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Great Roman Civil War 49–45 BC

The civil war in ancient Rome lasted from 49 to 45 BC and was one of the last major internal conflicts in the Roman...

The Rule of Cleopatra VII Philopator

Cleopatra VII 69-30 BC is the last queen of Hellenistic Egypt from the Macedonian Ptolemaic dynasty. She was glorified by the dramatic love story...

History of The Bosporan Kingdom (438 BC – 370 AD)

The Bosporan kingdom is an ancient state in the Northern Black Sea coast on the Kerch Strait. The Kindom was formed about 480 BC...

Theodoric I King of the Visigoths (418-451)

Theodoric I, was King of the Visigoths from 418 to 451. Theodoric I was the son or, more likely, the son-in-law, of Alaric I....

East Germanic Tribe – The Gepids

The Gepids was an ancient Germanic tribe, akin to the Goths. According to the Geography of Ptolemy, Gepids lived among the Baltic tribes, on...

The Sicilian Expedition (415-413 BC)

The Sicilian expedition was a military campaign during the Peloponnesian War, during which the Athenian fleet attempted in 415-413 BC to capture Syracuse. In...

The Vandal Sack of Rome (455)

Taking advantage of a coup in Rome, which resulted in the death of Emperor Valentinian III, the King of Vandals, Genseric, left Carthage with...

Pyrrhic War (280–275 BC)

The Pyrrhic War (280-275 BC) was a series of military conflicts involving the Greek states (Epirus, Macedonia and the city-states of Great Greece in...

The Life and Rule of Pericles

Pericles, 494 -429 BC, was an Athenian statesman, one of the founding fathers of Athenian democracy, a famous orator, and military commander. Pericles was...

The Great Migration Period

The great migration is a conditional name for the ethnic change in Europe in the 4th-7th century, mainly from the periphery of the Roman...

Mercenary War (240-238 BC) – Roman Annexation of Sardinia and Corsica

The Mercenary War, or the Libyan War, was fought in Carthage between 240-238 BC and represents the struggle of the Carthaginian authorities with their...

Majorian (457 – 461) – Final Try to Restore the Western Roman Empire

Flavius Julius Valerius Majorian was the Roman Emperor from 457 to 461. He became Emperor after he overthrew the Emperor Avitus. Majorian tried to...

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