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Constantine the Great (who was a convert to Christianity) and Licinius ruled east and west respectively, until in 324 Constantine overthrew his pagan ally and reunited the empire.
The armed forces finally overthrew him in a popular bloodless coup, known as the “Carnation Revolution,” on 25 April 1974.
In 1911, when the Chinese revolution overthrew the Manchus, refugees flocked to the safety of Hong Kong.
, Buckley) argue that Gandhi and JP II overthrew tyranny.
At the south end of the park is the statue of Saigo Takamori, leader of the imperial army that overthrew the shogunate in 1868.