Claudius was the roman emperor from 41 to 54 B.C. His Full Name was Tiberius Claudius. He had died October 13 54 A.D. Claudius was murdered by his wife. Claudius was the first roman emperor to be born outside of Italy. He had a disability.
When Gustavus was killed at Lutzen in 1632, Oxenstierna assumed supreme command of Sweden’s forces in the Thirty Years War. The imperial army defeated the Swedes at the battle of Nordlingen. Overall the Peace of Westphalia officially ended the war in Germany in 1648 after 5 years of protracted negotiations. The Day of Gustav Adolph is observed each year on November 6 in Sweden. On this day a special pastry, with a chocolate medallion of the king, is sold.
Nero established Armenia as a buffer state against Parthia (Iran), but only after a costly war. There were revolts - in Britain (60 AD - 61 AD), led by Boudicca, and Judea (66 AD - 70 AD). In 65 AD, Gaius Calpurnius Piso led a conspiracy against the emperor and in the purge that followed, a number of prominent Romans were executed, including Seneca and his nephew, the epic poet Lucan. In 65 AD, Nero is believed to have kicked his wife Poppaea to death. His next wife was Statilia Messalina, whose first husband Nero had executed.
Chapter 9 ID Sigs Byzantine Empire- c. 330 – 1204 Greek-speaking continuation of the Roman Empire during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. Its capital city was Constantinople existed for nearly 1,125 years, and it’s one of the greatest empires of all time. Hagia Sophia- is a former Greek Orthodox patriarchal church Icons- religious work of art, most commonly a painting, from Eastern Christianity , the icon is generally a flat panel painting depicting a holy being or object such as Jesus, Mary, saints, angels, or the cross Rurik- c. 830 – c. 879 was a Varangian chieftain who gained control of Ladoga in 862, built the Holmgard settlement near Novgorod, and founded the Rurik Dynasty, which ruled Kievan Rus until the 17th century.
Kentucky Capitol Building In 1792, when Kentucky became a state there was a debate as to where the capitol of the state would be. After much debate between Louisville, Lexington, or Frankfort; Frankfort was ultimately decided on to be the capitol of the new state. The first capitol building was constructed in 1793-1794 on the Public Square in downtown Frankfort. This building was completely destroyed by fire in 1813, so a new building was a necessity. The second capitol building was constructed in the years following the fire that burnt down the first building on the same site.
Pilgrims were religious people who travel to make sacred, to holy places in Jerusalem. In 1065, the Turks captured the city of Jerusalem. About three thousand Christians were killed and others were mistreated which led to the crusade for the resurrection of the holy crusade. The deaths and treatment of these Christians motivated the storm throughout in Europe, resulting in the desire to save the holy land and Jerusalem from the “infidel.” Religious, Christian wants to visit the holy land for the remembrance of the sacrifice our Lord, Jesus Christ made as the Lamb of God. Not only people with religious conviction had the courage to resurrect
[6] Boston is also the anchor of a substantially larger metropolitan area called Greater Boston, home to 4.5 million people and the tenth-largest metropolitan area in the country. [8] Greater Boston as a commuting region[13] is home to 7.6 million people, making it the fifth-largest Combined Statistical Area in the United States. [9][14] In 1630, Puritan colonists from England founded the city on the Shawmut Peninsula. [15] During the late 18th century, Boston was the location of several major events during the American Revolution, including the Boston Massacre and the Boston Tea Party. Several early battles of the American Revolution, such as the Battle of Bunker Hill and the Siege of Boston, occurred within the city and surrounding areas.
Its origins are said to be founded by “the twins, Romulus and Remus, after growing up from the wolf mother in” ( Dr. Kaz, notes, 3/21/2012) However, Romulus kills his brother Remus and finds Rome on 7 hills overlooking the Tiber River. The first Roman villages evolved from different goups around them from Latin villages to the Etruscans, and then the Tarquinii dynasty. However, it is the Etruscans who constructed the first roads and drained the area that would become early Rome. Rome ended the rule of the Etruscans rule to myth by “the rape of Lucretia; however, it is most likely it ended by a revolt from Roman nobles who had lost power by the Etruscans.” ( Dr. Kaz, notes, 3/21/2012) This was the first of many territories that the Roman Empire would conquer. The Roman Empire had two groups of people: the patricians and the plebeians.
In 55, Romans conquer England and made it part of Roman Empire until A.D. 442. Cleopatra became the last independent Egyptian ruler of the ancient world in 51. In 46, Julius Caesar became dictator for life, and was assassinated two years later. Herod the Great made king of Judea by the Romans in 37. In 30, Cleopatra and her lover, Marc Anthony, both died of suicide.
Ottoman Turks | 7. The people who finally brought down the Byzantine Empire in 1453. | 8. Hagia Sophia | 8. Great church built by Justinian, an achievement in architecture and engineering that nobody had been able to do before, one of the wonders of the Christian World.