Tiberius Claudius Germanicus (10 BC-AD 54) was the fourth emperor of Rome. Deemed a weak emperor, he nevertheless extended the borders of the empire and reformed its administration.Born in Lugdunum (m...
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Erected by the Senate and People of Rome, because he accepted the surrender of eleven British kings, without incurring any Roman losses, and because he was the first to subject barbarian tribes across...
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Lisbon (dpa) - Spare a thought for Latvian Prime Minister Aigars
Kalvitis: as European Union leaders basked in mutual admiration in
Portugal after agreeing on a new EU rule-...
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Justice Anthony Kennedy faced a problem he never had in his day job at the Supreme Court.
The defendant has been dead for 400 years, ordinarily reason enough to dismiss criminal charges. But the s...
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A U.S. man jailed since last year on charges of bombing two Bolivian hotels attempted to stab his lawyer and was plotting attacks against other officials, prison authorities said Tuesday.Triston Ja...
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Background Info
Derek
Jacobi
was born in
London
on 22 October 1938. The son of a secretary and a department store manager, the young
Jacobi
had a flair for acting and was an active member of ...
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McManus Democratic Association has an internal election process in place that's so confusing even its members and officers can't fully understand it.
Below, in reponse to a distressed message abou...
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A stolen 15th century map dating to the dawn of modern printing, a decade before Christopher Columbus sailed to America, was returned to Spain on Monday.The map was discovered missing from Spain's ...
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Nov 30 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on December 7 in history: 1916 - Herbert Asquith resigned as British prime minister
and was replaced by David Lloyd Georg...
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Today is Saturday, Oct. 13, the 286th day of 2007. There are 79 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Oct. 13, 1792, the cornerstone of the executive mansion, later known as the Whi...
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In ancient times, chariot-racing was a favorite spectator sport along the Via Appia Antica, the old Appian Way.Today, watching joggers and bikers might be the 21st-century equivalent for visitors s...
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Wednesday 10th Perhaps it’s August that’s the cruelest month, breeding contempt out of asphalt and mixing sweat with low-grade irritation—because our fellow New Yorkers seem a b...
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Tiberius Claudius Germanicus
Claudius' Decision To Invade Britain Influenced by Events
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