"Rome was built on hills which made defenses easier. The Tiber River was a source of water and the Alps protected it from the north".
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It was dedicated to the city's patron deity Athena.
Answer: General George Washington's army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing.
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