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Countries in ancient Africa

  • Sasanian EmpireIn 224 AD, Ardashir I defeated Artabanus IV at the Battle of Hormozdgan to end four centuries of Parthian rule. The victor crowned himself shahanshah, or…
  • Achaemenid EmpireIn 550 BC, Cyrus the Great defeated the Median king Astyages and captured Ecbatana. This single event marked the birth of an empire that would stretch from…
  • Ancient CarthageThe year 814 BC marks the arrival of Tyrian colonists on a triangular peninsula in North Africa, where they established a settlement that would become…
  • Vandal KingdomIn 429 AD, an estimated 80,000 Vandals and Alans crossed the strait from Hispania to North Africa. They used boats to make this dangerous journey across the…
  • Roman RepublicIn 509 BC, the Roman Senate expelled Tarquin the Proud after his son Sextus raped Lucretia. This event marked the end of seven kings who had ruled Rome for…
  • Roman EmpireIn 27 BC, the Roman Senate granted Octavian overarching military power and bestowed upon him a new title. This single act marked his accession as the first…
  • MauretaniaIn the early 1st century, the geographer Strabo recorded a people called Maûroi by Greeks and Mauri by Romans. This name described a populous nation situated…