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ORIGINAL: rtrapasso Year 23: Greek geographer Strabo publishes Geography, a work covering the world known to the Romans and Greeks at the time of Emperor Augustus - it is the only such book to survive from the ancient world. Tiberius' son Julius Caesar Drusus dies. From that point forward, he seems to lose interest in the Empire and occupies himself with the pursuit of pleasure. Aelius Sejanus begins to dominate the Roman Senate and Tiberius, after the death of Julius Caesar Drusus. Gaius Asinius Pollio, Gaius Antistius Vetus become consuls Liu Xuan, a descendant of the Han Dynasty royal family and leader of insurgents against the Xin Dynasty, proclaims himself emperor against Wang Mang. June, Battle of Kunyang, After being sieged for 2 months, 9000 insurgents under Liu Xiu defeat 450,000 of Wang Mang's troops, ushering in the fall of Wang Mang and restoration of Han Dynasty. i can hear it from 2 millenia away, Wang Mang screaming "This is TOTALLY bogus!! The land combat model is SCREWED! i seiged this place for 2 months and 450,000 troops are defeated by 9000 untrained bozos?? AARRRGGGHHH!!" If that's the best he could do, Wang deserved to fall. (He said Wang again. Huh, huh huh, huh!
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