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Celtic Migrations
In the late fifth century BC, the Celts began to move southwards, across the Alps, and eastwards, into the Balkans. Regardless of the motivations for their travels – Livy, for example, gives overpopulation as the reason (5.34.2) – these were migratio
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Wealthy Roman Villa Discovered In England
A large Roman villa complex and a wealth of artefacts have been discovered at a housing development project near Wantage, Oxfordshire in England. The complex is composed of several different buildings. One of the buildings is described as an “aisled
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The End Of The Praetorian Guard
The Praetorian Guard lasted until the early fourth century. In another series of civil wars following the death of Constantius Chlorus in AD 306, the Praetorian Guard sided with the emperor based in Italy, Maxentius, the son of the previous, legitima

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