Nippur
Nippur , ancient city of Babylonia, a N Sumerian settlement on the Euphrates. It was the seat of the important cult of the god Enlil, or Bel. Excavations at Nippur have yielded the remains of several temples that date from the middle of the 3d millennium BC and were later rebuilt and restored many times. Over 40,000 clay tablets found there serve as a primary source of information on Sumerian civilization. Assurbanipal erected a ziggurat in Nippur. Relics of the Persian and Parthian periods have also been unearthed at the site.
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THE FIGHT FOR ROME
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News; 7/22/2007; ; 522 words
; ...betrayed his people. The sons Onulf and Odoacer spend the rest of their lives, separately...father's death. The storyline is mostly Odoacer's and is an account of starvation...legions and the two Hunnish leaders, Odoacer and Onulf, unfolds on the page in great...
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Are we about to witness the demise of the dollar?
Newspaper article from: The Irish Times; 8/28/2009; 700+ words
; ...was captured and killed by the Germanic general Odoacer on this day in AD 476. Odoacer deposed Romulus Augustus, the 14-year-old...last western Roman emperor to exile in Campania. Odoacer renounced the title of emperor and officially...
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How immigration destroyed Rome. Oxford historian Peter Heather has reexamined the fall of Rome. His new book, The Fall of the Roman Empire, holds many lessons for today.(The Fall of the Roman Empire: A New History of Rome and the Barbarians)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: The New American; 2/6/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...serving in the still mighty Italian army. Odoacer, a barbarian soldier serving in the army...salaries. The soldiers agreed to follow Odoacer, and the barbarian leader submitted his...Emperor Romulus Augustulus. But with Odoacer controlling the army, Orestes had no...
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restaurants; USER PICKS.(VITA.MN)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 10/30/2008; 560 words
; ...decent and the wait staff is very courteous. Check it out. ODOACER The Chatterbox Pub 800 S. Cleveland Av., St. Paul - 651...of the food, but again the food is of a secondary purpose. ODOACER The Muddy Pig 162 N. Dale St., St. Paul - 651-254-1030...
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Books: Rome didn't really fall " it was pushed The Fall of the Roman Empire By Peter Heather MACMILLAN pounds 25 pounds 22.50 (P&P FREE) 08700 798 897
Newspaper article from: The Independent on Sunday; 7/3/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Vandals. In 476, Italy itself fell to the Ostrogoths under Odoacer. The barbarian chieftain gently forced the abdication of the...and the boy went off to live with his relatives in Campania. Odoacer declared himself King of Italy, and the Imperial regalia were...
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The Last Legion.(Movie review)
Magazine article from: Daily Variety; 8/20/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Aurelius Colin Firth Ambrosinus Ben Kingsley Mira Aishwarya Rai Odoacer Peter Mullah Wulfilla Kevin McKidd Nestor John Hannah Romulus...short order orphaned, deposed and exiled by the hordes of Odoacer (Peter Mullan), a Goth usurper. Aurelius (Colin Firth...
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A History of Rome.
Magazine article from: Canadian Journal of History; 12/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...periode depuis les origines de Rome jusqu'a la mort du roi Odoacer. Cette oeuvre se divise en trois parties, qui correspondent...III, de la mort de Severe Alexandre jusqu'a la mort d'Odoacer en 493 apres J.-C. (le bas empire, l'antiquite tardive...
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Cae el imperio Romano de Occidente.(Artículo breve)
Magazine article from: Contenido; 9/1/2007; 421 words
; ...gobernante del Imperio Romano de Occidente, es depuesto por Odoacer, un brbaro alemn autoproclamado rey. El usurpador --lder...edad, y tom Ravenna, capital del Estado. La coronacin de Odoacer no impidi otros ataques brbaros que destruyeron ciudades...
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THE crawl; NEWS AND NOTES FROM THE SCENE AND WWW.VITA.MN.(VITA.MN)
Newspaper article from: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN); 3/5/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...given by guys?" asks Slimpee in the "dating" tag. "Should males be seeking out the advice of our close women friends?" Odoacer: "Close female friends mean well, but their advice usually sucks. It's almost always in the form of be nice/polite...
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Ask Calliope.(Athens, Greece; Inca Ice Maiden; Roman empire)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 12/1/2003; 700+ words
; ...While the Huns did conquer many Roman cities, they did not actually plunder Rome. In A.D. 476, a barbarian leader named Odoacer finally took control of the city. Send your questions to: Ask CALLIOPE, 30 Grove St., Suite C, Peterborough, NH 03458...
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Odoacer
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Odoacer The Germanic chieftain Odoacer (433-493), by deposing the Roman emperor Romulus Augustulus, is traditionally credited with ending the Western Roman Empire. Odoacer was born into a Germanic tribe, the Scirians, and was probably...
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Theodoric the Great
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...and to punish the barbarian general Odoacer, who had in 476 dismissed Zeno...Theodoric's mission was to defeat Odoacer and pacify Italy. Theodoric marched...Italy, and by 493 he had defeated Odoacer's army, killed the usurper, and...
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Ostrogoths
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...ally, the Byzantine emperor, Zeno , commissioned Theodoric to reconquer Italy from Odoacer . The Ostrogoths entered Italy in 488, defeated and slew (493) Odoacer, and set up the Ostrogothic kingdom of Italy , with Ravenna as their capital. After...
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Theodoric
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...as a hostage in Constantinople . In 487 he was commissioned by the Emp. Zeno to overthrow Odoacer, then ruling Italy. He defeated and killed Odoacer and then ruled virtually independently. Although he and his followers were Arians, he allowed...
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Verona
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...an important settlement before its conquest by Rome in 89 BC During the barbarian invasions of Rome (5th-6th cent. AD) Odoacer made it his fortress, and Theodoric later made it his favorite residence. Verona later became the seat of a Lombard duchy...
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