Introduction Tiberius Claudius Nero Germanicus (b. 10 BC‚ d. 54 A.D.; emperor‚ 41-54 A.D.) was the third emperor of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. His reign represents a turning point in the history of the Principate for a number of reasons‚ not the least for the manner of his accession and the implications it carried for the nature of the office. During his reign he promoted administrators who did not belong to the senatorial or equestrian classes‚ and was later vilified by authors who did. He followed
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Serbia’s strategic location between two continents has subjected it to invasions by many peoples. Belgrade is believed to have been leveled to the ground by 30 different armies in recorded history. Apart from being under nominal Serbian rule since the 7th century (having been allowed to settle in Byzantium by its emperor Heraclius)‚ through history various parts of the territory of contemporary Serbia have been claimed or ruled by the Roman Empire (conquered the indigenous Celts and Illyrians); the
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Napoleon Bonaparte Napoleon Bonaparte was born in 1769 in Corsica about a year and a half after its attachment to France. He came from a noble family. His father‚ a solicitor by profession‚ was against the French occupation of Corsica. Since at age of nine Napoleon was enrolled in college in France‚ where was instructed and was educated under the French system‚ however‚ that did not change in his Corsican temperament. Five years taught at the military college in Brien‚ then a year at the
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1. Introduction In the 20th century ‚there were two great wars broke out ‚which are very important to the world ‚the First World War and the Second World War .The reason that they are so important is that ‚both of them had brought some great influences to the world afterward .The most obvious influence is that ‚without First World War ‚there won’t be Second World War .I am talking that the Second World War is the continue of the First World War .However ‚the largest difference between the two great
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ST. AMBROSE OF MILAN St. Ambrose of Milan’s life (Sant Ambroggio de Milano in Italian) is a particularly fascinating story. St. Ambrose was born around 339 in what is now France‚ the son of the Roman prefect of Gaul. Following his his father’s footsteps‚ Ambrose embarked upon a career in law and politics and by 370 AD‚ hehad become the Imperial governor of Northern Italy. When the episcopal see of Milan became vacant in 374‚ the people demanded that Saint Ambrose be made their bishop. The neighboring
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Bayezid I- (r.1389-1402) Ottoman ruler who started to besiege Constantinople in 1395. The Europeans saw him as a new threat to Christendom‚ and Hungary’s king led English‚ French‚ German‚ and Balkan knights in a crusade against the Turks. He defeated them at Nicopolis‚ and moved their capital from Bursa to France. If Bayezid had not defeated the Christians‚ the Ottoman Empire might not have taken Constantinople. The armies of Timur defeated him near Ankara in 1402 where he was taken prisoner and
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covers an area of 20‚273 sq km or 7‚827 sq miles. The Slovene lands were originally part of the Austro-Slovene Empire until it was dissolved at the end of World War I. Due to the threat posed by who occupied Istria‚ Primorska‚ and some parts of Dalmatia and pressuring from the Serbs‚ the Slovenes‚ along with the Serbs and the Croats then became a member of the new multi-national state which in 1929 was named Yugoslavia. The Slovenians‚ who were unhappy with how the majority Serbs were utilising
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Alessandro Nobile Dallam School History Extended essay A possible misunderstanding or exaggerated judgement of Fascist Italy To what extent was anti-Semitism part of the original ideals of Mussolini and Fascism? Abstract (300 words) In Italy and other territories under Italian control not one Jew died at the hands of the fascist state or was deported to death or labour camps until 1943‚ when Allied occupation of the south of Italy occurred (THE AMERICAN COUNCIL FOR JUDAISM‚ 2003). In September
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best way to get out of debt and make a name for himself. Caesar making the first [1]Triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey gained the power of the election and became consul for the year 59 B.C. During this year he was made‚ “Governor of Illyricum‚ or Dalmatia‚ and of Gaul‚ that is to say of Gallia Cisalpina” (Pg. 40)‚ this land is really known as a Province that Caesar acquired. Caesar having acquired these lands‚ but not officially having control‚ sought to conquer the inhabitants. Caesar is described
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TOPIC 1: PEACE MAKING 1.1 Wilson and the fourteen points The United States: * Woodrow Wilson gave a speech to Congress in January 1918 in which he presented his aims for a peace settlement. These aims became known as Wilson’s 14 points. * The aims were idealistic. Wilson wanted to create world peace by eliminating what he thought had caused the war. * Freedom of navigation * Democracy and national self-determination * Free trade * Stop treaties that were being
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