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 | | The Battle of the Sabis or the Sambre, 57 BC Wednesday, 7/20/05, 9:15 AM The Battle of the Sabis, also known as the Battle of the Sambre, was fought in 57 BC between the forces of the Roman Republic and an association of Belgic tribes in Gaul. |
 | | Battle of the Elster 1080 Wednesday, 3/16/05, 7:03 AM The Emperor Henry was defeated Oct. 15, 1080, on the banks of the Elster, by the Saxon Guelph forces of Otto, who was rivalling him for supremacy in Germany. |
 | | This battle terminated the expansion of the Roman Empire, which had already established towns east of the Rhine, further to the east, and thus established the foundations for the later German nation. |
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