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Ancient history

The study of the written past from the beginning of recorded human history to the Early Middle Ages. The span of recorded history is roughly 5,000 years, starting with Cuneiform script, the oldest discovered form of coherent writing, from the protoliterate period around the 30th century BC.

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Battle of Edessa

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Edessa was a battle between the armies of the Roman Empire under the command of Emperor Valerian and Sassanid forces under Shahanshah Shapur I in 260. The Roman army was defeated and ...

Battle of Misiche

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Misiche was a battle between the Sassanid Persians and the Romans somewhere in ancient Mesopotamia in the winter of 244 AD. It ended with a Sassanid victory. The Romans were defeated ...

Battle of Mediolanum

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Mediolanum was a battle between the Alemannic Germans and the Roman legions under the command of Emperor Gallienus near Mediolanum (Milan) in 259 AD. The situation in the Western half ...

Battle of Dara

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Dara was a battle between the Sassanids and the Byzantine Empire in 530. It was one of the battles of the Iberian War. The Sassanid were at war with the Byzantine Empire from 507, ...

Battle of Nineveh

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Nineveh was the deciding battle of the Byzantine-Sassanid War of 602–628. The Byzantine victory broke the power of the Sassanid dynasty and for a period of time restored the empire to ...

Battle of Melitene

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Melitene in 575 (according to other sources 576) marked a major victory of the Eastern Roman Empire against the Persian Sassanid Empire in the long series of wars that the two great ...

Battle of Naissus

History; Ancient history

The Battle of Naissus (268 or 269 AD) was a battle between the Roman Empire under Emperor Gallienus and a coalition of Gothics near Naissus. It was a decisive victory for Rome. The events around the ...

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