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Tiberius Bridge, Ariminus River
Tiberius Bridge (Ponte di Tiberio) over the Ariminus river on the Via Aemilia in Rimini (called Ariminum in Roman times). It was constructed under Augustus and completed by Tiberius in 20 CE as the inscription sculpted on the inner part...
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View of the Hudson River Valley from West Point
West Point and the Highlands, colour engraving by Samuel Valentine Hunt, 1869. Depicted here is a view from the heights of the west bank of the Hudson River, looking northward along the valley. The United States Military Academy, also commonly...
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Pit River Valley, Modoc County, California
The Pit River winds through the Modoc Plateau, once the home of the Native American Modoc nation. Photograph by Robert F. Ettner, Natural Resources Staff Officer, Siskiyou National Forest, US Forest Service, 2006.
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Nesting Least Terns on Missouri River
A nesting least tern pair in the sandbar habitat on the Missouri River below Gavins Point Dam. Yankton, South Dakota, USA. Photograph and caption by Robert Etzel.
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Digital Library.
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Remember the River Raisin
"Remember the River Raisin!" Kentucky mounted riflemen, led by Colonel Richard M. Johnson, made up of picked militia volunteers armed with long Kentucky rifles and tomahawks.
The National Guard
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Oxus River
Map of the Oxus' / Amu Darya's watershed in Central Asia, that drains parts of modern-day Afghanistan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and Tajikistan into the Aral Sea.
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Treskavac Mountain, River Danube
The Treskavac cliff on the left bank of the Danube (Romania) overlooking the prehistoric site of Lepenski Vir.
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Inscribed Giant River-worn Pebble
The cuneiform inscriptions mention that Enannatum, king of Lagash, reminds the gods of his prolific temple building achievements in the city of Lagash. From Girsu (modern-day Tell Telloh, Dhi-Qar Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia. Early dynastic...
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Gracchi Brothers
Tiberius Sempronius Gracchus (c. 163-133 BCE) and his younger brother Gaius (c. 154-121 BCE) were tribunes of the plebs in the Roman Republic. Serving in 133 BCE, Tiberius introduced a land reform but was beaten to death after his term. Eleven...
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Sulla
Lucius Cornelius Sulla (138-78 BCE) was a ruthless military commander, who first distinguished himself in the Numidian War under the command of Gaius Marius. His relationship with Marius soured during the conflicts that would follow and lead...