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260 - Events. Valerian I captured by the Persian king Shapur I; Gallienus becomes sole Roman emperor. Shapur destroys Caesarea Mazaca in Asia Minor. Cao Huan succeeds Cao Mao as ruler of the Chinese Kingdom of Wei. Syria, Egypt and Palestine break off from the Roman Empire to form the Persia-supported Palmyran Empire. Roman fort of Wiesbaden (Germany) captured by the Alamanni (possibly 259). Franks took control over the Scheldt estuary (approximate ...

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• 260 - Events
• 260 - Births
• 260 - Deaths

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The second version of the Windsor, introduced during the middle of the 1962 model year, had a wider bore of 3.80 in (96.5 mm), increasing displacement to 260 cu. in. (4.3L). Compression ratio was raised fractionally to 8.8:1. The engine was slightly heavier than the 221, at 482 lb (219 kg). Rated power (still SAE gross) rose to 164 hp (122 kW) @ 4400 rpm, with a peak torque of 258 lbf·ft (350 N·m) @ 2200 rpm. In 1962 and 1963 valve diameters remained the same as the 221, but starting in 1964 they were enlarged to 1.67 in. (42.4 mm) (intake) and 1.45 in (36.8 ...

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Ford Windsor engine, Ford Windsor engine - 221, Ford Windsor engine - 260, Ford Windsor engine - 289, Ford Windsor engine - 289 HiPo K-code, Ford Windsor engine - 302, Ford Windsor engine - 351W, Ford Windsor engine - Boss 302, Ford Windsor engine - 255

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Bishapur (or Bishâpûr) is an ancient city situated south of modern Faliyan, Iran on the ancient road between Persis and Elam. The road linked the Sassanid capitals Istakhr (very close to Persepolis) and Ctesiphon. Bishapur was built near a river crossing and at the same site there is also a fort with rock-cut reservoirs and a river valley with six Sassanid rock reliefs. Bishapur - History. According to an inscription, the city itself was founded in 266 by Shapur I (241-272), who was the seco ...

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Wiesbaden is a city in central Germany. It is the capital of the Bundesland(federal state) of Hesse. Wiesbaden is situated on the right (north) bank of the Rhine (German: "Rhein"), near the city of Mainz on the opposite side of the river, and a short distance, about twenty miles (thirty kilometers), from Frankfurt am Main, to the east. Wiesbaden has about 274,000 inhabitants (2005). Wiesbaden - History. Evidence of settlements at Wiesbaden dates back to the neolithic era. Continuous occupancy began w ...

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• Wiesbaden - Mayors of Wiesbaden
• Wiesbaden - Twinning
• Wiesbaden - Sights
• Wiesbaden - Coat-of-arms
• Wiesbaden - Miscellaneous

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Consul (abbrev. cos.) was the highest elected office of the Roman Republic and an appointive office under the Empire. After the expulsion of Tarquinius Superbus and the ending of the Roman Kingdom, all the powers and authority of the King were given to the newly instituted Consuls. The office of Consul was believed to date back to the traditional establishment of the Republic in 509 BC, although the early history is partly legendary, and the succession of Consuls is not continuous in the 5th century. Consuls executed bot ...

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Darts are missile weapons, designed to fly such that a sharp, often weighted point will strike first. They can be distinguished from javelins by fletching (i.e., feathers on the tail) and a shaft that is shorter and/or more flexible, and from arrows by the fact that they are not of the right length to use with a normal bow. The term has been used to describe an extremely wide variety of projectiles, from heavy spear-like ammunition for siege engines or atlatls to tiny poisoned needles for use in blowguns. Dart mis ...

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• Dart missile - Prehistory
• Dart missile - Construction
• Dart missile - Operation
• Dart missile - Atlatl
• Dart missile - Replacement by the arrow
• Dart missile - Reconstructions
• Dart missile - Other traditional darts
• Dart missile - Thrown darts
• Dart missile - Kestrosphendone
• Dart missile - Siege engines
• Dart missile - Blow darts
• Dart missile - Rope dart
• Dart missile - Swiss arrow
• Dart missile - Modern darts
• Dart missile - In religion

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Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the "Military Anarchy" or the "Imperial Crisis" ) is a commonly applied name for the crumbling and near collapse of the Roman Empire between 235 and 284 caused by the three simultaneous crises of external invasion, internal civil war and economic collapse. The changes in the institutions, society, economic life and eventually religion were so profound and fundamental, the "Crisis of the Third Century" is increasingly seen as the watershed marking the difference between the classic ...

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The atlatl (pronounced ät-lät-ŭl), or "spear thrower", is a tool that uses leverage to achieve greater velocity in spear-throwing, and includes a bearing surface which allows the user to temporarily store elastic energy during the throw. It consists of a shaft with a hook, in which the butt of the spear rests. It is held near the end farthest from the cup, and the spear is thrown by the action of the upper arm and wrist. A well-made atlatl can readi ...

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This is the short overview of Roman Emperors: for more detail and explanation, see: list of Roman Emperors and Roman Emperor. Concise list of Roman Emperors - Tetrarchy. Concise list of Roman Emperors - 'Collegiate Emperors' of the Constantine Dynasty. Concise list of Roman Emperors - Valentinian Dynasty. Concise list of Roman Emperors - Theodosian Dynasty. Concise list of Roman Emperors - Western Empire. Concise list ...

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• Concise list of Roman Emperors - Tetrarchy
• Concise list of Roman Emperors - 'Collegiate Emperors' of the Constantine Dynasty
• Concise list of Roman Emperors - Valentinian Dynasty
• Concise list of Roman Emperors - Theodosian Dynasty
• Concise list of Roman Emperors - Western Empire
• Concise list of Roman Emperors - Gallic Empire 260 to 274
• Concise list of Roman Emperors - Britannic Empire 286 to 297
• Concise list of Roman Emperors - Eastern Empire

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Aegyptus was, in ancient geography, a province of the Roman Empire, encompassing most of modern-day Egypt except for the Sinai Peninsula. Both the provinces of Cyrenaica to the west and Arabia to the east bordered Aegyptus. The area originally came under Roman rule in 30BC, and served as a major producer of grain for the empire. Aegyptus Province - Roman conquest of Egypt. In 30 BC, following the death of Cleopatra, Egypt became part of the Roman Empire as the imperial province of Aegyptus, g ...

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• Aegyptus Province - Roman rule in Egypt

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Paul of Samosata, patriarch of Antioch (260-269), Paul of Samosata - Life. Paul was born at Samosata into a family of humble origin. He was elected bishop of Antioch in 260 but aroused controversy with his Monarchianist teachings. In 269, seventy bishops, priests and deacons assembled at Antioch and deposed Paul as bishop and elected Domnus as his successor. They also wrote a encyclical letter to Dionysius and Maximus, bishops of Rome and Alexandria respectively. This letter is the only indisputably ...

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60 (sixty) is the natural number following 59 and preceding 61. << 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 >> List of numbers -- Integers 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 >> 60 number - In mathematics. Sixty is a composite number with divisors 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 10, 12, 15, 20, 30, making it also a highly composite number. Because 60 is the sum of its unitary divisors (excluding itsel ...

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3rd century - Overview. 3rd century - Events. The Sassanid dynasty of Persia launches a war to reconquer lost lands in the Roman east, 230 - 232 Crisis of the Third Century shakes Roman Empire Emperor Valerian I is taken captive by the Persian King of Kings Shapur I, 260 End of Yayoi era and beginning of Kofun era, the first part of the Yamato period in Japan Sarnath becomes a center of Buddhist arts in India Diffu ...

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• 3rd century - Inventions discoveries introductions
• 3rd century - Decades and years

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Iberia was a Greek-Roman name of the ancient kingdom of Kartli in what is now Eastern Georgia which began about 302 BC and fell to the Byzantines and Persians in 580. List of the Kings of Georgia - Pharnavazians. Pharnavaz I (ca 302-237 BC) Saurmag I (ca 237-162 BC) Mirian I (ca 162-112 BC) Pharnajom (ca 112-93 BC) List of the Kings of Georgia - Arsacids. Arshak I (ca 93-81 BC) Artag (ca 81 ...

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List of the Kings of Georgia, List of the Kings of Georgia - Ancient Iberia, List of the Kings of Georgia - Pharnavazians, List of the Kings of Georgia - Arsacids, List of the Kings of Georgia - Nimrodids or Second Pharnavazian dynasty, List of the Kings of Georgia - Chosroids, List of the Kings of Georgia - Interregnum, List of the Kings of Georgia - Prince of Iberia, List of the Kings of Georgia - House of Bagrationi, List of the Kings of Georgia - Princes and Kings of Kartli, List of the Kings of Georgia - King of All Georgia, List of the Kings of Georgia - King of Kartli, List of the Kings of Georgia - King of Kartli and Kakheti

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The Holy Roman Empire emerged from the eastern part of the Carolingian Empire after its division in the Treaty of Verdun of 843, and lasted almost a millennium until its dissolution in 1806. It was never a unitary state; from the beginning it was made up of many ethnicities and languages and would at its height comprise territories ranging from eastern France to northern Italy and western Poland. Its unifying characteristic was its Carolingian heritage and strong religious connotations, it ...

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Military history of Germany, Military history of Germany - Ancient times, Military history of Germany - The Holy Roman Empire 843-1806, Military history of Germany - The Napoleonic Wars 1805-1815, Military history of Germany - The making of a united Germany 1815-1871, Military history of Germany - German Empire 1871-1914, Military history of Germany - The First World War 1914-1918, Military history of Germany - The Interwar Period 1918-1939, Military history of Germany - The Second World War 1939-1945, Military history of Germany - The Cold War 1945-1989, Military history of Germany - Military today

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If a magic square of order n is normal (i.e., it contains the numbers 1 to n2), then the magic constant depends only on n; its value is . This formula is a consequence of the formula for the sum of the first n integers applied to the case k = n2, yielding n2(n2+1)/2, which is then divided by n because there ...

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Magic constant, Magic constant - Normal magic squares, Magic constant - External link

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Jia's first wife Lady Li was a daughter of Li Feng (李豐), who was suspected by Sima Shi to have conspired with the emperor Cao Fang in 254 and executed. By that point, Lady Li had borne Jia two daughters -- Jia Bao (賈褒) and Jia Yu (賈裕). Because Jia wanted to show his loyalty to Sima Shi, he divorced Lady Li, who was exiled. He then married Guo Huai (郭槐), who bore him two daughters as well -- Jia Nanfeng and Jia Wu (賈午). She also bore him a son, Jia Limin (賈黎民) -- but her unusual jealousy and cruelty would doom her so ...

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Jia Chong, Jia Chong - Early life and career during Cao Wei, Jia Chong - Career during Jin, Jia Chong - Family life, Jia Chong - Death

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Some sources list a further governor, a second Ulpius Marcellus. He was interpreted as a son of the first Ulpius Marcellus, serving. c. 211. This is based on a misdated inscription and it is now accepted that it refers to the earlier Ulpius Marcellus only. The two sons of emperor Septimius Severus, Caracalla and Publius Septimius Geta, administered the province to some degree during and immediately after their father's campaigns there which took place between 208 and 211. ...

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Governors of Roman Britain, Governors of Roman Britain - Claudian Governors, Governors of Roman Britain - Flavian Governors, Governors of Roman Britain - Trajanic Governors, Governors of Roman Britain - Hadrianic Governors, Governors of Roman Britain - Antonine Governors, Governors of Roman Britain - Severan Governors, Governors of Roman Britain - Division into Britannia Superior and Inferior, Governors of Roman Britain - Britannia Superior, Governors of Roman Britain - Britannia Inferior, Governors of Roman Britain - Diocese of the Britains, Governors of Roman Britain - Vicarii, Governors of Roman Britain - Governors, Governors of Roman Britain - Other rulers in Roman Britain, Governors of Roman Britain - Usurpers and British-based rulers of the Western Empire, Governors of Roman Britain - Native rulers, Governors of Roman Britain - Military leaders

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Evidence of settlements at Wiesbaden dates back to the neolithic era. Continuous occupancy began with the erection of a Roman fort in the year 6. The thermal springs of Wiesbaden were first mentioned in Pliny the Younger's Naturalis Historia. The Roman settlement is first mentioned by the name Aquae Mattiacorum (Latin for "Waters of the Mattiaci") in 121. This name refers to the Chattian tribe of the Mattiaci (German: "Matti ...

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Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden - History, Wiesbaden - Thermal springs and spa, Wiesbaden - Incorporations into Wiesbaden:, Wiesbaden - Historical population:, Wiesbaden - Mayors of Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden - Twinning, Wiesbaden - Sights, Wiesbaden - Coat-of-arms, Wiesbaden - Miscellaneous

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The middle of Neckarland, in which Ludwigsburg lies, was settled in the Stone age and in the Bronze age. Numerous archaeological finds from the city and the surrounding area remain from the time when it was settled by the Celts. Toward the end of the 1st century the Romans occupied the region. They pushed the Limes further to the east around 150, and controlled the region until 260, when the Alamanni occupied the Neckarland. Also the Alamanni settlement is p ...

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Ludwigsburg, Ludwigsburg - History, Ludwigsburg - Politics, Ludwigsburg - Economy, Ludwigsburg - Local Businesses, Ludwigsburg - Sister cities, Ludwigsburg - City sections, Ludwigsburg - People, Ludwigsburg - Sons and daughters of the city, Ludwigsburg - Print references

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