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	List of battles 1400 BC-600 AD
		Battle of Himera[?] The Carthaginians under Hamilcar are defeated by the Greeks of Sicily, led by Gelon[?] of Syracuse.
		Battle of Herdonia[?] Hannibal destroys the Roman army of the praetor Gnaeus Fulvius.
		357 Battle of Strasbourg (357)[?] Julian expels the Alamanni from the Rhineland
	www.fastload.org /li/List_of_battles_1400_BC-600_AD.html (4497 words)

	Pollentia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The ancient town of Pollentia on the left bank of the Tanaro is known today as Pollenzo, a fraction of Bra in the Province of Cuneo, Piedmont.
		In antiquity Pollentia was in the territory of the Ligurian Statielli, Augusta Bagiennorum (modern Roncaglia in the Commune of Bene Vagienna) being 16km to the south.
		Its position on the road from Augusta Taurinorum (modern Turin) to the coast at Vada Sabatia (modern Vado Ligure, near Savona), at the point of divergence of a road to Hasta (modern Asti) gave it military importance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pollentia (282 words)

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		Pollentia was founded along with Palma, according to Strabo 3.5.1, by Q. Caecilius Metellus Balearicus following a campaign against Mediterranean pirates operating from the Balearic Islands of Mallorca and Menorca.
		Binimelis, proposed that the ancient city of Pollentia lay beneath the fields surrounding the chapel of Santa Ana south of Alcudia.
		The cause of this sharp decline is unclear.
	www.dartmouth.edu /~classics/PollentiaNet/PollentiaNet.html (4994 words)

	Timeline of British History
		The recalled legion, known as the Sixth Victrix, was said by Claudian (in "De Bello Gallico," 416) to be "that legion which is stretched before the remoter Britons, which curbs the Scot, and gazes on the tattoo-marks on the pale face of the dying Pict." The barbarians were defeated, this time, at battle of Pollentia.
		Battle of Aylesford (Kent) in which Ambrosius, along with sons of Vortigern, Vortimer and Cateyrn, defeat Hengest for the first time.
		Battle is bloody, but indecisive, and ends with both sides pledging friendship.
	www.britannia.com /history/time1b.html (1415 words)

	Battle of Pollentia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Pollentia was fought on 6 April 402 (Easter) between the Romans and the Visigoths.
		Stilicho reached the Visigoth army at Pollentia (modern Pollenzo, part of the commune of Bra), and attacked it on Easter, since the Visigoths, who were Arians, were busy celebrating the holiday.
		Stilicho offered to return the prisoners in exchange for the Visigoths returning to Illyricum; but upon arriving at Verona, Alaric stopped his retreat, and was defeated in the Battle of Verona.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Pollentia (218 words)

	The Battle of Pollentia, AD 402 (DBA Battle Scenario)
		His encampment was laid several miles to the south near Pollentia (modern Pollenzo), a Roman city on the west bank of the Tanarus near the junction of the road that links Asta with Augusta Taurinorum and the coastal town of Vada Sabatia.
		By rapid marches, Stilchio and his small vanguard was able to cut their way through the Visigothic encirclement at Asta, raising the spirits of the Emperor and bolstering the resistance of its defenders.
		The town of Pollentia and the river Tanarus did not seem to play a role in the battle and are not depicted on the battle map, but are presumed to be nearby.
	fanaticus.org /DBA/battles/pollentia.html (1398 words)

	The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire XXX (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The execution of the stratagem, or, as it was termed by the clergy, of the sacrilege, was intrusted to Saul, a barbarian and a Pagan, who had served, however, with distinguished reputation among the veteran generals of Theodosius.
		In the evening of the bloody day, the Goths retreated from the field of battle; the entrenchments of their camp were forced, and the scene of rapine and slaughter made some atonement for the calamities which they had inflicted on the subjects of the empire.
		The knowledge of their native country would have enabled them to oppose continual and insuperable obstacles to the progress of an invader; and the deficiency of the barbarians in arms as well as in discipline removed the only pretence which excuses the submission of a populous country to the inferior numbers of a veteran army.
	www.ccel.org /g/gibbon/decline/volume1/chap30.htm (11440 words)

	Tanknet > Sparta's Last Battle?
		When one refers to a greek phalanx, it is almost axiomatic that the hellenic hoplite phalanx with hoplon and spear that won the battle at Marathon and savaged the immortals at Thermopylae are identified as such Tony.
		I just said the hoplite battles themselves were strategically indecisive, in the sense of no one battle could win the war in the traditional fashion.
		Their best battle was against the 300,000 Persian army in Plateae were they fielded 7000 peers and 7 helots for each along with their allies and the 70,000 other Greeks.
	www.tank-net.org /forums/lofiversion/index.php/t15156.html (6356 words)

	Roman Emperors - DIR Alphabetic Emperor Index
		If there was a series of battles in a specific location, click on that year in which you are interested.
		Battle of Abrittus, A.D. Battle of Adrianople, A.D. Battle of Actium, B.C. Battle of Ad Decimum, A.D. Battle of Akroinon, A.D. Siege of Alexandria, A.D. Siege of Amida, A.D. Battle of Anchialos, A.D. Battle of Angora, AD 1402
		Sieges of Ctesiphon, A.D. Battle of Dara, A.D. Battle of Edessa, A.D. Battle of Frigidus River, A.D. Battle of Issus, A.D. Siege of Jerusalem, A.D. Battle of Kossovo, AD 1389,1448.
	www.roman-emperors.org /battles.htm (205 words)

	History of Britain: 5th Century AD
		Battle of Wippedesfleot, in which Saxons defeat Britons, but with great slaughter on both sides.
		Battle of Wallop (Hampshire) where Ambrosius defeats Vitalinus, head of the opposing faction.
		Aelle and his sons overreach their normal territory and are engaged by Britons at battle of Mercredesburne.
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		Years of marches and countermarches, of battle and foray, at the head of his Ostrogothic warriors, may well have effaced much of the knowledge thus acquired.
		But this was a most improbable theory, for it was difficult to understand how a boy of sixteen (and that was the age of Boethius in 496) should have attained such eminence as a musical connoisseur as to be entrusted with the task of selecting the citharoedus.
		The battles between the Scythians and the Egyptians, the story of the Amazons, Telephus son of Hercules and nephew of Priam, the defeat of Cyrus by Tomyris, and the unsuccessful expedition of Darius--all were connected with Gothic history by means of that easily stretched word, Scythia.
	www.ibiblio.org /pub/docs/books/gutenberg/1/8/5/9/18590/18590-8.txt (12310 words)

	Outlines of Roman History, Chapter 29
		But they were defeated by Stilicho in the battle of Pollentia (A.D. 403), and forced to return again into Illyricum.
		Under their great chieftain, Attila, who has been called “the Scourge of God,” they invaded Gaul, and devastated the provinces; they laid siege to the city of Orleans, but were finally defeated by the Roman general Aëtius, with the aid of the Visigoths.
		The battle was fought near Châlons (A.D. 451), and has been called one of the great decisive battles of the world, because it relieved Europe from the danger of Tartar domination.
	www.forumromanum.org /history/morey29.html (1342 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 89 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The first (400-403), apparently unprovoked, brought him only to Ravenna, and, after a bloody defeat at Pollentia, in which his wife and treasures were taken, and a masterly retreat to Verona (Oros.
		So also his scruples against fighting on Easter-day when attacked at Pollentia, and his reverence for the churches during the sack of the city (Oros.
		Hispalensis, Chronicon Got-torum.) The invasions of Italy are involved in great confusion by these writers, especially by Jornandes, who blends the battle of Pollentia in 403 with the massacre of the Goths in 408.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0098.html (961 words)

	Site Map (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		378 Aug 9, In the Battle of Adrianople the Visigoth Calvary defeated Roman Army.
		711 Jul 19, The Muslim troops crossed the Strait of Gibraltar and defeated the Visigoth king Rodrigo at the battle of Guadalete.
		The Umayyads with the help of the Berbers in North Africa moved across the Strait of Gibraltar and began the conquest of Spain and Portugal.
	timelines.ws /countries/VISIGOTHS.HTML (248 words)

	History of the World Part 3 401 to 500 CE
		Romans, under Flavius Stilicho (a Vandal), repel Visigoth invasion of Italy led by Alaric I, at the Battle of Pollentia.
		Attila retires to the plain of Moirey, where he is defeated at Maurica, the Battle of Chalon.
		Arthur appears to have defeated the Anglo-Saxons at the Battle of Badon, or Mount Badon.
	webpages.charter.net /astroweaver/history/401to500.html (814 words)

	April 6
		* 402 - Stilicho stymies the Visigoths under Alaric in the Battle of Pollentia
		* 1862 - American Civil War: Battle of Shiloh begins - In Tennessee, forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant meet Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh.
		* 1865 - American Civil War: Battle of Sayler's Creek - Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia fights its last major battle while in retreat from Richmond, Virginia.
	www.wapipedia.org /wikipedia/topic.aspx?cur_title=April_6 (809 words)

	Alaric Trashes Rome -- 410 AD
		Valens was wounded in the battle and took refuge in a tower on a nearby farm.
		Valens was ashes and thus joined the two-thirds of his army that had been slain in the battle.
		Stilicho decisively beat Alaric at the Battle of Pollentia on Easter Sunday, 402 AD, but Alaric again slipped away as he had done during the pursuit in the east.
	www.mmdtkw.org /VAlaric.html (2601 words)

	Detail Page
		After the battle of Frigidus (394), Theodosius declared him magister militum in the West.
		Neither event could loosen his hold on the Western Empire, for he was Consul in 400.
		The following year Alaric invaded Italy, only to be beaten by Stilicho at the battle of Pollentia.
	www.fofweb.com /Onfiles/Ancient/AncientDetail.asp?iPin=ROME1641 (532 words)

	Arthurian Timeline - Witches Way
		Theodosius, the eastern Emperor, defeated him in battle and beheaded him in July, 388, with many of the remnant of Maximus' troops settling in Armorica.
		The net result to Britain was the loss of many valuable troops needed for the island's defense (the "first migration").
		It was beside this river that Arthur fought his last battle (Camlann), and evidence of this, in the form of bones and harness, is uncovered when the site is ploughed."
	www.witchesway.net /links/arthurian/timeline.html (9983 words)

	Untitled Document
		197 Governor of Britain, Clodius Albinus, claimant to the Imperial throne, is killed by Severus at the Battle of Lyon
		Maximus is beheaded in the battle sending several of his troops to Armorica
		The barbarians are defeated at the battle of Pollentia
	home.comcast.net /~kashmirtwo/EnglandRomanEngland.htm (469 words)

	Chronology of the New Peoples
		402 A.D. The Battle of Pollentia April 6 ends in victory for the Roman legions of Stilicho who stymie the Visigoths in their efforts to move south.
		Later evidence will suggest that the king was not a Celtic or Welsh monarch but perhaps rather the leader of a Sarmatian tribe whose ancestors came to England as mercenaries for the Romans.
		Refusing to be distracted by the Avars who are constantly attacking his Balkan territories, Heraclius gains a decisive victory December 12 in the Battle of Nineveh and saves Constantinople from the Persians.
	www.b17.com /family/lwp/chronology/new_people.html (9828 words)

	TIMELINE 5th CENTURY page of ULTIMATE SCIENCE FICTION WEB GUIDE
		The other battle Innocent had to face was against heresy, especially the one of Pelagius, which didn't recognize the original sin and had some other contradictions with the dogmas of Roman Church.
		Should be noticed the construction activity of this pope: built the basilica of Saints Jervasus and Protaus with the financial support of the noble woman Vestina, which later was dedicated to St.Vitale; he also conducted the works of the decoration of the basilica of St.Agnese.
		The presence of the genealogy of the men of Strathclyde in Welsh documents and stories of Scotic battles in welsh poetic verse indicates that there was a close relationship between Northern tribes and the Welsh of Southern Britain.
	www.magicdragon.com /UltimateSF/timeline5.html (15978 words)

	Lecture VIId. One Religion all Religions (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		A series of Welsh laments about further reverses at the hands of the English, mentions the name 'Arthur' as if Arthur were already the type of the great warrior.
		This book names Arthur, calls him a dux bellorum (leader of wars), and the leader in a series of twelve battles that had their climax at Badon Hill, where Arthur is said to have accounted personally for 960 of the enemy.
		The entry for 539 reports that Arthur and Medraut (Mordred) died at the battle of Camlann.
	califia.us /Folklore/lecture7d.htm (6816 words)

	Today in History April 6
		The battle left some 24,000 casualties and secured the West for the Union.
		In 1952 Shelby Foote wrote “Shiloh,” an historical novel based on documentation from participants in the battle.
		1865 Apr 6, At the Battle of Sayler's Creek, a third of Lee's army was cut off by Union troops pursuing him to Appomattox.
	www.timelines.ws /days/04_06.HTML (6184 words)

	Timeline of Roman Britain
		The theory says that Castus' exploits in Gaul, at the head of a contingent of mounted troops, are the basis for later, similar traditions about "King Arthur," and, further, that the name "Artorius" became a title, or honorific, which was ascribed to a famous warrior in the fifth century.
		- Clodius Albinus, governor of Britain, another claimant to the Imperial throne, is killed by Severus at the battle of Lyon
		- Constantine defeats and kills Maxentius at battle of Milvian Bridge; Constantine realizes Christian God may be a powerful ally and decides to attempt to co-opt him for his own purposes.
	www.britannia.com /history/romantime.html (1470 words)

	Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, page 763 (v. 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		De Bello Gildonico, the first book of an historical poem on the war in Africa against Gildo.
		De Bdlo GeticO) an historical poem on the successful campaign of Stilicho against Alaric and the Goths, concluding with the battle of Pollentia.
		JRap-tus Proserpinae, three books of an unfinished epic on the rape of Proserpine.
	www.ancientlibrary.com /smith-bio/0772.html (792 words)

	Tanknet -> Sparta's Last Battle? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Come back to discussing the latest models of tank tracks and do not disgrace yourselves.
		They appear in almost every pre-modern period in which the prevailing tactical conditions made them useful.
		Not some ad hoc spear armed militia from the late Roman empire era.
	63.99.108.76 /forums/index.php?showtopic=15156 (2760 words)

	Battles: The Sack of Rome :: 0 A.D. :: Wildfire Games
		Alaric was beaten at the battle of Pollentia on Easter Sunday that year but he managed to get away.
		This year would set a pattern for the following years of 403-407 where Stilicho would beat Alaric thoroughly but then Alaric would make a flawless escape.
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