Milan had many exquisite buildings. Like Napoleon's Eastern Gate Palace, they were bathed in the setting sun, yet displayed entirely different styles.
Or rather, the Eastern Gate Palace was the only building with a circular dome, while the others were Gothic or Neoclassical.
For some reason, she thought of Constantinople and Hagia Sophia. In travel documentaries, it too was dyed gold by the sunlight and looked incomparably magnificent.
According to the course of history, after Lufkin found a way to hold a Quidditch World Cup in Britain, the next World Cup would take place in Siberia. Someone would then use Dark magic to make the trees in Siberia's forests "come alive," causing tremendous casualties even in uninhabited areas—let alone since Siberia was not entirely unpopulated.
Victory in war was only the beginning of more arduous tasks. Attila had once studied in Rome, yet he had not become a Roman. He had swept from the Hunnic Empire across the Eastern and Western Roman Empires. After his death, that vast empire quickly fragmented and swiftly vanished into the river of history.
Before entering Italy, Attila had gathered his army in Pannonia. Pannonia now referred to parts of Hungary, Romania, Serbia, Czechoslovakia, and Austria. It had been conquered by the Romans in 35 BC and made into a province. Around the fourth century, some Huns from Siberia conquered the Germanic peoples and used Pannonia as their base to confront the Roman Empire. In the year after the Battle of Cold River, Rome's military strength had greatly diminished, and the Roman legions were forced to withdraw. The Province of Pannonia ceased to exist, and later the Rouran, who had close ties to the Huns, entered the region as well.
Hannibal had also been badly weakened after crossing the Alps, and recruited Gallic tribes to