Weakened by illness, Diocletian left the imperial office on 1 May 305, and became the only Roman emperor to voluntarily abdicate the position.

Weakened by their quarrels, neither empire was prepared to deal with the onslaught of the Arabs, newly unified under the banners of Islam and anxious to expand their faith.

Weakened by alcoholism and frequent sickness, she died of influenza in December 1957.

Weakened economically, militarily and by loss of prestige, the Empire became vulnerable to rebels in the eastern areas of the empire, who began to further undermine the empire while the Parthians moved into the power vacuum to take over the old Persian lands.

Weakened by Tai invasions, Hariphunchai eventually fell in 1293 to Mangrai the Great, king of Lanna, the successor state of the Ngoenyang kingdom.

Weakened by excessive fasting, he developed severe lung problems, possibly tuberculosis.

Weakened by costly and disastrous military campaigns against Goguryeo ( in modern day Korea ) which ended with the defeat of Sui in the early seventh century, the dynasty disintegrated through a combination of popular revolts, disloyalty, and assassination.

Weakened by the casualties taken just in landing, the surviving assault troops could not clear the heavily defended exits off the beach.

Weakened by Dutch Elm Disease, the tree died in 1964 from storm damage.

Weakened by Dutch elm disease, the tree died in 1964 from storm damage.

Weakened by constant warfare with the Bulgarians and the unconquered sections of the empire, it eventually fell when Byzantines recaptured Constantinople under Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos in 1261.

Weakened by serious health problems, Tati died on 4 November 1982, of a pulmonary embolism, leaving a final scenario called Confusion that he had completed with Jacques Lagrange.

Weakened by the successive strokes as well as the rigors of his profession, Bradshaw died in his adopted hometown of Cincinnati from another stroke in 1958.

Weakened financially, MP3. com was eventually acquired by Vivendi Universal in May 2001 at $ 5 per share ($ 23 below the IPO share price ) or approximately $ 372 million in cash and stock.

Weakened by the brutal civil war within the city, the victorious Zealot factions could still field a significant number of troops to oppose an immediate Roman conquest of the capital.

Weakened by hunger, the 5307th continued fighting through the height of the monsoon season, worsening the situation ; it also transpired that the area around Myitkyina had the largest reported incidence of scrub typhus, which some Marauders contracted after sleeping on infected areas of untreated ground, earth or grass.

Weakened by population losses due to smallpox epidemics as well as warfare, the Huron unconditionally surrendered.

Weakened by economic difficulties and defections of many politicians, Tautas Fronte received just 2. 62 % of the popular vote and gained no seats in the new parliament.

" Weakened by the affair, André Marie resigned on 13 February 1949.

Weakened by childbirth, Martha Jefferson died several months after the birth of her last child.

Weakened by many radical uprisings, on 23 January 1895 he presented his resignation to Congress, which accepted it.

Weakened by fever, the English force then sailed west for Jamaica, the only place where the Spanish did not have new defensive works.

Weakened, they were unable to prevent the passage of more comprehensive electoral reforms in 1867, 1884, 1918 and 1928 when universal equal suffrage was achieved.

Weakened, Felix was unable to resist Aëtius who, with the support of Galla Placidia, replaced him as Magister militum praesentalis in 429, before having him killed in 430.

Weakened Muscovy temporarily ceded Smolensk land to the Commonwealth in the Truce of Deulino and for the next forty-three years it was the seat of Smolensk Voivodeship.

Weakened by the severe monetary crisis and recession of 1975 to 1980, SSIH was bailed out by the banks in 1981.

Weakened from mouth cancer, Prince was able to announce only two innings but was given three standing ovations.

Weakened by the prolonged economic downturn of the Panic of 1893, the Northern Pacific went bankrupt in October 1893, and was forced to end its ownership of the Chicago and Northern Pacific, including Grand Central Station.

Weakened by the prolonged economic downturn, the C & NP was bankrupt by October 1893.

*" Torn Between Brothers: A Look at the Internal Divisions that Weakened the Fenian Brotherhood "-Jean Turner for Villanova University's Digital Library

*" Torn Between Brothers: A Look at the Internal Divisions that Weakened the Fenian Brotherhood " – Jean Turner for Villanova University's Digital Library

Weakened by the recent war, they negotiated away parcels of land in exchange for promises of protection from further encroachments.

Weakened, he turns to the sky, growing gigantic again, and pronouncing sadly that, indeed, there is no room left in the universe for gods.

Weakened with AIDS, Hampton remained active until the final few weeks of his life, composing the massive Alexander Variations for two pipe organs while almost completely bedridden.

Weakened ties with traditional supporters and shaky finances led to proposals for merger with the Highlander Folk School or the operation of a drama center affiliated with the New Theatre League of New York City.

In 2008 he published The Pornography of Power: How Defense Hawks Hijacked 9 / 11 and Weakened America.

Ammianus relates ( xvii. 1. 11 ) that much later the Emperor Julian undertook a punitive expedition against the Alemanni, who by then were in Alsace, and crossed the Main ( Latin Menus ), entering the forest, where the trails were blocked by felled trees.

As the numbers of settlers from the mainland increased ( at first mostly prisoners and involuntary indentured labourers, later purposely recruited farmers ), these indigenous people lost territory and numbers in the face of punitive expeditions by British troops, land encroachment and the effects of various epidemic diseases.

This official " air-brushing from history " may imply punitive internal exile to a remote location, similar to that inflicted on the contemporary poet, Ovid, who in AD 8, for an unknown offence, was ordered by Augustus to spend the rest of his life in Tomis ( Constanţa ) on the Black Sea.

Suetonius conducted punitive operations, but criticism by Classicianus led to an investigation headed by Nero's freedman Polyclitus.

In the United States punitive damages awards are subject to the limitations imposed by the due process of law clauses of the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution.

Represented by attorney Robert Winslow and the law firm of Mitchell, Silberberg & Knupp LLP, courts awarded Day $ 1 million punitive damages, $ 5. 6 million plus $ 2 million interest for losses incurred in a sham oil venture ; $ 3. 4 million plus $ 1. 2 million interest over a hotel venture ; $ 2. 2 million plus $ 793, 800 interest for duplicate or unnecessary fees paid to Rosenthal ; more than $ 2 million to recoup loans to Rosenthal ; $ 3. 9 million plus $ 1 million interest for fraud, and $ 850, 000 attorney fees for Day.

Consequently, the 16th and 17th centuries were to witness a succession of armed Druze rebellions against the Ottomans, countered by repeated Ottoman punitive expeditions against the Chouf, in which the Druze population of the area was severely depleted and many villages destroyed.

In some countries, voting is required by law ; if an eligible voter does not cast a vote, he or she may be subject to punitive measures such as a small fine.

Caracalla left with a punitive expedition, but by the following year his ailing father had died and he and his brother left the province to press their claim to the throne.

De Braose was subjected to punitive demands for money, and when he refused to pay a huge sum of 40, 000 marks ( equivalent to £ 26, 666 at the time ), his wife and one of his sons were imprisoned by John, which resulted in their death.

" Vladimir Petrov concludes that as a result of the early punitive occupation of Germany the Allies " delayed by several years the economic reconstruction of the wartorn continent ".

When the tests set out by the Rules are satisfied, the accused may be adjudged " not guilty by reason of insanity " or " guilty but insane " and the sentence may be a mandatory or discretionary ( but usually indeterminate ) period of treatment in a secure hospital facility, or otherwise at the discretion of the court ( depending on the country and the offence charged ) instead of a punitive disposal.

Rather than focusing on punitive expeditions favoured by his father, the young Prince Henry adopted a strategy of economic blockade.

Punishment also was used ; slackers and malingerers avoiding combat with self-inflicted wounds cowards, thieves, and deserters were disciplined with beatings, demotions, undesirable / dangerous duties, and summary execution by NKVD punitive detachments.

However, a major punitive expedition led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, the latest emir of Al-Andalus, defeated and killed Uthman, and the Muslim governor mustered an expedition north across the western Pyrenees, looted areas up to Bordeaux and defeated Odo in the Battle of the River Garonne in 732.

However, a major punitive expedition led by Abdul Rahman Al Ghafiqi, the latest emir of Al-Andalus, defeated and killed Uthman, and the Muslim governor mustered an expedition north across the western Pyrenees, looted areas up to Bordeaux and defeated Odo in the Battle of the River Garonne in 732.

Punishments are authorized by other passages in the Quran and hadiths for certain crimes ( e. g., extramarital sex, adultery ), and are employed by some as rationale for extra-legal punitive action while others disagree:

R. Kendall Soulen notes three categories of supersessionism are identified by Christian theologians: punitive, economic, and structural.

Hard supersessionism implies both punitive and economic supersessionism ; soft supersessionism does not fall into any of the three classes recognized as supersessionist by Christian theologians, instead it is associated with Jewish Christianity.

Scholars and lawyers have identified conflicting aims for the law of tort, to some extent reflected in the different types of damages awarded by the courts: compensatory, aggravated and punitive.

The village blacksmith Michael Joseph ( Michael An Gof in Cornish, meaning blacksmith ) led the uprising, protesting against the punitive taxes levied by Henry VII to pay for the war against the Scots.