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* 58 BC – Livia, First Roman Empress the wife of Emperor Augustus ( d. 29 )
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The solution to the puzzle as well as explaining the historical circumstances leading to the choice of the Agri Decumates as a defensive point and the concentration of Germans there are probably to be found in the German attack on the Gallic fortified town of Vesontio in 58 BC.
He was at the head of the Peripatetic school at Rome, about 58 BC, and was the teacher of Boethus of Sidon, with whom Strabo studied.
The Roman Republic annexed southern Gaul as the province of Gallia Narbonensis in the late 2nd century BC, and Roman forces under Julius Caesar conquered the rest of Gaul in the Gallic Wars of 58 – 51 BC.
They feature prominently in the Commentaries on the Gallic War, with their failed migration attempt to southwestern Gaul ( 58 BC ) serving as a catalyst for Caesar's conquest of Gaul.
Nevertheless, the Helvetii did not give up their planned emigration, but burned their homes in 58 BC.
The earliest manifestation of this in Sri Lanka is radiocarbon-dated to c. 1000-800 BC at Anuradhapura and Aligala shelter in Sigiriya ( Deraniyagala 1992: 709-29 ; Karunaratne and Adikari 1994: 58 ; Mogren 1994: 39 ; with the Anuradhapura dating corroborated by Coningham 1999 ).
In 58 BC, the Helvetii tried to evade migratory pressure from Germanic tribes by moving into Gaul, but were defeated at Lawrenceburg by Julius Caesar's armies and then sent back.
Having been appointed governor of the Roman province of Gallia Narbonensis ( modern Provence ) in 58 BC, Julius Caesar proceeded to conquer the Gallic tribes beyond over the next few years, maintaining control through a careful divide and rule strategy.
The Roman proconsul and general Julius Caesar pushed his army into Gaul in 58 BC, on the pretext of assisting Rome's Gaullish allies against the migrating Helvetii.
* 58 BC: He was made assistant to Cato, governor of Cyprus which helped him start his political career.
Ptolemy lost Cyprus to Demetrios Poliorketes in 306 and 294 BC, but after that it remained under Ptolemaic rule till 58 BC.
Cyprus became a Roman province in 58 BC, according to Strabo because Publius Clodius Pulcher held a grudge against Ptolemy and sent Marcus Cato to conquer the island after he had become tribune.
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In 1857 – 58, Douglas broke with President James Buchanan, leading to a fight for control of the Democratic Party.
The original signatories were the 12 countries active in Antarctica during the International Geophysical Year ( IGY ) of 1957 – 58.
On July 1, 2008, the Rockies defeated the San Diego Padres, 4 – 0, in the shortest nine-inning game in Coors Field history – one hour and 58 minutes.
Eisenhower applied the doctrine in 1957 – 58 by dispensing economic aid to shore up the Kingdom of Jordan, and by encouraging Syria's neighbors to consider military operations against it.
The Red Wings won the Presidents ' Trophy with a 58 – 16 – 8 record, earning them 124 points, and secured home ice advantage for the entire playoffs.
* Alonzo Church, " An unsolvable problem of elementary number theory ", American Journal of Mathematics, 58 ( 1936 ), pp 345 – 363
* 1964 – In Sydney, Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser sets a new world record in the 100-meter freestyle swimming competition ( 58. 9 seconds ).
0.084 seconds.