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2 days ago · Two years later, French forces invaded the remaining area of the Papal States, and in February 1798 General Louis-Alexandre Berthier declared a Roman Republic. Pope Pius VI fled from Rome to Siena and died in exile in Valence in 1799.
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4 days ago · The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Last Updated: May 18, 2024 • Article History. Extent of the Roman Empire in 117 ce. Date: 27 BCE - 476. Major Events: Battle of Milvian Bridge. Battle of the Teutoburg Forest. Classical antiquity. Battle of Mursa. Antonines. (Show more) Key People: Augustus. Constantine I. Tiberius. Hadrian. Diocletian.
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2 days ago · Rome was annexed by Napoleon and was part of the First French Empire from 1798 to 1814. Modern history, the period from the 19th century to the present. Rome came under siege again after the Allied invasion of Italy and was bombed several times. It was declared an open city on 14 August 1943.
1 day ago · 1st century AD: The first use of respiratory protective equipment is documented by Pliny the Elder (c. 23 AD –79) using animal bladder skins to protect workers in Roman mines from red lead oxide dust. 1st century AD: Vending machines invented by Hero of Alexandria. By the 1st century AD: The double-entry bookkeeping system in the Roman Empire.
1 day ago · Former President Donald Trump 's official Truth Social account posted a campaign video Monday that included a reference to a "unified Reich" if he returns to the presidency, drawing immediate ...
3 days ago · Jackson's framework is the past two centuries; more precisely, the period between the United Irish Rising of 1798 and the hopeful period of 1998. These two hundred years appear, Jackson says, 'to represent a discrete phase within Irish political history.'
2 days ago · U.S. Marines landing on Guadalcanal, August 1942. The Marine Corps was founded on November 10, 1775, when the Continental Congress ordered that two battalions of Marines be raised for service as landing forces with the fleet. Marines have participated in all wars of the United States, being in most instances first, or among the first, to fight.
