Following a prolonged period of retirement during the 50s, he returned to public office under Nero, serving as proconsul of the Africa province in 63, and accompanying the emperor during an official tour of Greece in 66.

Following a prolonged siege and a bloody struggle, in which Hannibal himself was wounded and the army practically destroyed, the Carthaginians finally took control of the city.

Following a prolonged siege, Paris fell on 28 January 1871.

Following their submission, Basil oversaw the stabilization and expansion of the Byzantine Empire's eastern frontier, and above all, the final and complete subjugation of Bulgaria, the Empire's foremost European foe, after a prolonged struggle.

Following up this success he laid siege to Vidin, which eventually fell following a prolonged resistance.

Following the assassination of Berdibek by his brother in 1359, the Khanate sank into prolonged internecine war, in which sometimes as many as four Khans vied for recognition by the emirs and for possession of major cities like Sarai, Qirim, and Azaq.

Following the coronation there was a banquet, but after that the festivities ended, as the emperor and empress thought it wrong to have prolonged celebrations during a time of war.

Following a period of anarchy, under the rule of al-Mu ' tadid, the Abbassid capital was shifted back to Baghdad and Samarra entered a prolonged decline ( which accelerated after the 13th century when the course of the Tigris shifted ).

Following the conclusion of the " Where's the beef " campaign, Wendy's Restaurants entered a prolonged two-year sales slump.

Following a prolonged siege at the Battle of Nineveh, Nabopolassar took control of Nineveh.

Following the new line from Moscow, and believing that a new " imperialist war " and a new depression were imminent, and that the CPA should immediately contest for leadership of the working class with the Australian Labor Party, the CPA launched an industrial offensive in 1947, culminating in a prolonged strike in the coalmines in 1949.

Following the arrest of suspected communist radicals in 1919 and 1920 during the Palmer raids, Frankfurter, together with other prominent lawyers including Zechariah Chafee, signed an ACLU report which condemned the " utterly illegal acts committed by those charged with the highest duty of enforcing the laws " including entrapment, police brutality, prolonged incommunicado detention, and violations of due process in court.

Following the many repercussions of the so-called Koskotas scandal, the Greek legislative election, June 1989 elections produced a deadlock, leading to a prolonged political crisis.

Following massive popular demonstrations and a prolonged civil war against the monarchy, the Communist Party of Nepal ( Maoist ) became the ruling party during the Nepalese Constituent Assembly election, 2008.

Following a prolonged, 7-year rule, in 1855 a weary Belzu decided to " retire ".

Following the 1986 season, the club replaced Hirooka with Masaaki Mori, who was able to sustain the team's prolonged success.

Following a prolonged period of retirement during the 50s, he returned to public office under Nero, serving as proconsul of the Africa province in 63, and accompanying the emperor during an official tour of Greece in 66.

Following Qaitbay's death, the Mamluk state descended into a prolonged succession crisis lasting for five years until the accession of Al-Ashraf Qansuh al-Ghawri.

Following a prolonged air battle, Karubin was chasing a German fighter at treetop level.

Following the war the house seemed destined to become one of the thousands of country houses being demolished, until a local conservation society, The Amersham Society, assisted by the Council for the Protection of Rural England fought a prolonged battle to save the house: eventually a preservation order was put on the building preventing its demolition.

Following prolonged Securitate surveillance of the group, which resulted in the accumulation of evidence about conversations with dissident tones, members may have been blackmailed ( threatened with harm against their families and themselves ), and promised some reprieve ( or even freedom to leave the country with their families ) if they went along with the staging of the robbery to serve several government and personal purposes.

Following the bombing of Blüdhaven on Deathstroke's orders in Infinite Crisis, Nightwing returns and informs Rose that the Kryptonite Deathstroke had implanted in her eye-socket is not just a danger to Kryptonians, but it is also carcinogenic and is indeed lethal to humans under extended periods of prolonged exposure.

Following the conference a period of prolonged guerilla warfare was launched by Bangladesh Forces, which continued for a number of months.

Following prolonged publicity and controversy in North America throughout its production, Zabriskie Point was released in February 1970, almost four years after Antonioni began pre-production and over a year and a half after shooting began.

Following a request by the government of Guinea-Bissau, Angola sent there a contingent of about 300 troops meant to help putting an end to the political-military unrest in that country, and to reorganize the local military forces.

Following their victory at Phillipi, the Triumvirate divided the Roman Republic between themselves and ruled as military dictators.

Following the rise of the Taliban in 1996, Massoud, who rejected the Taliban's fundamentalist interpretation of Islam, returned to the armed opposition, serving as the military and political leader of the United Islamic Front ( also known in the West as Northern Alliance ).

Following its construction, the Arc de Triomphe became the rallying point of French troops parading after successful military campaigns and for the annual Bastille Day Military Parade.

Following Germany's military reforms of the 1920s, Heinz Guderian emerged as a strong proponent of mechanised forces.

Following the IRA ceasefires between 1994 and 1996 and since 1997, demilitarisation has taken place as part of the peace process, reducing the military presence from 30, 000 to 5, 000 troops.

Following the fall of the Shah of Iran and the Iran Hostage Crisis in 1979 – 1980, the West became concerned with ensuring the flow of oil from the Persian Gulf through the Strait of Hormuz, and the US received permission for a $ 400 million expansion of the military facilities on Diego Garcia consisting of two parallel runways, expansive parking aprons for heavy bombers, 20 new anchorages in the lagoon, a deep water pier, port facilities for the largest naval vessels in the US or British fleet, aircraft hangars, maintenance buildings and an air terminal, a fuel storage area, and billeting and messing facilities for thousands of sailors and support personnel.

Following his military service, Stoiber studied political science and then, in the fall 1962 in Munich, law.

Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Finland has moved steadily towards integration into Western institutions and abandoned its formal policy of neutrality, which has been recast as a policy of military nonalliance coupled with the maintenance of a credible, independent defence.

Following the war, many former German soldiers joined the Foreign Legion to pursue a military career with an elite unit, an option that was no longer possible in Germany.

Following the 2009 ouster of the president, the Honduran military together with other government security forces were allegedly responsible for thousands of allegedly arbitrary detentions and for several forced disappearances and extrajudicial executions of opponents to the de facto government, including members of the Democratic Unification Party.

Following years of political and military agitation for ' Home Rule ' for Ireland, the Anglo-Irish treaty of 1921 established the Irish Free State ( now the Republic of Ireland ) as a separate state, leaving Northern Ireland as part of the United Kingdom.

Following a series of military successes in the south, forces led by Gnaeus Julius Agricola entered Scotland in 79.

Following this short stint in the military, Ebbinghaus finished his dissertation on Eduard von Hartmann ’ s Philosphie des Unbewussten ( Philosophy of the Unconscious ), and received his doctorate on August 16, 1873, when he was 23 years old.

Following the end of the Israeli occupation of Lebanon in 2000, its military strength grew significantly.

Following the end of the war, Kornilov served as military attache in China from 1907 – 11.

Following the US-led invasion and the removal of the Taliban in late 2001, the military of Afghanistan is being rebuilt and reformed by NATO military alliance, mainly by the United States Armed Forces.

Following World War II, the Soviet Union offered military assistance to the Afghan government where the United States refused, and by the 1960s, Soviet assistance started to improve the structure, armament, training, and command and control arrangements for the military.

Following Niger's independence in 1960, France maintained several hundred advisers at all levels of Niger's government and military.

Following 1962, Pakistan Armed Forces has had close military relations with the People's Republic of China, including development and research cooperation to enhance military system, such as on the JF-17 Thunder, K-8 Karakorum, and others as well.

Following the severe territorial losses of 1940 ( see next section ), Carol was forced to abdicate, replaced as king by his son Mihai, but the power was taken by the military dictator Ion Antonescu ( initially in conjunction with the Iron Guard ).

Following Yarborough's recommendations, the Colombian military recruited civilians into paramilitary " civil defense " groups which worked alongside the military in its counter-insurgency campaign, as well as in civilian intelligence networks to gather information on guerrilla activity.