Through the treachery of some Lucanian exiles, he was compelled to engage under unfavourable circumstances near Padosia, on the banks of the Acheron, and was killed by the hand of one of the exiles, as he was crossing the river.

In January 1846, a peculiar skull was taken from the banks of Murrumbidgee River near Balranald, New South Wales.

Image: The four trees -- Claude Monet -- 1891 -- oil on canvas -- 82 x 81. 5 cm -- the Metropolitan Museum of Art -- four poplars on the banks of the Epte River near Giverny. jpg | Four Poplars on the Banks of the Epte River near Giverny, 1891, Metropolitan Museum of Art

His tomb at Al-ʻUzair on the banks of the Tigris near Basra, Iraq, is a pilgrimage site for the local Marsh Arabs.

The vast majority of ethnic Franks, divided between Salians and Ripuarians, were confined respectively to the Low Countries, the northeastern tip of modern France and the Rhine river banks all the way down to near the Main and Hesse areas.

Caches might also be hidden in places where the act of searching can make a finder look suspicious ( e. g. near schools, children's playgrounds, banks, courthouses, or in residential neighborhoods ), or where the container placement could be mistaken for a drug stash or a bomb ( especially in urban settings, under bridges, near banks, courthouses, or embassies ).

Numerous finds have been made of spear heads and weaponry from the Bronze and Iron ages near the banks of the Thames in the London area, many of which had clearly been used in battle.

Sher Shah met Humayun in battle on the banks of the Ganges, near Benares, in Chausa.

There were also the tree-covered islet near Lang ( Poolsche Hoed ) and several small rocky islets or banks between Krakatoa and Verlaten.

On 27 July 1214, the opposing armies suddenly discovered they were in close proximity to each other, on the banks of a little tributary of the River Lys, near the Bridge of Bouvines.

As the reconstituted Central Bank of Somalia fully assumes its monetary policy responsibilities, some of the existing money transfer companies are expected in the near future to seek licenses so as to develop into full-fledged commercial banks.

The man who would later rule under the name of Theodoric was born in 454 AD, on the banks of the Neusiedler See near Carnuntum.

When he arrived at the rain-swollen banks of the Guadalupe River near Gonzales, there were just eighteen Texans to oppose him.

After collecting his forces during June, Boleslaw led his troops to the border in July and on 23 July at the banks of the Bug River, near Wielen, he defeated the forces of Yaroslav the Wise prince of Kiev, in what became known as the Battle at Bug river.

In the victory won by the Christians on the banks of the river Salado, near Tarifa, he earned his title of Afonso the Brave ( 1340 ).

Sherman was born in 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio, near the banks of the Hocking River.

Commercial trolling for tuna is more successful near offshore banks than in open water areas, and is also enhanced in the vicinity of a fish aggregation device ( FAD ).

Temples like Dattadeva temple, which is revered by the people of Maharashtra, is located on the banks of Krishna at Narasoba Waadi and Audumber near Sangli.

Also, Sangameshwar Shiva Temple at Haripur and Ramling Temple are located on the banks of river Krishna near Sangli.

Popular pilgrim spots like Audumber and Narsobawadi are located on the banks of river Krishna near Sangli in Maharashtra state.

After the destruction of Portobelo in November last year, Vernon proceeded to remove the last Spanish stronghold in the area, attacking the fortress of San Lorenzo el Real Chagres, on the banks of the Chagres River and near Portobelo.

This trail connected the Great Indian Warpath with the Rutherford Indian Trace, following the West Fork of the Little Pigeon River from modern-day Sevierville through modern-day Pigeon Forge, Gatlinburg, and the Sugarlands, crossing the crest of the Smokies along the slopes of Mount Collins, and descending into North Carolina along the banks of the Oconaluftee.

Although the area had been inhabited since pre-Columbian times, the modern-day settlement was founded as a river port on the banks of the Río Papaloapan in the mid-16th century.

The Battle of the Hydaspes River was fought by Alexander the Great in 326 BC against King Porus of the Hindu Paurava kingdom on the banks of the Hydaspes River ( Jhelum River ) in the Punjab near Bhera in what is now modern-day Pakistan.

Previously, two independent hamlets existed on the banks of the Clunie Water named on the West bank ; Auchendryne, on the East bank ; Castleton, the name referring to Kindrochit Castle ( within the modern-day village ) rather than Braemar Castle ( immediately south of the village ).

The identification and measurement of operational risk is a real and live issue for modern-day banks, particularly since the decision by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision ( BCBS ) to introduce a capital charge for this risk as part of the new capital adequacy framework ( Basel II ).

Southwestern Krai (), also known as Kiev General Governorate or Kiev, Podolia, and Volhynia General Governorate () was a subdivision ( a krai ) of the Russian Empire that included much of the territory of modern-day Ukraine covering both banks of the Dnieper River.

The Latin name suggests that the city was already a Celtic oppidum, or walled town, on the banks on the River Exe before the foundation of the Roman city, in about AD 50.

This oppidum ( a Latin term meaning an important town ) on the banks of the River Exe certainly existed prior to the foundation of the Roman city in about AD 50.

Jealous, however, of the preference shown by the Voortrekkers in Natal to another commandant, Gert Maritz, Potgieter soon recrossed the Drakensberg, and in November 1838 he and his followers settled by the banks of the Mooi River, founding a town named Potchefstroom in honour of Potgieter.

Meissen ( in German orthography: Meißen ; ; ; ; ) is a town of approximately 30, 000 about northwest of Dresden on both banks of the Elbe river in the Free State of Saxony, in eastern Germany.

The town of Mbandaka is a busy port on the banks of the Congo River.

They became reconciled, and upon Henry's death in 1024, Conrad appeared as a candidate before the electoral assembly of princes at Kamba, an historical name for an area on the East banks of the river Rhine and opposite to the German town Oppenheim ( Today the position of Kamba is marked by a small monument, which displays Conrad on a horse ).

The town also has a full range of banks and many independent cafes and restaurants.

The town lies on the banks of the Mitta Arm of Lake Hume, approximately south-east of Albury-Wodonga along the Murray Valley Highway.

The town of Aberavon grew up on the banks of the river, and was later subsumed by the larger centre of population known as Port Talbot.

The Battle of the Boyne, 1690, occurred some west of the town, on the banks of the River Boyne, at Oldbridge.

David Livingstone was born on 19 March 1813 in the mill town of Blantyre, in a tenement building for the workers of a cotton factory on the banks of the Clyde River under the bridge crossing into Bothwell, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

Zschopau (), a town in the German state Saxony, is located on both banks of the river Zschopau, south-east from Chemnitz.

The Glorieta, which lies on the banks of the Segura River, has traditionally been the center of the town.

Echuca ( ) is a town located on the banks of the Murray River and Campaspe river in Victoria, Australia.

The family moved in August 1919 to Nymburk, a small town on the banks of the Labe ( Elbe ), where František Hrabal became the brewery's manager.

Occupying both east and west banks of the river, the town was connected by the construction of a bridge which carried the road.

It was named for the Wicomico River, which in turn derives from Algonquian language words wicko mekee, meaning " a place where houses are built ," apparently referring to an Indian town on the banks.

In 1219 Richard Poore, the then Bishop of Sarum, decided to establish a new town and cathedral on an estate in his possession ( confusingly known as Veteres Sarisberias — Old Salisburys ) in the valley, on the banks of the River Avon.

In 1785, as a result of a " fit of illness " in the family the young Turner was sent to stay with his maternal uncle, Joseph Mallord William Marshall, in Brentford, which was then a small town west of London on the banks of the River Thames.

There is an old coaching Inn on the Epsom Road previously called the ' Sanford Arms ', which almost certainly derives from ' Sand Ford ', so this adds weight to the suggestion that ' Guildford ' is a corruption of ' Gold Ford ', referring to the very distinctive golden sand showing on the banks of the River Wey where it cuts through the sandy outcrop just south of the town.

Most of the paper mills are situated on the banks of watercourses in the neighbourhood of the town.

The Château de Montreuil-Bellay is a historical building in the town of Montreuil-Bellay, département of Maine-et-Loire, France, first built on the site of a Gallo-Roman village high on a hill on the banks of the Thouet River.

The town of Kilburn has its origins in a 12th century priory on the banks of the Kilburn Brook.

In addition, many major banks, estate agencies and building societies are represented in the town.

The Irish National Liberation Army ( INLA ) carried out many high-profile armed robberies at locations such as banks and supermarkets in the town 2001, until some time after a BBC Northern Ireland documentary highlighted the events in December 2004, although another robbery involving hostage taking occurred in October 2006.