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Early Independent Britain AD 400-425 - The History Files
Apr 1, 1999 · Post-Roman Britain Early Independent Britain AD 400-425 by Peter Kessler, 1 April 1999. Updated 16 February 2019: The well-known date of Britain's final official break from Rome is AD 410, but by that stage Roman Britannia had mostly been fighting its own battles for at least thirty years with only occasional support from Rome itself.
The Battle of Thermopylae - The History Files
The Battle of Thermopylae, 480 BC. The pass at Thermopylae was the site of a heroic defeat for the Greeks, as they tried unsuccessfully to defend it in battle against a huge Persian army in 480 BC. However, the defeat served as a rallying call for all of Greece, and remains an everlasting symbol of heroic resistance against overwhelming enemy ...
Holy Roman Empire: Imperial States, Circles, & Diets - The History …
Jun 29, 2024 · Central Europe Holy Roman Empire: Imperial States, Circles, & Diets by William Willems, 29 June 2024: Although a date of creation for the concept of imperial states within the Holy Roman empire seems to be unknown, that concept certainly appears to have been in place by the late twelfth century AD, before being formalised in AD 1560.
Origins of the Slavs - The History Files
A personification of the early Wends was presented by a gospel book of AD 990 which showed them as the Sclavinia (early Slavs) During antiquity, much of the territory to the north of the Black Sea was generally labelled as being Sarmatian or Scythian, leading some students of Slavic history to assume that the Sarmatians were in fact the early Slavs.
Robin Hood - The History Files
Medieval Britain Robin Hood by Mick Baker, 3 January 2010: Of all the romantic heroes of England, none has fired the popular imagination more than fabled bowman Robin Hood, with tales of robbing the rich to help the poor in an unjust society in which hapless peasants - largely Saxon - continued to suffer under the tyranny of their cruel Plantagenet overlords, worthy successors of …
Sequential Maps of Roman Britain AD 43-425 - The History Files
The north was also fragmenting with Bernicia being the first subdivision created. The remaining Roman provinces would disappear within the next forty years at most, as a foederati revolt, widespread plague, civil war, and a barbarian invasion destroyed the country's cohesion. Pre-Roman Britain Sequential Maps 55 BC-AD 43.
Waterloo Order of Battle - Allies - The History Files
Apr 1, 1999 · 1st Flank Btn (European Cos of 19th-24th Btns East India Rgmts) (1) (Lt-Col W Schenck) Brigade Artillery. Dutch Foot Battery: 6 x 6-pdrs, 2 x 5.5" howitzer. Corps Cavalry (Attached to the cavalry reserve at Waterloo) 1st Hanovarian …
Sinking of the Lusitania - The History Files
Sinking of the Lusitania. by Bill Purkayastha, 1 January 2009. It's May, 1915. The Great War is on. Britain, France and Russia are facing Germany and Austria-Hungary. Britain - whose lifelines from its colonial empire stretch across the sea lanes - is desperately looking to bring in more allies, particularly the US, then neutral.
The End of Roman Britain Part 1 - The History Files
Jun 30, 2007 · Part 1: Western decline. The decline of Roman control over Britain was a drawn-out affair which took perhaps a quarter of a century to complete. That decline created a twilight period in which the trappings of Roman civilisation and culture gradually faded out of use and out of living memory. The seeds were sown in the fourth century decline ...