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Scholars unearth mystery Villa of Roman emperor raises new questions for researchers on dig in Italy.(News)
Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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February 13, 2006|
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Byline: Jim Erickson, Rocky Mountain News
In The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Edward Gibbon portrays the pagan emperor Maxentius as a licentious youth and "a tyrant as contemptible as he was odious."
Historians have long assumed that the reviled Roman emperor lived part-time at an 80-acre suburban villa complex until he was killed by his rival Constantine at the Battle of the Milvian Bridge in A.D. 312.
But a University of Colorado-led archaeology team has uncovered evidence that the villa's main hall was never occupied.
Instead, ...
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NEIGHBORS DEFEND GENERAL FROM JUNKED CARS
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...within sight of Civil War General Jubal Early's homeplace near Windy Gap...who donated the homesite to the Jubal Anderson Early Preservation Trust in 1995...during its September meeting. Jubal Early was born in Franklin County...
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NEWS DIGEST
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...automobile graveyard within sight of Civil War General Jubal Early's homeplace near Windy Gap. The permit request...the Kelley family, who donated the homesite to the Jubal Anderson Early Preservation Trust in 1995, intending it to become...
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OBIT - EARLY, JOSEPH HOWARD JR., MD
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; EARLY, Joseph Howard Jr., MD...citizens of Caroll County. Dr. Early is survived by his loving...wife Susan Murphy Early and Jubal Anderson Early and his wife Katherine...Matt Early and Madison, Jubal and Linton Early. In lieu...
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'Oberlin boys' defend the capital; Ohio college students volunteer for military duty.(TRAVEL)(THE CIVIL WAR)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times
; ...protect just two months earlier. A student from Oberlin...by Confederate Gen. Jubal Anderson Early was headed north through...Confederacy. On June 12, Early and the men of Gen...Union soil. Both Lee and Early knew that capturing and...
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OBIT - THOMPSON, ALICE GERTRUDE WHEELER EARLY
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...Alice Gertrude Wheeler Early Thompson entered into...the Reverend L. Hunter Early, a minister in the Virginia...Conference, and Louise Wheeler Early. Her elder brother was...She was a relative of Jubal Anderson Early, General in the...
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LOOKING BACK
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...from the sky across Western Virginia Saturday night and early today, a reminder from Old Man Winter that, despite...cavalry unit from the famed 'Stonewall Brigade,' led by Jubal Anderson Early. These presidents were: James A. Garfield, Rutherford...
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The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History
; ...Confederate lieutenant general Jubal Anderson Early. Next Joseph T. Glatthaar outlines...major general John B. Gordon, Early's choice to lead several divisions...the ranking Union officer when Early attacked at Cedar Creek. Two of...
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The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864.(Military Campaigns of the Civil War, vol. 9)(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History
; ...Confederate lieutenant general Jubal Anderson Early. Next Joseph T. Glatthaar outlines...major general John B. Gordon, Early's choice to lead several divisions...the ranking Union officer when Early attacked at Cedar Creek. Two of...
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BRIEFLY PUT
Newspaper article from: Roanoke Times & World News
; ...Agency on Aging, on Nov. 11. Sheridan, a local Civil War enthusiast, discussed the life and adventures of Jubal Anderson Early, who was born near Rocky Mount, noting that he graduated 18th in his class from the U.S. Military Academy...
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Lost in the cycle of history Auto traffic roars past forgotten Civil War forts around Washington
Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe
; ...more than 30 miles of military roads. They were an early version of the Beltway, and the forts were the Union...District of Columbia. It was brought here by General Jubal Anderson Early as part of an effort to draw the Union army away from...
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