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The Battle of Trafalgar became a melee when the British ships broke the French and Spanish line, precipitating a ship-to-ship battle.
When the Third Coalition declared war on France, after the short-lived Peace of Amiens, Napoleon was determined to invade Britain.
Wordsworth and his sister, Dorothy, visited Annette Vallon, with whom he had previously had an affair which had resulted in a daughter Caroline.
Wordsworth in 1798, about the time he began The Prelude.[10]
During his journeys, he developed a unique brand of materialist philosophy which combines elements of Spinozistic pantheism with yogic notions of a single indissoluble consciousness.
The ultimate goal of Yoga is moksha (liberation) though the exact definition of what form this takes depends on the philosophical or theological system with which it is conjugated.
It is unclear when core ideas of samsara and moksha were developed in ancient India. Patrick Olivelle suggests these ideas likely originated with new religious movements in the first millennium BCE. Mukti and moksha ideas, suggests
The Brahmanas assert the supremacy of Lord Vishnu, addressing him as "Gajapati", the one whom all sacrifices are meant to please. Lord Vishnu accepts all sacrifices to the demigods and allots the respective fruits to the performer In one incident, a demonic person performs a sacrifice by abducting the Rishis (sages), who meditate by constantly chanting God's name.
However, the root has a close Avestan cognate ərəšiš "an ecstatic" (see also Yurodivy, Vates).
Vates (or Ovates, due to a misinterpretation of the Greek spelling οὐάτεις ) make up one of the three grades of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids, a neo-druidism order based in England.
On November 1, 1980, Gwenc’hlan Le Scouëzec became the "Grand Druid of Brittany", at the head of Goursez Breizh, the "Fraternity of Druids, Bards and Ovates of Brittany", founded in 1908.
After the fall of the Western Roman Empire, many Britons settled in the Western part of Armorica, and the region started to be called Brittania.
Following Theodoric's death in 526, the Western half of the Empire was now fully controlled by Germanic tribes (though many of them continued to recognize Roman law and made claims to continuity), while the Eastern half had established itself under the Justinian dynasty.
The Justinian Dynasty is a family who ruled over the Byzantine Empire from 518 to 602.
After Justinian died in 565, his successor, Justin II refused to pay the large tribute to the Persians.
Hydraulis, 1st century BC, Archaeological Museum of Dion, Greece
When Emperor Heraclius died in 641, he left the Empire to be ruled by two of his sons: Constantine III from his first marriage with Eudokia and Heraklonas from his second marriage with Martina.
Heraklonas was probably born at Lazica while his father was on campaign against Khosrau II of the Sassanid Empire.
While originally seeming successful at a first glance, the campaign of Khosrau II had actually exhausted the Persian army and Persian treasuries.
Sasanian silk twill textile of a simurgh in a beaded surround, 6–7th century. Used in the reliquary of Saint Len, Paris
Khosrau II's reign was considered a golden age in music.