The Visigoths (/ ˈ v ɪ z ɪ ɡ ɒ θ s /; Latin: Visigothi, Wisigothi, Vesi, Visi, Wesi, Wisi) were an early Germanic people who, along with the Ostrogoths, constituted the two major political entities of the Goths within the Roman Empire in late antiquity, or what is known as the Migration Period.The Visigoths emerged from earlier Gothic groups, including a large group of Thervingi, who had ...

The Getae (/ ˈ dʒ iː t iː, ˈ ɡ iː t iː / JEE-tee, GHEE-tee) or Gets (/ dʒ ɛ t s, ɡ ɛ t s / JETS, GHETS; Ancient Greek: Γέται, singular Γέτης) were a Thracian-related tribe that once inhabited the regions to either side of the Lower Danube, in what is today northern Bulgaria and southern Romania.Both the singular form Get and plural Getae may be derived from a Greek exonym ...

The ancient name of the city is Enchalon (Εγχαλών), the ancient Greek word for eel, which may be related to the Illyrian Enchele tribe that was known to live in the region. According to E. Hamp, a connection with Albanian ’ngjalë’ makes it possible that the name Enchele was derived from the Illyrian term for eels, which may have been anciently related to Greek and simply …

The Philistines (Hebrew: פְּלִשְׁתִּים ‎ Pəlīštīm) were an ancient people who lived on the south coast of Canaan from the 12th century BC until 604 BC, when their polity, after having already been subjugated for centuries by the Neo-Assyrian Empire, was finally destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II of the Neo-Babylonian Empire. After becoming part of his empire and its ...

Indo-Aryan peoples are a diverse collection of Indo-European peoples speaking Indo-Aryan languages in the Indian subcontinent.Historically, Indo-Aryans were the Indo-European pastoralists who migrated from Central Asia into South Asia and introduced Proto-Indo-Aryan language. The Indo-Aryan language speakers are found across South Asia.

Dalmatia was a Roman province.Its name is derived from the name of an Illyrian tribe called the Dalmatae, which lived in the central area of the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea.It encompassed the northern part of present-day Albania, much of Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Kosovo and Serbia, thus covering an area significantly larger than the current Croatian region …

An Illyrian revolt was put down with energy, and the Romans sped up the construction of a number of fortresses in Cisalpine Gaul. ... From this tribe he received supplies that were required for the expedition across the Alps. In addition, he received Brancus' diplomatic protection. Up until the Alps proper, he did not have to fend off any tribes.

The English term is borrowed from Lat. genius m. "household guardian spirit"; earlier, "innate male power of a race or clan", deriving from the Indo-European root *g̑enh₁-, "give birth, produce", which is also reflected in Lat. gignō "give birth" and gēns, gentis f. "tribe, people".. The genius appears explicitly in Roman literature as early as Plautus, where one character jests that the ...

The Battle of Alesia or Siege of Alesia (September 52 BC) was a military engagement in the Gallic Wars around the Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement) of Alesia in modern France, a major centre of the Mandubii tribe. It was fought by the Roman army of Julius Caesar against a confederation of Gallic tribes united under the leadership of Vercingetorix of the Arverni.

Ohrid (Macedonian: Охрид ()) is a city in North Macedonia and is the seat of the Ohrid Municipality.It is the largest city on Lake Ohrid and the eighth-largest city in the country, with the municipality recording a population of over 42,000 inhabitants as of 2002. Ohrid is known for once having 365 churches, one for each day of the year, and has been referred to as a "Jerusalem …

Krujë (definite Albanian form: Kruja; see also the etymology section) is a town and a municipality in north central Albania.Located between Mount Krujë and the Ishëm River, the city is only 20 km north from the capital of Albania, Tirana.. Krujë was inhabited by the ancient Illyrian tribe of the Albani.In 1190 Krujë became the capital of the first Albanian state in the middle ages, the ...

Fier (Albanian: ; definite Albanian form: Fieri) is the seventh most populous city of the Republic of Albania and seat of Fier County and Fier Municipality. It is situated on the bank of Gjanica River in the Myzeqe Plain between the Seman in the north, the Vjosë in the south and the foothills of the Mallakastra Mountains in the southeast. Fier experiences a seasonal Mediterranean climate ...

Istria (/ ˈ ɪ s t r i ə / ISS-tree-ə; Croatian and Slovene: Istra; Istriot: Eîstria; Istro-Romanian, Italian and Venetian: Istria; formerly Histria in Latin and Ἵστρια in Ancient Greek) is the largest peninsula within the Adriatic Sea.The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Kvarner Gulf.It is shared by three countries: Croatia ...

Oct 25, 2022 · The number of American households that were unbanked last year dropped to its lowest level since 2009, a dip due in part to people opening accounts to receive financial assistance during the ...