With four legions at his disposal, Vespasian commanded a strength of nearly 80, 000 soldiers.

With the return of Vespasian in late September, his political role was rendered all but obsolete and Domitian withdrew from government devoting his time to arts and literature.

With the battle of Pydna Samothrace became independent, a condition that ended when Vespasian absorbed the island in the Roman Empire in AD 70.

With departure of Vespasian, who had opposed an open siege upon Jerusalem, fearing to lose many troops against the fortified city, Titus advanced Roman legions upon the capital of the rebellious province.

With the fall of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, the Principate was redefined in formal terms under the Emperor Vespasian.

With peace and security established in his dominions, he convoked an assembly of the states and declared his son Malik Shah I his heir and successor.

With the Tigers having already lost a match to Fitzroy by a substantial margin the Dons were declared premiers by virtue of their superior percentage.

On June 14, 1940, the day Paris was declared an open city by the French and occupied by German troops, Riefenstahl wrote to Hitler in a telegram, “ With indescribable joy, deeply moved and filled with burning gratitude, we share with you, my Führer, your and Germany's greatest victory, the entry of German troops into Paris.

With John Gorton becoming Prime Minister after Holt's death, Askin came into conflict with the Commonwealth Government over Gorton's determination to maintain federal command over taxation and in June 1968 declared that he could veto any form of state taxation.

With the changes in the canonization process introduced by Pope John Paul II in 1983, a College of Relators was added to prepare the cases of those declared as Servants of God.

With an engineered power vacuum, the Parliament voted to remove the constitutional clause that would have required an election within sixty days, and declared that Eyadema's son, Faure Gnassingbé, would inherit the presidency and hold office for the rest of his father's term.

With the king unfriendly, and Newcastle, whose influence was still dominant in the Commons, estranged, it was impossible to carry on a government by the aid of public opinion alone, however emphatically that might have declared itself on his side.

With the outbreak of the French Revolution in 1789, the Austrian Netherlands declared their independence, but were reoccupied by the Austrians within a year.

With no children to claim the throne, Joannes, primicerius notariorum (" chief notary ", head of the civil service ), seizes the throne of the Western Roman Empire, and is declared emperor.

With the news of Emperor Yang's murder by his general Yuwen Huaji ( d. 619 ), on June 18, 618, Li Yuan declared himself the emperor of a new dynasty, the Tang.

With such declared policies as balancing the federal budget, a firm pro-choice stance on abortion, expansion of the war on drugs, ending outsourcing of jobs, opposition to gun control, belief in protectionism on trade, advocating the Environmental Protection Agency and enacting electronic direct democracy via " electronic town halls ," he became a potential candidate and soon polled roughly even with the two major party candidates.

With the declaration of a single republic of Indonesia in 1950 to replace the federal state, a Republic of South Maluku ( Republik Maluku Selatan, RMS ) was declared and attempted to secede.

With the intervention of a British admiral, an armistice was declared, leading to the Neapolitan troops ' departure and surrender of the town to Garibaldi and his much smaller army.

With the Papal Brief Non Est Equidem of May 25, 1754, Pope Benedict XIV declared Our Lady of Guadalupe patron of what was then called New Spain, corresponding to Spanish Central and Northern America, and approved liturgical texts for the Holy Mass and the Breviary in her honor.

With the rift between the United States and the Iraqi National Congress, the INA's role was further enhanced and Allawi was declared Prime Minister of Iraq on 28 May 2004.

With the later rise to power of the Babylonians in the 18th century BCE, the king, Hammurabi, declared Marduk, a deity who before then had not been of significant importance, to a position of supremacy alongside Anu and Enlil.

With the sun drying the pitch ( in those days, covers could not be used during matches ) Bradman declared to get England in to bat while the pitch was " sticky "; England also declared to get Australia back in, conceding a lead of 124.

With a headline to their online written version of a radio report, NPR declared Cartman as " America's Favorite Little $@#&*%".

With the return of democracy to the Central African Republic in 1993, Kolingba declared a general amnesty for all prisoners as one of his final acts as President, and Bokassa was released on 1 August 1993.

With the beginning of World War II the ferneries were declared non-essential and Hibbard Casselberry secured government contracts for the manufacturing of bandoliers, bomb parachutes, and hospital tent liners.

With the construction of the new water tower on the North end of the village in the early 1980s, the original Tin Man water tower was declared obsolete and torn down.

" With one foot upon the neck of priestcraft and the other upon the rock of truth ," he declared, " we have thrown our banner to the breeze and challenge the world to produce a better cause for the devotion of man than that of a grand, noble and perfect humanity.

With the collaboration of the Bridgeton Main Street Association ( the oldest Main Street Association in the state, founded 1990 ) the City recently declared its downtown a Culinary Arts district and is highlighting downtown economic redevelopment through the food and cooking-related retail sector.

With their consent, he set up a rival emperor, the prefect of the city, a Greek named Priscus Attalus.

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With regards to the emperor himself as a religious figure, both Suetonius and Cassius Dio allege that Domitian officially gave himself the title of Dominus et Deus.

With Constantinople occupied, claimants to the imperial succession styled themselves as emperor in the chief centers of resistance: The Lackarid dynasty in the Empire of Nicaea, the Komnenid dynasty in the Empire of Trebizond and the Doukid dynasty in the Despotate of Epirus.

With the death of the emperor, Gregory and the Eastern churches were no longer under the threat of persecution, as the new emperor Jovian was an avowed Christian and supporter of the church.

With his wife now imprisoned, Godfrey returned to Germany to stir up rebellion and draw Henry out of Italy, but the emperor merely took Beatrice and Frederick with him.

With the heir of Otto II only being of the age three, the people of Rome finally felt free from the hated emperor and desired a Roman Pope.

With regards to the oaths I have taken to the emperor, I will avoid perjury by pointing out to the emperor what he has done against the unity and peace of the Church and his kingdom.

With Louis ’ invitation, Stephen left Rome in August 816, crossing the Alps together with Bernard, the King of the Lombards, who was ordered to accompany Stephen to the emperor.

With the death of Theodore in 898, Sergius, with a small following of Roman nobility led by his father Benedictus, attempted to have himself elected pope, contrary to the wishes of the emperor Lambert, who was also duke of Spoleto.

With respect to these outer regions, the Qing maintained imperial control, with the emperor acting as Mongol khan, patron of Tibetan Buddhism and protector of Muslims.

With the birth of the Roman Empire, the legions created a bond with their leader, the emperor himself.

With the ascension of a new emperor who had not been personally referred to other than as Roman Emperor, the treaty negotiations were able to resume.

With this prestigious new position, Zhang earned a salary of 2, 000 bushels and had the right to escort the emperor.

In 1323 Louis gave Brandenburg as a fiefdom to his eldest son Louis V. With the Treaty of Pavia the emperor returned the Palatinate to his nephews Rudolf and Rupert in 1329.

With the Treaty of Pavia in 1329, the emperor Louis IV, a son of Louis II, returned the Palatinate to his nephews Rudolf and Rupert.

With the Decline of the Roman Empire, its last emperor, Romulus Augustus, was put in a manor house prison near Castel dell ' Ovo, Naples, in 467, ushering in the beginning of the Dark Ages and a period of uncertainty in regards to the future of the area.

With the aid of the two Guards troops that Peter had planned to discipline more harshly, the emperor was arrested and forced to abdicate on 28 June.

With the support of Mexican conservatives and French troops, in 1863 Napoleon installed Maximilian I of Mexico, a Habsburg prince, as emperor.

With Berengar I of Italy ( 850-924 ), Duke of Friuli, later king of Italy and from 915 emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Monza returned to the importance it had lost after the death of Queen Teodolinda.