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Rome’s last true emperor

By the mid-5th century, the Western Roman Empire was collapsing. Africa was lost. Gaul was slipping away. Hispania was contested. Many believed Rome’s fate was sealed. Majorian did not. Determined to ...
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396 AD – The invasion that forced Rome to seal Greece

In the wake of Alaric’s devastating invasion of Greece in 396 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire made a fateful decision: seal off the Peloponnese behind a massive stone barrier. The Hexamilion Wall ...
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Archaeologists Unearthed a 2,200-Year-Old Bone. They Say It Could Be the First Direct Evidence of Hannibal’s Legendary War Elephants

The Carthaginian general famously used elephants during the Punic Wars. But until now, archaeologists had never found ...