Alaric is most famous for his sack of Rome in 410, which marked a decisive event in the decline of the Roman Empire.

J. P. Harris and Robert M. Citino point out that the Germans had always had a marked preference for short, decisive campaigns – but were unable to achieve short-order victories in First World War conditions.

The entry of the United States into the war – following Germany's declaration of unrestricted submarine warfare – marked a decisive turning-point against Germany.

The century between 1150 and 1250 marked a decisive turn in the role of Islam in Somali history.

Historians debate the significance of the election, with many arguing that it marked the beginning of modern American politics, with the decisive establishment of democracy and the formation of the two-party system.

Later Christian chroniclers and pre-20th century historians praised Charles Martel as the champion of Christianity, characterizing the battle as the decisive turning point in the struggle against Islam, a struggle which preserved Christianity as the religion of Europe ; according to modern military historian Victor Davis Hanson, " most of the 18th and 19th century historians, like Gibbon, saw Poitiers ( Tours ), as a landmark battle that marked the high tide of the Muslim advance into Europe.

The revolution's principles of popular sovereignty, though central to democratic principles of later eras, marked a decisive break from the absolute monarchical principle that was at the heart of traditional French government.

The record contained two cover versions and a few tracks more closely related to the group's previous pop output, yet still marked a decisive step forward.

The French use of the reconnaissance balloon l ' Entreprenant marked the first military use of an aircraft that had decisive influence on the outcome of the battle.

Although not a decisive defeat in itself, the hopeless confusion of the tattered and weary Spanish army ( having neither a government nor a military command structure to coordinate it ) meant that Espinosa marked the deathblow to Blake's Army of Galicia.

The Spanish-American War was a short decisive war marked by quick, overwhelming American victories at sea and on land against Spain.

The Battle of Zama, fought around October 19, 202 BC, marked the final and decisive end of the Second Punic War.

These innovations marked a decisive break with the past and a necessary step toward central bank independence.

In February 1652 Monck left Scotland to recover his broken health at Bath, and in November of the same year he became a General at Sea in the First Anglo-Dutch War, which ended in a decisive victory for the Commonwealth's fleet and marked the beginning of England's climb to supremacy over the Dutch at sea.

Although an invasion of Piedmont failed, an invasion of Spain across the Pyrenees took San Sebastián, and the French won a victory at Fleurus, the French Aerostatic Corps use of the reconnaissance balloon L ' Entreprenant marked the first military use of an aircraft that had decisive influence on the outcome of the battle, and occupied all of Belgium and the Rhineland.

The year 1024 marked a decisive event in the history of the town.

Significantly, the battle marked the effective demise of Anglo-Saxon paganism ; Charles Plummer, in 1896, described it as " decisive as to the religious destiny of the English ".

The Battle of Yarmouk is regarded as one of the most decisive battles in military history, and it marked the first great wave of Islamic conquests after the death of prophet Muhammad, heralding the rapid advance of Islam into the then Christian Levant.

The invading troops led by Alexander, were outnumbered more than 2: 1, defeated the army personally led by Darius III of Achaemenid Persia. The battle was a decisive Macedonian victory and it marked the beginning of the end of Persian power.

July 15, 1525 marked a decisive turning-point in Narni's history.

The Jay Treaty of 1794 marked the decisive mobilization of the two parties and their supporters in every state.

Historians debate the significance of the election, with many arguing that it marked the beginning of modern American politics, with the decisive establishment of democracy and the formation of the two party system.

The burning of the House of Tiles brought the Third Period at Lerna to a decisive close ; a low round tumulus marked its undisturbed, apparently sacrosanct site.

The late 1970s and early 1980s marked a decisive change of FLNC policy, similar to the one employed by the IRA.

At four-o'clock, or four-thirty, the coming of the newsboy marked the end of the day ; ;

To mark a row or stitch, tie contrasting thread around end of row or stitch to be marked.

At the end of the corridor Alec noticed a door marked: Fire Stairs.

In 1896 England under the captaincy of W G Grace won the series 2 – 1, and this marked the end of England's longest period of Ashes dominance.

In Western philosophy, the spread of Christianity through the Roman Empire marked the ending of Hellenistic philosophy and ushered in the beginnings of Medieval philosophy, whereas in Eastern philosophy, the spread of Islam through the Arab Empire marked the end of Old Iranian philosophy and ushered in the beginnings of early Islamic philosophy.

The text also marked the end of his original scientific work.

The war also marked a watershed in the geo-political history of the region, as together with the Lombard migration the following year, it signalled the end of six centuries of Germanic dominance in the Pannonian Basin.

Usually, two teams of five players play on a marked rectangular court with a basket at each width end.

This marked the end of widespread public bare-knuckle contests in England.

This marked the end of the last all-Liberal government.

* At Consett the closure of the British Steel works in 1980 marked the end of steel production in the Derwent Valley and the decline of the area.

The defeat at Marathon marked the end of the first Persian invasion of Greece, and the Persian force retreated to Asia.

First, it marked the end of the Balkan League, a vital arm of the Russian system of defense against Austria-Hungary.

(: see ) In effect, the 1662 Prayer Book marked the end of a period of just over 100 years, when a common form of liturgy served for almost all Reformed public worship in England ; and the start of the continuing division between Anglicans and Nonconformists.

The tomb lies on the line of several cairns that marked the east-west route of the ancient Monks ' Path between Buckfast Abbey and Tavistock Abbey and it was no doubt erected here as part of that route: it would have been particularly useful in this part of the moor with few landmarks where a traveller straying from the path could easily end up in Foxtor Mires.

This also marked the end of the short-lived Sam Zell era.

The end of the samurai era in the 1860s, along with the 1876 ban on wearing swords in public, marked the end of any practical use for mail and other armour in Japan.

To place the matter of the photographs ' authenticity beyond doubt, he returned to Cottingley at the end of July with two Kodak Cameo cameras and 24 secretly marked photographic plates.

* The reinforce: This portion of the piece is frequently divided into a first reinforce and a second reinforce, but in any case is marked as separate from the chase by the presence of a narrow circular reinforce ring or band at its foremost end.

Conversely, the end of the Cold War marked by the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 resulted in a reduction in the duration of Cold War civil wars of 92 % or, phrased another way, a roughly ten-fold increase in the rate of resolution of Cold War civil wars.

However, this period also marked the end of the Impressionist period due to Pissarro ’ s leaving the movement.

# ( Tie ) Defensive tackle Randy White and defensive end Harvey Martin – Super Bowl XII – Super Bowl XII marked the first time that two players won MVP honors.

Each end is marked with a number of spots ( also called pips ) or is blank.