Encyclopedia - Crisis Of The Third Century: Encyclopedia Ii - Crisis Of The Third Century - History
The troubles began in 235, when the emperor Alexander Severus was murdered by soldiers at the age of 27 after Roman legions were defeated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crisis Of The Third Century: Encyclopedia Ii - Crisis Of The Third Century - Economic Impact
Internally the empire faced runaway hyperinflation caused by years of coinage devaluation. This had started earlier under the Severan emp...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crisis Of The Third Century: Encyclopedia Ii - Crisis Of The Third Century - History
The troubles began in 235, when the emperor Alexander Severus was murdered by soldiers at the age of 27 after Roman legions were defeated...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crisis Of The Third Century: Encyclopedia - Crisis Of The Third Century
Crisis of the Third Century (also known as the "Military Anarchy" or the "Imperial Crisis" ) is a commonly applied name for the crumbling...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 268: Encyclopedia - 268
268 - Events. The Alamanni invade Italy. September - Gallienus aided by Aurelian, defeats the Goths at Battle of Naissus Claudius II G...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius Ii: Encyclopedia - Claudius Ii
Marcus Aurelius Claudius Gothicus (May 10, 213/214 - January, 270), more often referred to as Claudius II, ruled the Roman Empire for les...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius Ii - Claudius As Emperor
At the time of his accession, the Roman Empire was in serious danger from several incursions, both within and outside its borders. The mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius Ii - Claudius As Emperor
At the time of his accession, the Roman Empire was in serious danger from several incursions, both within and outside its borders. The mo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurelian: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurelian - Rise To Power
Born to an obscure provincial family in Sirmium (city in Pannonia), his career began during the reign of emperor Valerian, when he earned...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visigoth: Encyclopedia Ii - Visigoth - Early History
The Visigoths first appeared in history as a distinct people in the year 268 when they invaded the Roman Empire and swarmed over the Balk...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurelian: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurelian - Rise To Power
Aurelian was born in Sirmium, Pannonia, to an obscure provincial family; his father was tenant to a senator named Aurelius, who gave his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor
Gaius Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus (Latin: IMP CAESAR FLAVIVS CONSTANTINVS PIVS FELIX INVICTVS AVGVSTVS ¹) (February 27, 272â€...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visigoth: Encyclopedia - Visigoth
The Visigoths were one of two main branches of the Goths, the Ostrogoths being the other. Together these tribes were among the loosely-te...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alamanni: Encyclopedia - Alamanni
The Alamanni, Allemanni, or Alemanni were an alliance of warbands formed from Germanic tribes, first mentioned by Dio Cassius when they f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Niš: Encyclopedia Ii - Niš - History
The city's early name under the Roman Empire remained Naissus ("city of the nymphs"). NiÅ¡ is a possible location of Nysa, a mythical pla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gallienus: Encyclopedia Ii - Gallienus - Reign
One of the key characteristics of the Crisis of the Third Century was the inability of the Emperors to maintain their hold on the Imperiu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Deaths Caused By Humans
List of wars and disasters by death toll - War and military action. These figures include deaths of civilians from diseases, famine, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alamanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Alamanni - Conflicts With The Roman Empire
The Alamanni were continually engaged in conflicts with the Roman Empire. They launched a major invasion of Gaul and northern Italy in 26...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aurelian: Encyclopedia Ii - Aurelian - Conqueror And Reformer
Aurelian - Reunification of the Empire. Late in 270, Aurelian campaigned in northern part of Italia against the Vandals, Juthungi, and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Early Life
Constantine was born at Naissus, (today's NiÅ¡, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro) in Upper Moesia to Greek general,Constantius I Chlorus, an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Early Life
Constantine was born at Naissus,(today's NiÅ¡, Serbia, Serbia and Montenegro) in Upper Moesia, to Constantius I Chlorus, and his first wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Heruli: Encyclopedia Ii - Heruli - History
The 6th century chronicler Jordanes reports a tradition that they had been driven out of their homeland long before by the Dani, which wo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goths: Encyclopedia Ii - Goths - Origins
Explaining the origins of the Goths, Jordanes recounted: The same mighty sea has also in its arctic region, that is in the north, a grea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goths: Encyclopedia Ii - Goths - Origins
Explaining the origins of the Goths, Jordanes recounted: The same mighty sea has also in its arctic region, that is in the north, a grea...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visigoth: Encyclopedia Ii - Visigoth - Visigothic Kingdom In Iberia
The Visigoths soon became the dominant power in Iberia. They quickly crushed the Alans and by 429 they forced the Vandals from the penins...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visigoth: Encyclopedia Ii - Visigoth - Visigothic Kingdom In Aquitaine
From 407 to 409 the Vandals, with the allied Alans and Germanic tribes like the Suevi, swept into the Iberian peninsula. In response to t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goths: Encyclopedia Ii - Goths - Symbolic Meaning
In Medieval and Modern Spain, the Visigoths were thought to be the origin of the Spanish nobility (compare Gobineau for a similar French ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Niš: Encyclopedia Ii - Niš - Local Media
NiÅ¡ - Newspapers. Narodne Novine NiÅ¡ - TV stations. TV 5 Banker TV BelleAmie TV TV Nais Global RTV Nisava (Roma language) ÄŒair ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visigoth: Encyclopedia Ii - Visigoth - Visigoths As Tervingi
The naming of this people is problematic. Some time shortly after 291 Mamertinus made a eulogy of Emperor Maximian (285-308) in which he ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goths: Encyclopedia Ii - Goths - History
From Scandinavia, the Goths migrated and set up a kingdom in Scythia ( modern-day Ukraine and Belarus). In the third century, the tribe s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Visigoth: Encyclopedia Ii - Visigoth - Kings Of The Visigoths
Visigoth - Early kings. Fritigern (369–380) Athanaric (369–381) Visigoth - Balti dynasty. Alaric I (395–410) Ataulf (410–4...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Constantine's Legacy
Although he earned his honorific of "The Great" from Christian historians long after he had died, he could have claimed the title on his ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claudius Ii: Encyclopedia Ii - Claudius Ii - Death Of St. Valentine
Claudius II Gothicus is also known to history for his execution of a little-known Christian monk named Saint Valentine, who secretly marr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Constantine And Christianity
Constantine is perhaps best known for being the first Roman Emperor to freely allow Christianity. Christian historians ever since Lactant...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alamanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Alamanni - Christianization
Christianization of the Alamanni took place during Merovingian times (6th to 8th centuries). Sources are sparse, but in the mid-6th centu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alamanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Alamanni - List Of Alamannic Rulers
Kings Chrocus 306 Mederich (father of Agenarich, brother to Chnodomar) Chnodomar 350, 357 Vestralp 357, 359 Ur 357, 359 Agenarich (Serap...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alamanni: Encyclopedia Ii - Alamanni - Alamanni And Franks
The kingdom (or duchy) of Alamannia between Strasbourg and Augsburg lasted until 496, when the Alamanni were conquered by Clovis I at the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Constantine's Life And Actions After The Edict Of Milan
Coins struck for emperors often reveal details of their personal iconography. During the early part of Constantine's rule, representation...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Later Life
His victory in 312 over Maxentius at the Battle of Milvian Bridge resulted in his becoming Western Augustus, or ruler of the entire Weste...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Death From Other Causes
List of wars and disasters by death toll - Fire. ca. 2,500 - Church of La Compana (Santiago, Chile, 1863) ca. 2,000 - Peshtigo Fire, (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goths: Encyclopedia Ii - Goths - History
Our only source for early Gothic history is Jordanes' Getica, (published 551), a condensation of the lost twelve-volume history of the Go...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Wars And Disasters By Death Toll - Deaths Caused By Natural Disasters
List of wars and disasters by death toll - Earthquake. 830,000 - Shaanxi earthquake (China, 1556) 286,000 - Indian Ocean earthquake &a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Constantine's Courts And Appointees
Constantine respected cultivation and Christianity, and his court was composed of older, respected, and honored men. Leading Roman famili...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constantine I Emperor: Encyclopedia Ii - Constantine I Emperor - Constantine's Legal Standards
Constantine's laws in many ways improved those of his predecessors, though they also reflect his more violent age. Some examples: For th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Goths: Encyclopedia Ii - Goths - Symbolic Meaning
In Medieval and Modern Spain, the Visigoths were thought to be the origin of the Spanish nobility (compare Gobineau for a similar French ...   » Read the article