22 events with tag "defense"
481 BC
ID: 230
Delphic Oracle prophecies 'wooden walls' will save Athens - Themistocles interprets as navy
ID: 230
445 BC
ID: 2793
Jerusalem's walls rebuilt - completed in 52 days despite threats, armed workers, night and day guards
ID: 2793
214 BC
ID: 4701
Great Wall connected - Qin Shi Huang links earlier walls into unified defense system
ID: 4701
122
ID: 2528
Hadrian's Wall construction begins - 73-mile wall from Wallsend to Bowness, marks permanent northern frontier of Roman Britain
ID: 2528
155
ID: 4832
Justin writes Dialogue with Trypho - Defense of Old Testament as Christian scripture against both Marcionites and Judaizers
ID: 4832
175
ID: 4142
Athenagoras writes Plea for Christians - philosophical defense addressed to Marcus Aurelius, refutes charges of atheism and immorality
ID: 4142
250
ID: 4844
Origen writes Contra Celsum - Defends Christian use of Old Testament against pagan and Jewish critics
ID: 4844
383
ID: 2535
Magnus Maximus withdraws troops from Britain - proclaimed Emperor by British legions, takes army to Gaul, defense weakened
ID: 2535
678
ID: 4767
First Arab siege of Constantinople fails - Greek fire saves city, Umayyad expansion stopped
ID: 4767
718
ID: 4768
Second Arab siege of Constantinople fails - Leo III saves Europe from Islamic conquest
ID: 4768
810
ID: 5096
Capital moved to Rialto - Doge Agnello Participazio transfers seat from Malamocco to Rialto islands after Frankish attack
ID: 5096
880
ID: 5829
Burghal Hidage established - Alfred assigns hides to maintain fortified burghs, 1 man per 4 feet of wall, revolutionary defense system
ID: 5829
885
ID: 2946
Great Siege of Paris begins - Count Odo defends against 40,000 Vikings with 700 ships, becomes hero
ID: 2946
896
ID: 2557
Alfred builds first English navy - designs new warships twice size of Viking longships, defeats Danish fleet
ID: 2557
928
ID: 4866
Saadia Gaon leads Sura - Fights Karaites, translates Bible to Arabic, writes philosophy
ID: 4866
968
ID: 3745
Harald Bluetooth strengthens Danevirke - massive earthwork fortification against German expansion
ID: 3745
1013
ID: 5812
Thorkell defends London against Sweyn - Viking mercenary fights for England against Danish invasion
ID: 5812
1480
ID: 3570
Our Lady of CzΔstochowa - Multiple miraculous defenses of Jasna GΓ³ra monastery (1480-1490) - 1430: Image slashed by Hussite raiders - wounds remain visible
ID: 3570
1517
ID: 3527
St. Thomas More (age 39) already defending Catholic truth in England - Writes to Erasmus: 'As things are, the world is full of frenzy, and it seems to grow worse from day to day'
ID: 3527
1884
ID: 1050
January 6, 1884
Pope Leo XIII institutes Leonine Prayers after Low Mass for defense of papal independence
ID: 1050
1956
ID: 1714
Herbert Aptheker defends Soviet invasion of Hungary
ID: 1714
2002
ID: 3074
President Bush announced he would request $11 billion over next two years to protect nation from bioterrorism
ID: 3074