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1. Goths - Last Best Chance to Beat the Goths (AncientHistory.About.com - Bury)
   "In Thessaly, Commander Stilicho and his army faced the Goths under Alaric in the valley of the Peneius. Stilicho had the advantage and could easily have defeated the Goths had Arcadius not ordered him to depart and to send the Eastern troops back to Constantinople."
   
   "An obedient soldier, Stilicho complied. He left the Eastern troops under the command of a Gothic captain in the imperial army, Gainas, and took his Western troops home with him."
   
   "Alaric proceeded to lay waste to many cities of Greece." 1-04

2. Cleopatra Timeline (AncientHistory.About.com)
   Provides a timeline. 02-06

3. Cleopatra (AncientHistory.About.com)
   "She may not have been an Egyptian, but she was Egypt's queen, ruling on her own rather than in the name of her husband. Her relationships with the leaders of Rome led to scandals. Her death continues to inspire playwrights, movie producers, and romantics." 02-06