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November 11

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Conference at Carnuntum — Three emperors try to end Rome's civil wars
Carnuntum, Pannonia (Austria)Classical
308

Conference at Carnuntum

Three emperors try to end Rome's civil wars

At the ancient legionary fortress of Carnuntum on the Danube, the retired Emperor Diocletian met with Galerius and Maximianus in a desperate attempt to resolve the civil wars tearing the Roman Tetrarchy apart. The conference, convened amid the ruins of a once-mighty garrison town, represented the last serious effort to salvage Diocletian's grand experiment in shared imperial power.

308 AD
Maria Babanova Born — Meyerhold's greatest actress enters the wings
Moscow, RussiaEarly 20th Century
1900

Maria Babanova Born

Meyerhold's greatest actress enters the wings

In Moscow, Maria Babanova was born with a talent for transformation that would make her the supreme actress of Vsevolod Meyerhold's revolutionary theater. Her performances electrified Soviet audiences and critics alike, earning her the title of People's Artist of the USSR. She bridged the worlds of avant-garde experimentation and classical artistry with unmatched grace.

1900 AD
1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt — A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely.
Late 20th Century
1960

1960 South Vietnamese coup attempt

A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely.

A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngô Đình Diệm was crushed after he falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him.

1960 AD