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304 - Events. Major Wu Hu (barbarian) uprising in China; the Hun Liu Yuan establish the Han kingdom, beginning the Sixteen Kingdoms era in China. Fincormachus becomes king of Scotland. Diocletian contracts a fatal illness. 304 - Births. 304 - Deaths. Saint Agnes, Christian saint (martyred) Adrian of Nicomedia, Christian saint (or 303) (martyred) Saints Theodora and Didymus, martyrs Pope ...

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The Xiongnu (Chinese: 匈奴; Hanyu Pinyin: Xiōngnú; Wade-Giles: Hsiung-nu) were a nomadic (and probably Hunnic/proto-Bulgar) people of Central Asia, generally based in present day Mongolia. From the 3rd century BC they controlled a vast steppe empire extending west as far as the Caucasus. They were active in the areas of southern Siberia, western Manchuria and the modern Chinese provinces of Inner Mongolia, Gansu and Xinjiang. Very anci ...

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• Xiongnu - Leadership struggle among the Xiongnu
• Xiongnu - Tributary relations with the Han
• Xiongnu - Northern and southern Xiongnu
• Xiongnu - The Xiongnu after the Han Dynasty
• Xiongnu - Did the Xiongnu become the Huns?
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April 16 is the 106th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (107th in leap years). There are 259 days remaining. April 16 - Events. 1178 BC - A solar eclipse may mark the return of Odysseus, legendary King of Ithaca, to his kingdom after the Trojan War. 1071 - Bari falls to Robert Guiscard, ending Byzantine rule in Italy. 1521 - Martin Luther's first appearance before the Diet of Worms to be examined by the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V and the rest of the ...

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Saint Vincent of Saragossa, (feast day: January 22) was born at Huesca and martyred under Diocletian, in 304, is the patron saint of Lisbon. He was originally from Zaragoza in modern Spain (Saragossa in English) and is also known as Saint Vincent the Deacon. The title "deacon" (diakonos) means only minister or servant. See entry Deacon. Vincent served as the deacon of Saint Valerius, bishop of Saragossa. Imprisoned in Valencia for his faith, and tortured on a gridiron — a story perhaps adapted from the martyrdom ...

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This is a List of poisonings in alphabetical order of victim. It also includes confirmed attempted and fictional poisonings. Many of the people listed here committed or attempted to commit suicide by poison; others were poisoned by others. List of poisonings - Confirmed poisonings. Adolf Hitler (d. 1945) cyanide and gunshot simultaneously before capture Alan Turing (d. 1954), British mathematician Alan III, Duke of Brittany (d. 1040) Alphonse I, Count of Toulouse (d. 1148)Including:

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The Jin Dynasty (晉 pinyin: jìn, 265-420) followed the Three Kingdoms and preceded the Southern and Northern Dynasties in China. The dynasty was founded by the Sima family (司馬 pinyin: Sīmǎ), the descendants of the great historian Sima Qian. The first of the two periods, the Western Jin Dynasty (ch: 西晉, 265-316), was founded by Emperor Wu. Although providing a brief period of unity after conquering the Kingdom of Wu in AD 280, the Jin could not contain the invasion and uprising of nomadic peoples after the dev ...

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Saint Adrian of Nicomedia, also called Saint Hadrian of Nicomedia, (in Latin: Sanctus Adrianus Nicomediae) was a Herculian Guard of the Roman Emperor Galerius Maximian. After becoming a convert to Christianity, Adrian was martyred at Nicomedia on March 4, 303 or 304. It is said that while presiding over the torture of a band of Christians he asked them what reward they expected to receive from God. They replied, "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for ...

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Augsburg is a city in south-central Germany. It is the capital of the Swabia administrative region of Bavaria, and is located at the confluence of the Wertach and Lech rivers. The population was 276,193 in 2004. Augsburg - Districts. There are 17 districts Stadteile in Augsburg: Innenstadt Antonsviertel Bärenkeller Bergheim (includes Neubergheim, Wellenburg, Radegundis and Fuchssiedlung) Firnhaberau Göggingen mit Schafweidsiedlung H ...

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Events The Spanish provinces revolt from the control of Maxentius, acknowledging Constantine as their Emperor Pope Marcellus I is banished from Rome, as is his successor Eusebius later that year Shapur II becomes king of Persia. Births Didymus the Blind, an ecclesiastical writer of Alexandria (approximate) Deaths Pope Marcellus I Alban (possible date -- also ...

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Shanxi (Chinese: 山西; Hanyu Pinyin: Shānxī; Wade-Giles: Shan-hsi; Postal System Pinyin: Shansi) is a northern province of the People's Republic of China. Its one-character abbreviation is Jin (晋 pinyin jìn), after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period. Shanxi has an area of 150,000 km² and a population of 32.97 million. Shanxi's name literally means "mountains' west", which refers to ...

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This article is for the year 303. For the synthesizer, please see Roland TB-303. 303 - Events. Diocletian launched the last major persecution of Christians in the Roman Empire; Hierocles was said to have been the instigator of the fierce persecution of the Christians under Galerius. February 24 - Galerius, Roman Emperor, publishes his edict that begins the persecution of Christians in his portion of the Empire. Sassanid Shah Hormizd II succeeded Narseh. Including:

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Centuries: 3rd century - 4th century - 5th century Decades: 250s - 260s - 270s - 280s - 290s - 300s - 310s - 320s - 330s - 340s - 350s 290 300 301 302 303 304 305 306 307 308 309 300s - Significant people. Diocletian, Roman Emperor Maximian, Roman Emperor Category: 300s ...

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A memoria over the execution point and holding the remains of Alban existed at the site from the mid-300s (possibly earlier), Bede mentions a church and Gildas a shrine. Bishop Germanus of Auxerre visited in 429 and took a portion of the, apparently still bloody, earth away. The style of this structure is unknown, Paris (see below) claimed that the Saxons destroyed the building in 586. St Albans Cathedral - The Saxon buildings. Offa II of Mercia, who ruled in the 8th century, is said to have founded ...

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St Albans Cathedral, St Albans Cathedral - England's first Christian martyr, St Albans Cathedral - History of the Abbey and Cathedral, St Albans Cathedral - The Saxon buildings, St Albans Cathedral - The Norman abbey, St Albans Cathedral - 13th to 15th century, St Albans Cathedral - The Dissolution and after, St Albans Cathedral - The 19th century, St Albans Cathedral - The 20th century, St Albans Cathedral - Modern times, St Albans Cathedral - Reference

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Milanese Apostolic Catholic Church - Fundation of the Diocese. The Gospel was brought to Milan by St. Barnabas, and the first Bishop of Milan, St. Anathalon, was a disciple of that apostle. But a diocese cannot have been established there before 200, and possibly not till much later, for the list of the bishops of Milan names only five predecessors of Merocles, who was at the Council of Rome (313). During the persecutions several Christians suffered martyrdom at Milan; among them Saints Gervasius and Protasius (first persecution of Dioclet ...

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Milanese Apostolic Catholic Church, Milanese Apostolic Catholic Church - The City See of the Church, Milanese Apostolic Catholic Church - Christianity in Milan, Milanese Apostolic Catholic Church - Fundation of the Diocese, Milanese Apostolic Catholic Church - Beginning of Roman Control, Milanese Apostolic Catholic Church - Present Status

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After Liu Cong took the throne, he created his brother Liu Ai crown prince, promising to eventually give Liu Ai the throne that he offered to Liu Cong instead. He created his wife Princess Huyan empress, and created her son Liu Can the Prince of Jin, putting him in charge of much of his troops, along with his cousin Liu Yao the Prince of Shi'an. Both Liu Yuan's empress Empress Dan and Liu Cong's own mother Consort ...

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(The Arians took control of the See of Antioch and appointed the following Patriarchs from 331-360) Eulalius of Antioch 331 - 333 Euphornius 333 - 334 Philaclus 334 - 342 Stephanus I 342 - 344 Leontius of Antioch 344 - 357 Eudoxius of Antioch 358 - 359 Euzoius 360 Meletius (361—381) Flavian I (381—404) Porphyrus (404—412) Alexander (412—417) Theodotus (417—428) John I (428—442) Domnus II (442—449)See also:

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As censor in 312, Appius Claudius Caecus began two large public works that illustrate the increased scale of the Roman state. The first was construction of an aqueduct, the aqua Appia, to bring water from some distance away to the city. The construction of this aqueduct can only suggest that the city of Rome's population growth had by now rendered local sources of water inadequate. (Moreover, subsequent construction of another aqueduct in 272, Anio Vetus, by the censor Manius Curius Dentatus, confirms that the growth of the urb ...

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Samnite Wars, Samnite Wars - The First Samnite War, Samnite Wars - The Second Samnite War, Samnite Wars - Between the Wars, Samnite Wars - The Third Samnite War, Samnite Wars - Historiographical problems

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Although many different accounts of her life exist, the most widely known is that of an unreliable Carlovingian version, the Acts of St Afra, set down many centuries later. According to this source, she was a originally a courtesan in Augsburg, having come there from Cyprus, maybe even as the daughter of the King of Cyprus. She possibly ran a brothel in that town, or worked as a prostitute in the Temple of Venus. As the persecution of Christians during the reign of Eastern Roman Emperor Diocletian began, Bishop Narcissus of Gerona (in ...

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Saint Afra, Saint Afra - Biography, Saint Afra - Sainthood

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When Alexander died in 323, Ptolemy is said to have instigated the resettlement of the empire made at Babylon. He was now appointed satrap of Egypt, under the nominal kings Philip Arrhidaeus and the infant Alexander IV; the former satrap, the Greek Cleomenes, stayed on as his deputy. He quickly moved, without authorization, to subjugate Cyrenaica. By custom, kings in Macedonia asserted their right to the throne by burying their predecessor. Probably because he wanted to pre-empt Perdiccas, the imperial regent, from staking his claim i ...

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Ptolemy I Soter, Ptolemy I Soter - Successor of Alexander, Ptolemy I Soter - Notes

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Some Romanian Orthodox people regard their church to be the first national, first attested, and first apostolic (church built by the Apostles themselves) in Europe and view St Andrew as the Church's founder. Most historians, however, hold that Christianity was brought to Romania by the occupying Romans. The Roman province had traces of all imperial religions, including Mithraism, but Christianity, a r ...

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Romanian Orthodox Church, Romanian Orthodox Church - History, Romanian Orthodox Church - Christianity in Scythia Minor, Romanian Orthodox Church - Middle Ages, Romanian Orthodox Church - Translation of the Bible, Romanian Orthodox Church - The Greek-Catholic Church, Romanian Orthodox Church - Recent history, Romanian Orthodox Church - Relationships with the Greek Catholic Church, Romanian Orthodox Church - Unique features, Romanian Orthodox Church - Canonical status, Romanian Orthodox Church - Organization, Romanian Orthodox Church - Relations with other Orthodox Jurisdictions, Romanian Orthodox Church - Famous theologians, Romanian Orthodox Church - List of Patriarchs, Romanian Orthodox Church - Current leaders of the Church, Romanian Orthodox Church - Notes

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