He thought that the veteran mercenaries were a potential threat, so he had them go to the city of Messana to attack the Campanians. While they advanced he had the rest of the army withdraw while they were slaughtered. He led the army to defeat the enemy in the plain of Mylae, capturing their leaders and ending the aggressive behavior of the Mamertines. Hiero went back to Syracruse and was seen by the allies as king. Mamertimes were defeated on their territory, so they appealed to Rome and to the Carthaginians.
While Licinius attacked Maximin, Constantine moved into Italy against Maxentius. The rivals for Italy met at the Milvian or Mulvian Bridge over the Tiber near Rome. Before the battle Constantine, who was already sympathetic toward Christianity, is said by Eusebius of Caesarea to have seen in the sky a flaming cross inscribed with the words, “In this sign thou shalt conquer.” He
When And Why Did The Second World War Turn Against Hitler And His Allies? In September 1939 the world descended into the most violent conflict in its history. This was as a result of many years of poverty stress and anger at other countries (from Germany). Hitler took this downfall of the country to become the prime minister, as he often said that if he became the leader of Germany he would sort the country of all its problems. Hitler then took away the “Power of the People” by replacing parliament with a self proclaimed dictatorship, which most Germans welcomed.
The Causes of the First Great War World War I, which was predominantly called the “World War” or the “Great War” from its beginning until 1939, was a major war centered in Europe that began on July 28, 1914 and ended November 11, 1918. It was the first war that involved all of the world’s strongest powers. More than nine million combatants were killed, largely due to the technological advances in firepower without corresponding advances in mobility and tactics. It was the sixth deadliest conflict in world history, thus paving the way for various political changes and in politics, both international and national. The long-term causes of the war included the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the imperialistic foreign policy of European Countries, and the several alliances formed over previous decades of conflict.
Typically, when one thinks of Great War, they think of extensive fighting in Europe but in reality the Great War had numerous battles in the colonized states where there were clashes between Triple Alliance and the Allies. Particularly, in Africa and in Ottoman empire where the clashes would lead to hundreds and thousands of fatal deaths and injuries. The Great War brought devastation and thousands of losses to both Ottomans and the Africans and caused a severe decline in economies but the Great War brought an end to Ottoman empire however Africa would still remain colonized. Furthermore, Since thousands of lives were constantly being lost so their was shortage of men so Great Britain and France brought soldiers from their colonies in Africa to fight for them in Europe. In addition, the war caused severe damage to economy since their were less men to work for in the fields and more Raw material was needed for the War.
Last but not least he was shot in the leg, sentenced to death, escaped twice from prison, led a successful one-day revolution, and became the leader of his country mostly while still in college. He is none other than Saddam Hussein, President of the Republic of Iraq, the one who killed his own people and started a war with the United States. These people were the most horrible people who ever to live on the face of the earth, because they had too much power in their grasp. Adolf Hitler is an Austrian-German born in April 20 1889. As a child they moved from one place to another because of the work of his father.
This led to chaos every time a leader died. All leaders became dictators, and almost all were killed by their guards. The Roman Empire had 26 leaders in the next 50 years. A leader had to pay his army well to keep them happy so that they would fend off invasions. This led to high taxes and inflation.
The Germans, for example, killed more than 100,000 Africans in their East African territories while the French closed universities and executed Indochinese intellectuals. However there was also competition in militarism; Britain had introduced the battleship, Dreadnought, resolving to build 8 like it every year. With that, both Germany and Britain struggled over mastery of the seas. Militarism is one of the most important causes because it gave countries reason and confidence to go to war. These events left Europe overwrought especially when militant nationalism began (e.g.
Mussolini demanded an apology and he also prepared his army. All the League did was to ban arms sales, which did Abyssinia more harm than Italy. A League commission offered Italy part of Abyssinia, but Italy invaded anyway. Far from stopping Italy, Britain and France tried to make a secret pact to give Abyssinia to Italy. That is what happened, but why it happened I will explain below.
Dying in battle against the Turks would result in absolution and the complete remission of sins. This absolution combined with the prospect of battle tantalised the young middle class knights of Europe. They met the Crusade with an enthusiastic response and joined in their thousands. Christian knights and soldiers were encouraged to leave their petty quarrels behind and to journey to the frontiers of Christendom to fight against the infidel.² In addition as a reward for their service they might take possession of the lands that they reconquered. Aside from providing assistance to the Byzantine empire, the crusade had another goal.