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Hannibal’s war |
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In 218 BC, on news of Hannibal’s approach towards Italy, the Gauls rose up and occupied the settlement on which the colony of Modena was later to be founded. |
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Wars with the Gauls |
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In 193 BC the Romans achieved a decisive victory over the Boii Gauls at what was to be Modena. |
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Foundation of Mutina |
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In 183 BC the colony of Modena was founded in order to continue Roman expansion in the Po Valley. |
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Wars with the Ligurians |
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In 177 BC, taking advantage of the Romans’ feeling of security, the Ligurians occupied and sacked Modena, but were defeated and forced back with heavy losses the following year. |
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Change of legal position |
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At the end of the Social War, Modena obtained the status of municipality and became part of the Pallia tribe (89-88 BC). |
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Civil war |
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In 78 BC, on the death of Sulla, the loyalist general Gneus Pompeus faced the rebellious Junius Brutus at Modena to prevent him from occupying all of Gallia Cisalpina and forced him to surrender without waging battle. |
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Servil war |
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In 72 BC Spartacus’s rebel army inflicted a heavy defeat on the Romans at Modena. |
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Type of event |
War of Mutina |
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In 43 BC at Modena Decimus Junius Brutus succeeded in blocking the route that Mark Antony wanted to take into Gaul: Mark Antony laid a siege that was to clear the way for the consuls Aulus Hirtius and Vibius Pansa and the young general Julius Caesar Octavianus. |
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Civil war of the Four Emperors |
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In 69 AD Modena became involved in the conflict between Emperor Otho and his rival Vitellius. |
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Civil War between Constantine and Maxentius |
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In 312 AD during the conflict with Constantine, Maxentius sent troops to several towns including Modena. After a brief siege the city was handed over to Constantine. |
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Occupation of lands |
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In 377 AD Emperor Gratian allowed the defeated Goths and Taifali to settle in the uninhabited countryside of Modena, Reggio and Parma in order to re-cultivate the abandoned fields. |
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Flooding |
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In 590 AD a vast flood wiped out almost all of the city of Modena. |