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389| 200–700 | Central America [statistics and demography] | The Zapotec site of Monte Albán in Central America is at its peak in this period. It may have had 30,000 or more inhabitants. It is the centre of a complex of public buildings, temples, and dwellings that cover 40 sq km/15 sq mi. | | 389 | Thrace, Roman Empire [political events] | Resentment among the citizens of Thessaloníki, Thrace, at the billeting of Germanic troops on them, breaks out into violence, in which the captain of the garrison is killed. The Eastern Roman emperor Theodosius I the Great orders vengeance, despite the pleas of Ambrose, bishop of Milan, for mercy, and more than 7,000 citizens are killed by the troops. |
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