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Ostrogoths
, or East Goths, an ancient Germanic people, one of the two branches of the Goths.
BATTLES & WARS
Long ago, battles raged across Europe and Asia as the powerful Roman Empire struggled to control vast lands and diverse peoples. These articles explain important battles and the role they played in Ancient Roman politics and culture.
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Did Nero really play the fiddle while Rome burned?The Roman emperor Nero is said to have played his fiddle while the city burned and his people suffered. Could he really be that cruel, or is it all just a story? See more »
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Visigoths
Visigoths, or West Goths, a Germanic group that invaded the Roman Empire in the fourth century A.D.. See more »
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Carthage
Carthage an ancient city and the capital of a once powerful state. It was on the coast of north Africa near the modern city of Tunis. See more »
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Battle of Actium
Actium, Battle of, a naval engagement fought in 31 B.C. near the promontory of Actium, on the west coast of Greece. See more »
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Battle of Adrianople
Adrianople, Battle of, August 9, 378 A.D., a crushing defeat of the Roman imperial army under Emperor Valens by hordes of Visigoths led by Fritigern, aided by Ostrogoths and members of other barbarian tribes. See more »
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Battle of Cannae
Cannae, Battle ofa battle fought in 216 B.C. in which Hannibal of Carthage decisively defeated the Romans. See more »
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Battle of Magnesia
Magnesia, Battle of 190 or 189 B.C., a battle fought in Asia Minor near what is now Manisa, Turkey. See more »
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Caledonia
Caledonia, the ancient Roman name for Scotland. The Caledonians (later called Picts), who lived in the Scottish Highlands, were a barbarian people who fiercely resisted Roman invasion. See more »
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Cimbri
Cimbri, a barbarian tribe, either Celtic or Germanic, that attacked the Roman Empire in the second century B.C. See more »
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Goths
Goths, a Germanic people who invaded the Roman Empire. During the second and third centuries A.D. See more »
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