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Fall of Rome
Conventional date (476 CE) for the deposition of Romulus Augustulus by Odoacer, marking the traditional end of the Weste...
Roman Empire
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Battle of Actium
Decisive naval battle in 31 BCE in which Octavian defeated Mark Antony and Cleopatra, ending the Ptolemaic dynasty and b...
Roman Republic
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Champollion Decipherment
Jean-François Champollion announced the decipherment of Egyptian hieroglyphs in his "Lettre à M. Dacier" in September 18...
Contemporary
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Rosetta Stone Discovery
French soldiers discovered the Rosetta Stone near the town of Rosetta (Rashid) in July 1799 during Napoleon's Egyptian c...
Contemporary