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Dromedaries and Camels - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. Few animals are more useful to mankind than the camel. They have an unrivaled capacity to endure long periods without water (up to four or five days), and can carry very heavy loads. They also produce milk, wool, and meat; they can be used to plow. Their dung is not only used as fertilizer, but also to make fire. In this article, the camels and dromedaries of Antiquity will be discussed. A dromedary and its child, two hours old. Has short limbs. It used to live in Bactria.
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Legio X Gemina - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. One of the Roman legions. Its name means "the twin legion". Legions, the Tenth was among the oldest units of the imperial Roman army. They were with Julius Caesar. When he invaded Gaul in 58 BCE and the Roman commander mentions the Tenth Legion in his accounts of an encounter with the Germanic leader Ariovistus (where Caesar states that he always trusted this unit completely). The soldiers of the Tenth are also mentioned in the battle against the Nervians. On 15 March 44, Cae...
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Legio XXII Primigenia - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. One of the Roman legions. The surname. Is one of the titles of the goddess Fortuna. This legion (and its twin XV Primigenia. Was founded by the emperor Caligula. In 39, who needed extra forces for his campaigns in Germania. The numbers are perhaps a bit odd. Why fifteen and twenty-two? A possible explanation is that XV Primigenia was to support the Fourteenth legion Gemina. In Germania Superior, and that XXII Primigenia was to support XXI Rapax. Suetonius, Life of Caligula.
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Germania Inferior - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. Germania Inferior" was the name of a province of the Roman Empire, more or less identical with the southern part of the Netherlands and a piece of western Germany. In this category, you will also find articles about the land across the Rhine and the adjacent provinces: Germania Superior and Gallia Belgica. This category contains 149. Aardenburg, Archeologisch museum. Albaniana (Alphen aan den Rijn). Alphen aan den Rijn, Archeon. Arlon, Institut Archéologique du Luxembourg.
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Byzantium - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. This category contains 385. Amman, Jordan Museum. Apollonia, east basilica. Arrian's Anabasis (Photius' Excerpt). Arrian's Bithynica (Photius' Excerpt). Athens, Byzantine and Christian Museum. Bodrum, Museum of Underwater Archaeology. Bogomilism along the Via Egnatia. Budapest, Hungarian National Museum. Constantinople, Aqueduct of Valens. Constantinople, Augusteôn Square. Constantinople, Basilica Cistern. Constantinople, Church of Divine Peace. Constantinople, Golden Gate.
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Nabonidus - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. Last king of Babylonia. 556: Becomes king after a coup d'état by his son Belshazzar, who dethrones Nerigilissar. And/or his son Labaši-Marduk. 555: Campaign to Cilicia. Religious reforms: the Mesopotamian. Triad Sin, Šamaš, and Ištar (Moon, Sun, and Venus) is propagated; conflict with the Babylonian religious establishment. 553: Another campaign to Cilicia and Edom. 549: Nabonidus is in Têma. 547: Nabonidus is in Têma; death of his mother; Cyrus. 546: Nabonidus is in Têma.
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Legio II Parthica - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. One of the Roman legions. Its name indicates that it was recruited to fight against the Parthians. But it usually was Rome's strategical reserve, stationed in Italy. This army unit and its sisters I Parthica. Were founded in 197 by the emperor Lucius Septimius Severus. Who used them in his war against the Parthian empire. According to the Roman historian Cassius Dio. Cassius Dio, Roman History. A remarkable aspect is that they usually mention their centuria. Was the superior ...
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Gheriat el-Garbia - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. Roman fort in Libya, part of the Limes Tripolitanus. If desert people (e.g., the Garamantes. Wanted to attack the Roman Empire, they had to travel through the arid desert and needed water. By fortifying the oases, the Romans effecively shut them out from their own world. Like Fort Gholaia. Bu Njem) and Gadames, construction of the fort at Gheriat el-Garbia was ordered in about 201 CE by the emperor Septimius Severus. Whose family was from Lepcis Magna. The fort controled an o...
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Roman Republic - Livius
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Articles on ancient history. This category contains 343. Allia (387 or 386 BCE). Appian, Caesar and Alexander. Appian, Caesar's Funeral. Appian, Caesar's Triumph. Appian, Gallic War 1. Appian, Gallic War 2. Appian, Gallic War 3. Appian, Gallic War 4. Appian, Preface 1. Appian, Preface 2. Appian, Preface 3. Appian, Samnite Wars 1. Appian, Samnite Wars 2. Appian, Samnite Wars 3. Appian, The Illyrian Wars. Appian, The Illyrian Wars 1. Appian, The Illyrian Wars 2. Appian, The Illyrian Wars 3. Appian, The Mit...
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