With Consular armies destroyed in two major battles, and Hannibal approaching Rome's gates, the Romans feared the imminent destruction of their city.

Only dragons rivalled their capacity for ferocity and destruction, and during the First Age of Middle-earth, they were among the most feared of Morgoth's forces.

At one point, Wagner was shouted down by legendary Monroe County judge Sue K. Hicks, who as president of the Fort Loudoun Association feared the destruction of the historic fort's site by the proposed dam's reservoir.

Other notable world title fights included the 6 knockdowns of three-time world champion Dennis Andries to win the WBC Light Heavyweight title in March 1987, his four-round destruction of the feared Juan Roldán ( 63-2 ) later that year to claim the WBC Middleweight title, his TKO " Ring Magazine 1988 upset of the year " loss to Iran Barkley in his first defense of that same title, and his win against James " the Heat " Kinchen ( 44-3 ) for the newly created WBO Super Middleweight title.

" They feared the destruction of their Puritan ideals and the churches.

The Rjukan plant was the only location in Europe which produced heavy water, a component the Allied powers in World War II feared would be used as part of the German atomic bomb project, and consequently was the target of several commando and air raids and a sabotage raid which eventually resulted in the plant's destruction and later reconstruction.

As a result, his penchant for destruction has become so widely known and feared that just the news of Groo approaching is sometimes enough to cause chaos when the population reacts to the impending disaster.

" In the letter, he goes on to explain that after the bombing at Pearl Harbor, he was prepared to fight in the war until he read about the United States ' terms of unconditional surrender which he feared would lead to the " permanent destruction of Germany and Japan.

In 1989, when the Commission and its process was under review following a panel created by Mayor Koch in 1985, a decision was made to change the process by which buildings are declared to be landmarks due to some perceived issues with the manner by which the Commission operates as well as the realization that the destruction feared when the Commission was formed was no longer imminent.

He was put to work decoding information stolen from the Iacon archives, and told Megatron they were of locations of Earth, and feared that they could be weapons of mass destruction.

Despite their cultural, ideological and religious differences ( Edenists are virtually all atheists ), the Edenists and Adamists generally work together in a forum known as the Confederation, which seeks to regulate interstellar trade, prevent war and repress the use and spread of antimatter, the most feared weapon of mass destruction at the time of the novels.

Dr. Alkad Mzu, creator of the feared ' Alchemist ' weapon of mass destruction, has escaped from Tranquillity and apparently seeks revenge on Omuta, the world that destroyed her own home planet of Garissa thirty years earlier.

It is feared that there will be displacement of local populations, destruction of ecosystems, and an impact for downstream people in India and Bangladesh.

During the 2005 round of Base Realignment and Closure ( BRAC ), it was feared that NAS Pensacola might be closed, despite its naval hub status, due to extensive damage by Hurricane Ivan in late 2004 ; nearly every building on the installation suffered heavy damage, with near total destruction of the air station's southeastern complex.

The other Baluurians feared him and were eventually able to depose him by sedating him heavily and sending him to what they hoped would be his destruction in the center of the Negative Zone.

Many species are threatened by habitat destruction in their native range, and some are feared to be on the brink of extinction.

It ended with the defeat of the Turko-Egyptian fleet and the destruction of the feared artillery at the fortress of Navarino.

He worked at La Scala's theatre renovation, which proved controversial as preservationists feared that historic details would be lost.

An outbreak in Paraguay in 2008 was first feared to be urban in nature, but this ultimately proved not to be the case.

The renovation by renowned architect Mario Botta proved controversial, as preservationists feared that historic details would be lost.

Dolon proved to be the better runner but Athena infused fresh strength into the son of Tydeus for she feared some other Achaean might earn the glory of being first to hit Dolon.

During this time Lü Zhi proved herself to be a competent administrator in domestic affairs, and she quickly established strong working relationships with many of Gaozu's officials, who admired her for her capability and feared her for her ruthlessness.

Foxe feared that the appeal would be useless, and his fears proved correct.

His education had been much neglected and he proved a man of weak character, greatly influenced by his stepmother Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria, whom he feared, and also by the priests, and by the camarilla, or reactionary court set.

This proved to be a difficult endeavor, particularly for the aging Applewhite: he was in poor health and, at one point, feared that he had cancer.

More popular, though, proved to be his 1972 humorous songs: Mishka Shifman ( satirizing the leaving-for-Israel routine ), Victim of Television ( ridiculing the concept of " political consciousness " as such ) and grotesquely funny The Honor of the Chess Crown about an ever-fearless " simple Soviet man " challenging the much feared American champion Bobby Fisher to a match, as well as the new " war " songs: We Spin the Earth and Black Pea-Coats.

He feared that provincial and federal parliaments would themselves cede their power to the courts to avoid controversial issues, a fear that has proved well founded.

He died a few months after the battle, which proved as disastrous as he had feared.

Goldwyn expected the film to be as successful as The Best Years of Our Lives, but it proved to be as " tepid and old-fashioned " as Granger feared and, opening after cease-fire negotiations with Korea had begun, no longer topical, and it died at the box office.

The U. S. government — which feared that poverty in the Basin would contribute to the strength of communist movements — proved one of the most vocal international backers of the Committee, with the U. S. Bureau of Reclamation conducting a seminal 1956 study on the basin ’ s potential.

Bucyk proved particularly effective playing on the left side on Boston's greatly feared power play unit, which featured Phil Esposito, John McKenzie, Bobby Orr and Fred Stanfield.

Tuck continued to perform at a high level throughout the 2010 season and, along with Osi Umenyiora, proved why New York's pair of defensive ends are among the most feared in the league.

The resulting Battle of Elandslaagte was a clear-cut British tactical victory, but Sir George White feared that more Boers were about to attack his main position and ordered a chaotic retreat from Elandslaagte, throwing away any advantage gained.

Li later described the crackdown as a historic victory for Communism, and wrote that he feared the protests would be as potentially damaging to China as the Cultural Revolution ( 1966 – 1976 ) had been.

They regarded it very important who should gain the victory, and they feared the worst from Thor if Hrungnir should be defeated, for he was the strongest among them.

Their analysis of military history convinced them that decisive and aggressive strategic offensive was the only doctrine of victory, and feared that overemphasis of firepower, and the resultant dependence on entrenchment would make this all but impossible, and leading to the battlefield stagnant in advantages of the defensive position, destroying troop morale and willingness to fight.

The French and the Tories in England dismissed arguments that only Dutch obstructionism had robbed Marlborough of a great victory in 1705, confirmed in their belief that Blenheim had been a lucky strike and that Marlborough was a general not to be feared.

Conversely the final policy represented a victory for business interests ( who feared competition from the government in the area of applied research and who saw Kilgore's patent law proposal as a threat to their property rights ) and for scientists ( who gained control of what would later become an important source of resources and professional autonomy ).

" When the UNITA demand was originally rebuffed by the MPLA, Savimbi vastly intensified his military pressure, while alleging that the MPLA was resisting free and fair elections because they feared a UNITA electoral victory.

The Camarinans decided not to join either side, although they quietly sent aid to the Syracusans, whose greater proximity and potential victory they feared more than that of the Athenians.

The Swiss, with their head-down attack in huge columns with the long pike, refusal to take prisoners, and consistent record of victory, were greatly feared and admired — for instance, Machiavelli addresses their system of combat at length in The Prince.

The Union victory in the American Civil War in 1865 emboldened the forces in Britain that demanded more democracy and public input into the political system, to the dismay of the upper class landed gentry who identified more with the Southern planters and feared this might happen.

After the 5 – 0 victory, Sweden became a feared team in the tournament and many were surprised by Sweden's offensive play since they were known to mostly play a defensive form of football.

South American patriots feared both a complete French victory in the peninsula and an absolutist restoration.

The failure of the Crawford expedition caused alarm along the American frontier, as many Americans feared that the Indians would be emboldened by their victory and launch a new series of raids.

During the battle, almost anything that could go wrong went wrong for the Swedish forces, due to the strong defensive efforts of the Spanish Infantry ( the most feared Tercios Viejos, mainly those commanded by Fuenclara, Idiáquez and Toralto ) after pushing back fifteen Swedish assaults against Blue and Yellow Horn regiments on the hill of Albuch they protected, so the two Ferdinands achieved an outstanding military victory.

It was one of the most feared and most effective ground forces in 15th-century Europe, fresh from its victory over the French in the dynastic conflicts that followed the end of the Hundred Years ' War.

The British feared that the Americans might follow up their victory and strike at their position at Burlington at the western end of Lake Ontario, but the period of enlistment of most of the militia troops in Harrison's army was about to expire, and the Americans withdrew.

However, after the English Parliament's victory, they feared being sidelined-especially by the more radical Independent faction that had a strong following in the New Model Army both in the rank and file and among the Grandees like Oliver Cromwell.

This victory was celebrated in Milan, but the leaders of the Republic still feared Sforza, and sent him off to occupy him with the Ghiarad ' adda while Lodi and Caravaggio were besieged, hoping that their fall would end the war.

Before the elections that were scheduled for 28 May 1967, with expectations of a wide Center Union victory, a number of conservative National Radical Union politicians feared that the policies of left-wing Centrists, including Andreas Papandreou ( the son of Georgios Papandreou, Sr .), would lead to a constitutional crisis.

On the other hand, Washington feared a possible victory during the elections of the Frente Amplio, a left-wing coalition, on the model of the victory of the Unidad Popular government in Chile, led by Salvador Allende, in 1970.