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How Rome Finally Fell in 2011: Exploring Every Claimant to the Roman Empire
The fall of the Roman Empire is one of history’s greatest mysteries, and determining the year it truly ended is a complex ...
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How Liechtenstein Survived as a Separate Country: A Story of Neutrality and Economic Success
Liechtenstein, one of the smallest countries in the world, has managed to remain a separate and sovereign state in the heart ...
What happened to Rome after the empire fell?
The Western Roman Empire famously ended in A.D. 476 when its last emperor abdicated the throne. But the city of Rome ...
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AI helps reconstruct damaged Latin inscriptions from the Roman Empire
Google DeepMind and historians created an AI tool called Aeneas that can predict the missing words in Latin inscriptions ...
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Scientists Teach AI to Think About the Roman Empire
A new AI by Google DeepMind called Aeneas is designed to investigate ancient texts, looking for patterns and clues.
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America’s Military Is in Big Trouble
Big change in the military is typically framed as a “revolution” or “transformation” and is almost always about “innovating” and “adapting” to new technology. Yet the most important—and most worrisome ...
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