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2 days ago · Gaius Caesar Augustus Germanicus (31 August 12 – 24 January 41), better known by his nickname Caligula ( / kəˈlɪɡjʊlə / ), was Roman emperor from AD 37 until his assassination in AD 41. He was the son of the Roman general Germanicus and Augustus ' granddaughter Agrippina the Elder, members of the first ruling family of the Roman Empire.
4 days ago · Peter Gassner is the CEO and founder of Veeva Systems, a cloud software provider for pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Before Veeva, Gassner worked at IBM, PeopleSoft and...
2 days ago · Under Odoacer, the foederati defeated and killed Orestes and deposed Romulus, whereafter Odoacer became the first King of Italy and accepted Emperor Zeno as his nominal superior. Romulus's life was spared by Odoacer, and he was allowed to retire to the castellum Lucullanum, a great fortress in Campania.
4 days ago · Russia - The Petrine state: Formally, Peter changed the tsardom of Muscovy into the Empire of All Russias, and he himself received the title of emperor from the Senate at the conclusion of the peace with Sweden.
1 day ago · Russia - Peter's Reforms, Tsars, Expansion: Peter’s unexpected death in 1725 at age 52 left unresolved two major institutional problems. The first was the succession to the throne, which remained unsettled not only because Peter did not choose his own successor but also because during the remainder of the century almost any powerful ...
2 days ago · Marcus Porcius Cato Uticensis ("of Utica "; / ˈkeɪtoʊ /, KAY-toe; 95 BC – April 46 BC), also known as Cato the Younger ( Latin: Cato Minor ), was an influential conservative Roman senator during the late Republic. His conservative principles were focused on the preservation of what he saw as old Roman values in decline.
4 days ago · About Peter Kelly. Peter Kelly founded IT infrastructure provider Softcat in 1993, spending a reported $44,400 and working out of his garden shed. Kelly, a college dropout, started out in...
