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Featured Article: Squamata
Squamata (scaled reptiles) is the most diverse order of extant reptiles, comprised of the lizards and snakes and characterized a flexible jaw structure (movable quadrate bones) and having scales or shields rather than shells or secondary palates. Of the four surviving orders—the others being Crocodilia, Rhynchocephalia, and Testudines—the squamates represent more than 95 percent of the known living species.
Popular Article: Siege of Sparta
The siege of Sparta took place in 272 B.C.E. and was a battle fought between Epirus, led by King Pyrrhus, (r. 297–272 B.C.E.) and an alliance consisting of Sparta, under the command of King Areus I (r. 309–265 B.C.E.) and his heir Acrotatus, and Macedon. Pyrrhus was approached by a Spartan prince, Cleonymus, a claimant to the Spartan throne who had been overlooked, and seeing this invitation as an opportunity to extend his wars of conquest to the Peloponnese he invaded Sparta. The majority of the Spartan army was campaigning in Crete, but the remaining Spartans were able to mount a defense led by the Spartan Crown Prince Acrotatus. The Spartans were able to withstand the Epiriote assaults until the arrival of the main Spartan army, led by King Areus I, and Macedonian reinforcements, prompting Pyrrhus to abandon the siege.
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The "Copernican revolution," placing the sun instead of the Earth at the center of the universe, is considered "the" scientific revolution and marked the starting point of modern astronomy and cosmology (source: Nicolaus Copernicus)
