If the cities were treated as relatively autonomous local administrative areas, it would simplify the problems of imperial administration, which as far as Julian was concerned, should be focused on the administration of the law and defense of the empire's vast frontiers.

Malta is divided into 68 elected local councils, with each council responsible for the administration of cities or regions of varying sizes.

On November 29, 1798, during Fanning's administration, Great Britain granted approval to change the colony's name from St. John's Island to Prince Edward Island to distinguish it from similar names in the Atlantic, such as the cities of Saint John, New Brunswick and St. John's in Newfoundland.

These chemical weapons were developed by Iraq from materials and technology supplied primarily by West German companies as well as the Reagan administration of the United States which also supplied Iraq with " satellite photos showing Iranian deployments " and advised Hussein to bomb civilian targets in Tehran and other Iranian cities.

In order for the administration to maintain control over city matters, The Hague never received official city status ( although it did have many of the privileges normally granted only to cities ).

They create Roman-style cities, install a Roman administration and build roads.

# Sfatul Ţării would vote for local budgets, control the councils of the zemstva and cities, and appoint the local administration

A few medieval cities were admired for their wide thoroughfares and orderly arrangements, but the juridical chaos of medieval cities ( where the administration of streets was sometimes passed down through noble families ), and the characteristic tenacity of medieval Europeans in legal matters prevented frequent or large-scale urban planning until the Renaissance and the early-modern strengthening of central government administration, as European society transited from city-states to what we would recognize as a more modern concept of a nation-state.

In mainland China under the administration of the People's Republic of China, the cities of Beijing, Tianjin, Shanghai and Chongqing are centrally-administered province-level regions, and they do not belong to any particular province.

Latvia is a unitary state, currently divided into 110 municipalities () and 9 republican cities () with their own city council and administration.

Typically unitary authorities cover towns or cities which are large enough to function independently of county or other regional administration.

The French administration now allows for some Breton or Gallo to be used by the region and its communes, in road signs and names of towns and cities, alongside the official French version.

The Carter administration argued that the industry and its customers would benefit from new entrants, the end of price regulation, and reduced control over routes and hub cities

Today, since the special wards have almost the same degree of independence as Japanese cities, the difference in administration between Tokyo and other prefectures is fairly minor ( see 23 special wards for details ).

He studied the functional problems of cities and linked them to the state administration system.

Lagos, subsequent to the re-modernization project achieved by the current administration of Governor Raji Babatunde Fashola, is gradually becoming a major tourist destination, being one of the largest cities in Africa and in the world.

His administration funded the piping of natural gas to New Orleans and other cities.

In 1887, the county turned over the administration of the schools to the newly incorporated cities and their councils.

Like many other West Coast cities, Bremerton school teachers were pitted against their district's administration for nearly a month in September 1994 during a contentious strike.

Under President Ma Ying-jeou's administration, the central government has reorganized more counties and cities.

The city was at that time still under the government of Andromachus, whose mild and equitable administration is said to have presented a strong contrast with that of the despots and tyrants of the other Sicilian cities.

With a GDP per capita of 9. 57 million VND in 2007 Binh Dinh is ranked 4 out of 8 provinces and cities in the South Central Coast.

They perform at both military and civilian airfields, and often perform directly over major cities such as San Francisco's " Fleet Week " maritime festival, Cleveland's annual Labor Day Air Show, the Chicago Air and Water Show, and Seattle's annual Seafair festival.

To offer an example of these concepts, O ' Flaherty makes use of " one of the oldest reasons why cities were built: military protection ".

Cheka departments were organized not only in big cities and guberniya seats, but also in each uyezd, at any front-lines and military formations.

This proved valuable human capital for the 24, 000 alumni who later served in the military and the 40, 000 who left the reservations for war jobs in the cities.

It was believed that large cities would be targets in a possible war, hence the highways were designed to facilitate their evacuation and ease military maneuvers.

They were second-class citizens and played no part in politics or law, and owed no military service to the crown, although in some cities they may have been the majority of the population.

Between 28-24 BC Augustus ' military campaigns pacified all Hispania under Roman rule, with the foundation of Roman cities like Asturica Augusta ( Astorga ) and Bracara Augusta ( Braga ) to the north, and to the south Emerita Augusta ( Mérida ) ( settled with the emeriti of the Legio V Alaudae and Legio X Gemina legions ).

Landau was later occupied by the French from 1680 to 1815, when it was one of the Décapole, the ten free cities of Alsace, and received its modern fortifications by Louis XIV's military architect Vauban in 1688 – 99, making the little city ( population in 1789 was still only approximately 5, 000 ) one of Europe's strongest citadels.

As the Ghibellines intended their fortress to be a strategic military stronghold and center of control for the area, they set about creating a settlement around the base of the Rock to support the garrison ; in an attempt to lure residents from Genoa and the surrounding cities, they offered land grants and tax exemption to new settlers.

This marked the beginning of the Thirteen Years ' War between the Teutonic Knights and Poland, with the Prussian cities financing the military costs of the latter.

Urban IV's military captain was the condottiere Azzo d ' Este, nominally at the head of a loose league of cities that included Mantua and Ferrara.

There were three military theaters in this war: Italy, where Hannibal defeated the Roman legions repeatedly ; Hispania, where Hasdrubal, a younger brother of Hannibal, defended the Carthaginian colonial cities with mixed success until eventually retreating into Italy ; and Sicily, where the Romans held military supremacy.

Some of the military forces were set up on the basis of clandestine officers ' organisations in the cities.

With the plunder he gained further military forces could be paid, enabling him to raid the Moorish cities of Lisbon, Zamora, and Coimbra.

Solomon is also described as rebuilding cities elsewhere in Israel, creating the port of Ezion-Geber, and constructing Tadmor in the wilderness as a commercial depot and military outpost.

The New York neighborhoods of Greenwich Village and Harlem were home to a sizable homosexual population after World War I, when many men and women who had served in the military took advantage of the opportunity to settle in larger cities.

In 1285 the city became the northernmost member of the Hanseatic League – a mercantile and military alliance of German-dominated cities in Northern Europe.

While there are no specifics given, it is strongly suggested in the film that America's cities, military, and industrial base are heavily damaged or destroyed.

All of these cities were founded for military purposes and three of them in celebration of victory.

In response, Israel launched Operation Defensive Shield, a major military offensive into major West Bank cities.

The original plan envisioned taking control of the major cities on 26 March 1971, and then eliminating all opposition, political or military, within one month.

The Bronze Age civilization at its final period of time, displayed all its characteristic social traits: low level of urbanization, small cities centered around temples or royal palaces, strict separation of classes between an illiterate mass of peasants and craftsmen, and a powerful military elite, knowledge of writing and education reserved to a tiny minority of scribes, and pronounced aristocratic life.

A top-secret White Paper, compiled by the Royal Air Force and produced for the British Government in 1959, estimated that British atomic bombers were capable of destroying key cities and military targets in the Soviet Union, with an estimated 16 million deaths in the USSR ( half of whom were estimated to be killed on impact and the rest fatally injured ) before bomber aircraft from the US Strategic Air Command reached their targets.

After fighting through many levels of Vorticon-infested cities and military installations, Keen arrives at the lair of the Grand Intellect.