He is perhaps best known for his despoliation of the then 1, 400-year-old Hadrian's Villa, built by the Roman emperor Hadrian, removing marbles and statues from it to decorate his own villa, the Villa d'Este.
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Following the defeat of Edwin at the Battle of Hatfield Chase in 633 against Penda of Mercia and Cadwallon ap Cadfan, and the subsequent despoliation of Northumbria, �bbe's brother Oswald gained control of the kingdom by 635 AD, enabling the return of his family.
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The despoliation of what was once the Commonwealth's premier vacation destination is, as they say in the marketing biz, very much " top of mind " these days . With more cars per family than any Massachusetts county, the island has serious traffic congestion.
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However, Norwich was heavily influenced by Puritanism and in 1643, a Puritan mob invaded the cathedral and destroyed all Catholic symbols . ( The bishop of the day, Joseph Hall, wrote despairingly of the despoliation, in his book, " Hard Measures " ).
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In general, low confrontation and much attention to political virtues is thought to be important to maintaining ecological health, as it is far faster and simpler to destroy an ecosystem than protect it-thus wars on behalf of ecosystem integrity may simply lead to more rapid despoliation and loss due to competition.
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The City of Durham Preservation Society, however, argued that with so many of Europe's finest monuments being destroyed in the Second World War, Durham and its Cathedral was a gem which had survived both the war and the " industrial despoliation which had laid waste so much of the rest of the County ".
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For Mugabe's despoliation of Zimbabwe has taken place with little if any criticism from other African states, who lined up this week at the annual Commonwealth meeting to prevent even denunciation of its perpetrator, allowing only a promise to agree to consider suspending Zimbabwe if the Commonwealth's observers say the poll has been rigged.
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Thousands of Manchus fled south from Aigun during the fighting in the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, their cattle and horses were then stolen by Russian Cossacks who then burned their villages and homes until only ashes were left . The clan system of the Manchus in Aigun was obliterated by the despoliation of the area at the hands of the Russian invaders.
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In the medieval poem " The Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnelle ", Arthur's nephew Gawain goes on a nearly identical quest to discover what women truly want after he errs in a land dispute, although, by incomparison, he never stooped to despoliation or plunder, unlike the unnamed knight who deflowered the woman.
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As part of the rapid ramping up of production of oil and gas during the 1960s and 1970s, proper infrastructure for both the handling of petroleum products, as well as social infrastructure for the influx of workers, was frequently overlooked . Petroleum infrastructure near Surgut, Western Siberia, 2000 . Due to pollution from the oil and gas developments, such as the despoliation of rivers and lakes, reindeer herding, fishing, and hunting became unviable for many Yamalo-Nenets in the area, and many had little choice but to request government assistance.
