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Lucius Munatius Plancus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (324 words) |
 | 15 BCE) was a Roman senator, consul in 42 BCE, and censor in 22 BCE with Aemilius Lepidus Paullus. |
 | Along with Talleyrand eighteen centuries later, he is one of the classic historical examples of men who have managed to survive very dangerous circumstances by constantly shifting their allegiances. |
 | When Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 BCE, Plancus was the Proconsul of Gallia Comata. |
| Indo-Scythians - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1808 words) |
 | Around 175 BCE, the Yuezhi tribes (probable related to the Tocharians) who lived in modern day Gansu, were defeated by the Xiongnu (Huns) tribes, and had to migrate towards the West into the Ili river area. |
 | Sometime after 155 BCE, the Yuezhi were again defeated by an alliance of the Wusun and the Xiongnu, and were forced to move south, again displacing the Scythians, who migrated south towards Bactria, and south-west towards Parthia and Afghanistan. |
 | The presence of the Scythians in north-western India during the 1st century BCE was contemporary with that of the Indo-Greek Kingdoms there, and it seems they initially recognized the power of the local Greek rulers. |