the Third Mithridatic War.
Marcus Licinius Crassus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 4 views
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Marcus Licinius Crassus' next concern was to rebuild the fortunes of his family,
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Marcus Licinius Crassus was the third and youngest son of Publius Licinius Crassus Dives, a man who had himself been consul in 97 BC and censor 89 BC.
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Crassus won the Third Servile War, but his rival Pompey would steal his victory with a letter to the Senate claiming credit for ending the war.
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First Triumvirate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 10 views
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The First Triumvirate was the political alliance of Gaius Julius Caesar, Marcus Licinius Crassus, and Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus.
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The Triumvirate was kept secret until the Senate obstructed Caesar's proposed agrarian law establishing colonies of Roman citizens and distributing portions of the public lands (ager publicus)
Roman Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 3 views
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The Roman Republic was governed by a largely unwritten complex constitution
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