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 Roman Empire - Open Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
As a matter of convenience, the Roman Empire is held to have begun with the constitutional settlement following the Battle of Actium in 31 BC.
The Crisis of the 3rd Century is a commonly applied name for the crumbling and near collapse of the Roman Empire between 235 and 275.
The Roman defeat at the Battle of Adrianople in 378, along with the death of Emperor Valens, were each deciding moments in the division of the Empire.
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 Peloponnesian War
The Battle of Mantinea was the largest land battle fought within Greece during the Peloponnesian War.
In 411 BC this fleet defeated the Spartans at the Battle of Syme.
In the battle, the Athenians obliterated the Spartan fleet, and succeeded in reestablishing the financial basis of the Athenian empire.
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 Roman Emperors - DIR Augustus
After a prelude in Africa early in 42 BC, in which a pro-senate governor was ousted by Octavian's appointee, Antony and Octavian moved on Cassius and Brutus in the summer and autumn of that same year.
A great battle seemed imminent -- until Antony's navy and cavalry defected en masse before the very eyes of their general and his infantry were defeated (1 August, 30 BC).
Carter, J. The Battle of Actium: The Rise and Triumph of Augustus Caesar (New York, 1970).
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 Battle of Arginusae -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Battle of Arginusae -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
The naval Battle of Arginusae took place in 406 BC during the (A war in which Athens and its allies were defeated by the league centered on Sparta; 431-404 BC) Peloponnesian War.
It was fought among the Arginusae Islands and the (A resident of Athens) Athenian commander, (additional info and facts about Conon) Conon, destroyed 70 of 120 Peloponnesian ships and killed the opposing commander, Callicratidas.
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 Dictionary of Australian Biography Sa-Sp   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
Belonging as he did to the old school of anonymous journalism he never came much before the public, but as chief of staff he showed great tact, and as editor had his finger on every department of the paper.
It might be said that the Age lost prestige under his editorship, but circumstances in Australia were changing rapidly, and no paper will ever again have the power wielded by the Age under Syme (q.v.) and Windsor (q.v.) during the last quarter of the nineteenth century.
In 1922 he was awarded the David Syme prize of the university of Melbourne for original research.
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