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The Arena of Nîmes (French: Arènes de Nîmes) is a Roman amphitheatre in Nîmes, Southern France. [1] Built around 100 AD, shortly after the Colosseum of Rome, it is one of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world. [1] It is 133 metres (436 ft) long and 101 metres (331 ft) wide, with an arena measuring 68 by 38 metres (223 by 125 ...
List of conflicts in the British America is a timeline of events that includes Indian wars, battles, skirmishes massacres and other related items that occurred in Britain's American territory up to 1783 when British America was formally ended by the Treaty of Paris and replaced by British North America and the United States.
The siege of Nîmes took place shortly after the capture and destruction of Avignon in 736. Charles Martel failed to capture the Umayyad city of Narbonne but devastated most of the other principal settlements of Septimania, including Nîmes, Agde, Béziers and Maguelonne, which he viewed as potential strongholds of the Saracens.
This is a list of wars involving the Kingdom of Scotland before the creation of the Kingdom of Great Britain by the Acts of Union 1707, including clan conflicts, civil wars, and rebellions. For dates after 1708, see List of wars involving the United Kingdom .
Nimes at War: Religion, Politics, and Public Opinion in the Gard, 1938-1944. Pennsylvania State University Press. Pennsylvania State University Press. ISBN 0-271-04332-6 .
In February 1685, James II & VII came to power with widespread support in all three kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, despite his personal Catholicism.In predominantly Catholic Ireland, it was hoped he would return land confiscated from Catholics during the 17th century, and repeal penal laws restricting their right to hold public office.
In 2014, a conflict was triggered by the Ugandan national census when Ugandan officials were detained by South Sudan authorities. [19] Area near Chiengi, Lunchinda-Pweto Province Zambia DR Congo: Zambia and Congo have different interpretations of the borders set out in an 1894 treaty between British settlers and Leopold II, King of the Belgians ...
The lord wardens of the marches of England and Scotland: being a brief history of the marches, the laws of march, and the marchmen, together with some account of the ancient feud between England and Scotland. London: Constable.