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A Gallic senator claims Rome's crumbling throne
Emperor Avitus entered Italy with a Gallic army to consolidate power over the Western Roman Empire. A senator elevated through Visigothic support, his reign would last barely a year before he was deposed, a victim of the relentless power struggles that characterized the Western Empire's final decades.
The man who put great books in every pocket
Allen Lane was born in Bristol, England, and would revolutionize publishing by founding Penguin Books in 1935. His radical idea was simple: make high-quality literature available in affordable paperback editions. Penguin's distinctive covers became cultural icons, and Lane's democratic vision of reading transformed book publishing and literacy worldwide.
The Gambia, Maldives and Singapore are admitted as members of the United Nations.