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  • 72Sack of Rome (410) — The Sack of Rome occurred on August 24, 410. The city was attacked by the Visigoths, led by Alaric I. The Roman capital had been moved to the Italian city of Ravenna by the young emperor Honorius, after the Visigoths entered Italy.This was the… …

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  • 75Son Tay Campaign — The Son Tay Campaign (December 1883) was a campaign fought by the French to capture the strategically important city of Son Tay in Tonkin (northern Vietnam) from Liu Yongfu s Black Flag Army and allied contingents of Vietnamese and Chinese troops …

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  • 78Metallic dragon (Dungeons & Dragons) — The following is a list of the metallic dragons, fictional creatures from the role playing game Dungeons Dragons. In this setting metallic dragons are of good alignment[1] . Bahamut is the deity of good dragons. Metallic dragons have played a… …

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  • 79Nine familial exterminations — The nine familial exterminations or nine kinship exterminations (simplified Chinese: 株连九族; traditional Chinese: 株連九族; pinyin: zhū lián jiǔ zú; literally continuous elimination of nine of the family/tribe ; also known as zú zhū (族誅), literally… …

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  • 80Defense — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Defense >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 defense defense protection guard ward Sgm: N 1 shielding shielding &c. >V. Sgm: N 1 propugnation| propugnation| preservation &c. 670 Sgm: N 1 …

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