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  • Rome, Italy
    Sunday Jan 2, 1155
    Holy Roman Empire

    Frederick Barbarossa was crowned Emperor

    Rome, Italy
    Sunday Jan 2, 1155

    Frederick I, also called Frederick Barbarossa, was crowned Emperor in 1155. He emphasized the "Romanness" of the empire, partly in an attempt to justify the power of the Emperor independent of the (now strengthened) Pope. An imperial assembly at the fields of Roncaglia in 1158 reclaimed imperial rights in reference to Justinian's Corpus Juris Civilis. Imperial rights had been referred to as regalia since the Investiture Controversy but were enumerated for the first time at Roncaglia. This comprehensive list included public roads, tariffs, coining, collecting punitive fees, and the investiture or seating and unseating of office holders. These rights were now explicitly rooted in Roman Law, a far-reaching constitutional act.




  • Italy
    1155
    Byzantine Empire

    Manuel I Komnenos sent an expedition to Italy

    Italy
    1155

    In an effort to restore Byzantine control over the ports of southern Italy, he sent an expedition to Italy in 1155, but disputes within the coalition led to the eventual failure of the campaign.




  • Babylon (Present-Day Iraq)
    1155 BC
    Babylon

    Akkadian south Mesopotamian dynasty then ruled for the first time

    Babylon (Present-Day Iraq)
    1155 BC

    By 1155 BC, after continued attacks and annexing of territory by the Assyrians and Elamites, the Kassites were deposed in Babylon. An Akkadian south Mesopotamian dynasty then ruled for the first time. However, Babylon remained weak and subject to domination by Assyria.




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