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Reds and Rousioi
Huge amounts were bet on chariot races, and initially four teams took part in these races, each one financially sponsored and supported by a different political party ( Deme ) within the Roman / Byzantine Senate: The Blues ( Venetoi ), the Greens ( Prasinoi ), the Reds ( Rousioi ) and the Whites ( Leukoi ).

Reds and Whites
The war was fought from 27 January to 15 May 1918 between the forces of the Social Democrats led by the People's Deputation of Finland, commonly called the " Reds " (, ), and the forces of the non-socialist, conservative-led Senate, commonly called the " Whites " (, ).
The Reds were based in the towns and industrial centres of southern Finland, while the Whites controlled central and northern Finland.
Fighting broke out between the Reds and the Whites in January 1918 and quickly escalated.
Both the Reds and Whites used political terror as a military weapon during the conflict.
The final escalation towards war began in early January 1918, as each military or political act of the Reds or the Whites resulted in a corresponding counteraction by their opponents.
Initial frontlines and offensives of the Civil War at the beginning of February ( area controlled by the Reds in red, and by the Whites in blue )
The Whites ' bridgehead south of the River Vuoksi at Antrea on the Karelian Isthmus was a constant problem to the Reds, as it threatened the railway connection Viipuri-Petrograd.
The Swedish socialists, on the other hand, did not provide support for the Finnish Reds, but tried to open peace negotiations between the Finnish Whites and Reds.
The propaganda of the Reds and Whites utilized the terror acts of the opponent effectively, which increased the local political violence and the spiral of revenge.
The number of casualties and the timing of the terror differed markedly between the Reds and Whites.
A commander of the peasant Revolutionary Insurrectionary Army of Ukraine, also known as the Anarchist Black Army, Makhno led a guerrilla campaign opposing both the Bolshevik " Reds " and monarchist " Whites ".
Amidst civil war between the Reds and the Whites, the RSFSR inherited the war that the Russian Empire was fighting against Germany that was ended a year later with an armistice.
The political scene in Uruguay became split between two parties: the conservative Blancos ( Whites ) headed by Manuel Oribe, representing the agricultural interests of the countryside ; and the liberal Colorados ( Reds ) led by Fructuoso Rivera, representing the business interests of Montevideo.
The political scene in Uruguay became split between two parties, the conservative Blancos (" Whites ") and the liberal Colorados (" Reds ").
During the Russian Civil War, which broke out after the October Revolution, Irkutsk became the site of many furious, bloody clashes between the " Whites " and the " Reds ".
As the Whites ( Anti-Bolshevik forces, though not necessarily supportive of the Tsar ) advanced toward Yekaterinburg the Reds were in a precarious situation.
After the Bolshevik revolution, Finland declared its independence but was soon embroiled in a civil war between " Reds ", who declared for the working class, and " Whites ", who represented the aristocracy, landowners, and the middle-class and were the troops of the Senate of Finland.
These were the Blues, the Reds, the Greens, and the Whites, although by the Byzantine era the only teams with any influence were the Blues and Greens.
The Civil War was portrayed as a liberation from Russian control after a 20 year long Russification programme, with the Whites stressing the links of the Reds to the Russian Bolshevik regime.
As the Reds had murdered some 1, 100 people in their zone of control ( the so-called Red terror ), the Whites retaliated ruthlessly, executing some 7, 370 people after the recapture of the Red areas ( the so-called White terror ).
Approximately 4, 000 Whites and 4, 500 Reds were killed in action.
Writing near the beginning of the third century, he wrote that the Reds were dedicated to Mars, the Whites to the Zephyrs, the Greens to Mother Earth or spring, and the Blues to the sky and sea or autumn.
Indeed, Reds and Whites are only rarely mentioned in the surviving literature, although their continued activity is documented in inscriptions and in curse-tablets.
By this time, the Blues ( Vénetoi ) and the Greens ( Prásinoi ) had come to overshadow the other two factions of the Whites ( Leukoí ) and Reds ( Roúsioi ), while still maintaining the paired alliances, although these were now fixed as Blue and White vs. Green and Red.

Reds and gradually
The first president of the University was a liberalist, so the campus gradually became what was thought to be " a den of the Reds ( Marxists )".
The Reds gradually returned to mediocrity and attendance flagged.
The Reds would continue to be a frequent contender, gradually building up toward what would become known as the " Big Red Machine ".

Reds and were
Momentarily the Reds were back in the ball game, trailing only 6-3, but the drive fizzled when John Edwards fouled out with men on second and third and two out.
On August 11, 2008, Dallas Buck, RHP Micah Owings, and C Wilkin Castillo were traded to the Reds ( in last place in the NL Central at the time ) in exchange for OF Adam Dunn.
The team with the best overall record in the major leagues, the Cincinnati Reds, failed to win their division in either half of that season and were controversially excluded, as were the St. Louis Cardinals, who finished with the NL's second-best record.
He ultimately chose the former when a deal between the city, Hamilton County, and Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds ( who were seeking a replacement for the obsolete Crosley Field ) was struck that resulted in an agreement to build a multipurpose stadium which could host both baseball and football games.
There was also a complication: Major League Baseball's Cincinnati Reds were in need of a facility to replace the antiquated, obsolete Crosley Field, which they had used since 1912.
However, Crosley was adamant that the Reds remain in Cincinnati and tolerated worsening problems with the Crosley Field location, which were exacerbated by the Millcreek Expressway ( I-75 ) project that ran alongside the park.
Major losses were all to free agency ( second baseman Kaz Matsui went to the Houston Astros and pitcher Josh Fogg went to the Cincinnati Reds ).
The Reds — dominated by industrial and agrarian workers — were supported by the Russian Soviet Republic.
The Reds ’ plans concerning private property rights were in conflict with their plans for an " ultrademocratic " and free society ; only the state and local administration of municipalities would have had true property rights.
In addition, the White Guard leadership were uncertain whether common troopers drafted from the small-sized and poor farms of central and northern Finland had strong enough motivation to fight the Finnish Reds.
500 – 800 Reds died, and 12, 000 – 15, 000 were imprisoned.
After peace talks between the Germans and the Finnish Reds were broken off on 11 April, the true battle for the capital of Finland began.
Around 8, 000-9, 000 Finnish Reds defended Helsinki ; their best troops, however, were located in the more northern main front of the 1918 war.
In total, 100-200 Germans, 300 Reds and 20 White Guard troopers were killed in the battle.
Around 8, 000 Reds were captured.
He bounced back to hit 31 home runs and 109 RBIs in 1977, but the Reds would only reach the post-season once more during Bench's career, when the 1979 Reds were swept in three games by the Pirates in the 1979 National League Championship Series.
While the emphasis was decidedly on the commercial, there were occasional less commercial but more artistic and intellectual efforts like I'm Dancing as Fast as I Can, Atlantic City, Reds, Witness, Children of a Lesser God and The Accused.
During the 1970 campaign, Clemente compiled an average of. 352 ; the Pirates won the National League East but were subsequently eliminated by the Cincinnati Reds.
Vaughn and utilityman Mark Sweeney were traded to the Cincinnati Reds for left fielder Reggie Sanders, infielder Damian Jackson and pitching prospect Josh Harris.
His 35 home runs were his highest since his first year with the Reds as Griffey slowly moved up the career home run list.
He again performed well in the World Series (. 333 batting,. 667 slugging, a home run and three steals in four games ), but the A's were swept by the underdog Cincinnati Reds.
Negotiations for the release of the Romanovs between their Bolshevik ( commonly referred to as ' Reds ') captors and their extended family, many of whom were prominent members of the Royal Houses of Europe, stalled.

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