Only two years later, in 453, Attila married a German princess and died on the same night. 此后不久阿提拉便死了,死于453年,死在他与一位日耳曼公主成婚的那一天。 Had the Pope not saved the Roman Empire of the West on t

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VI. Furthering Listening and Speaking Task 1: Valentines Day Valentines Day started when the Emperor Claudius II ruled Rome. Claudius punished Rome into so many wars that he had a hard time finding soldiers for his army. He thought the reason was tha

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DAVID GREENE, HOST: Well, it's been 2,000 years since he ruled Rome, but a notorious emperor is causing outrage again. A massive stage has been built amid the ruins of the Roman Forum for a rock opera about Nero. Archaeologists and art historians are

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Chapter 26 - Napoleons proclamation On August 25, the eve of the battle of Borodino, M. de Beausset, prefect of the French Emperors palace, arrived at Napoleons quarters at Valuevo with Colonel Fabvier, the former from Paris and the latter from Madri

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But Simon was a nutter. Simon had tremendous presence like an emperor. He sat still and silent, and in his contest between flesh and the devil, it seemed to most people, that he was beyond touch. And there he was, on his pillar, half way between heav

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Among them were some remarkable men, one of whom was the Emperor Trajan. 其中也不乏神奇的人物,如皇帝图拉真, He lived about 100 years after Christ and, long after his death, people were still talking about his justice and his gentl

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