#gothic war

Penultimate King of the Ostrogoths, Totila reign from 541 to 552 AD.

Gladius Rōmae imperī sum,

Ubi’st nostrum imperium?

Nē plōrā, mater Rōma,

Dēnuō flōrēbis,

Cīvis Romānus sum,

Sed sine imperiō sum,

Sanguine barbarōrum,

Renāta erit Rōma!

- Belisarius by Farya Faraji

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Translation:

I am Rome's sword. Where is our empire?

Weep not, mother Rome, again shall you prosper.

A citizen of Rome I am, yet without an empire I am,

In barbarians' blood shall Rome be reborn!

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A bit of January 16th history...

550 - Gothic War: The Ostrogoths, under King Totila, conquer Rome after a long siege, by bribing the Isaurian garrison

1120 - The Council of Nablus is held, establishing the earliest surviving written laws of the Crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem

1547 - Ivan IV the Terrible (17) crowns himself 1st tsar of Moscow

1919 - The 18th Amendment to the US Constitution, authorizing the prohibition of alcohol, is ratified

1920 - 1st assembly of the League of Nations is held in Paris

1951 - World’s largest gas pipeline opens - Brownsville, TX - 134th St, NYC

2006 - Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf is sworn in as Liberia’s new President; she becomes Africa’s 1st female elected head of state (pictured)

Rome: Last Man Standing

The Gothic War marked the beginning of the First Siege of Rome; it lasted just over one year, beginning on March 2, 537 before it ended March 12, 538. Background: An eastern branch of Ostrogothic had been conquering the Kingdom of Italy since 493 and as a result had established a kingdom of their own within the Italian territories. The Eastern Roman Empire declared war on the Ostrogoths in 535…

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