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20 Interesting Facts About Ancient Rome

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1. The emperor/empress, as well as with senators, wore clothing dyed in purple, made from murex seashells. It was a status symbol for the...
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Siege of Sevastopol (1854–55) – Crimean War

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The Siege of Sevastopol 1854-1855 was a siege of the Russian Port of Sevastopol during the Crimean War. Sevastopol did not have a prepared...
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Silk Road – Connection between the East and West

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The Great Silk Road was a caravan road connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean from Ancient times into the Middle Ages. It was used...
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Serbian Campaign of World War I

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The Serbian campaign was an important front in the First World War, which lasted from July 28, 1914, when Austria-Hungary invaded Serbia, until the...
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The Second French Empire (1852-1870)

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The second French empire lasted from 1852 to 1870. On December 2, 1852, as a result of a plebiscite, a constitutional monarchy was established,...
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Maria Theresa, The Last Emperor From the Habsburg House - The Biggest Family in the World

Maria Theresa, The Last Emperor From the Habsburg House – The...

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Maria held the following titles: Austria, Hungary, Croatia, Bohemia, Transylvania, Mantua, Milan, Lodomeria and Galicia, the Austrian Netherlands and Parma. Plus by marriage, she was Duchess of Lorraine, Grand Duchess of Tuscany and Holy Roman Empress.
Catherine The Great - The First Woman to be Called "The Great"

Catherine The Great – The First Woman to be Called “The...

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Catherine came from German heritage.  She had a disturbing childhood, but her family pulled the right strings, and along with the help of Fredrick the great she was soon to be marrying the future King of Russia, Peter III.

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Biggest Misconceptions About European Knights And Crusaders

Biggest Misconceptions About European Knights And Crusaders

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Here we list some of the biggest misconceptions that people had about European knights and crusdaers during the medieval period.
History Of British Battle Equipment Over 1000 Years

History Of British Battle Equipment Over 1000 Years

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From 1066 to 2014, we have created a short gallery of images depicting the many items soldiers had to carry to war. 

Ancient History

Silk Road – Connection between the East and West

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The Great Silk Road was a caravan road connecting East Asia to the Mediterranean from Ancient times into the Middle Ages. It was used...

The Second Punic War – The Hannibal War

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The Second Punic war between Carthage and the Roman Republic, 218 BC - 202 BC, was the second of three Punic wars. After First...

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List of Dictatorships by Death Toll – The Top 10 Biggest Mass Killings in History

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10. North Korean Crimes against humanity 1948-present North Korea continues to be one of the most repressive governments in the world with the world's lowest...
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10 Common Medieval Soldier Types

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1) Spearmen: As their name suggests, these types of infantry used spears most commonly combined with a shield, and were the most numerous medieval soilders...
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The 10 Grusome Steps of the William Wallace Death

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After the execution of William Wallace, his body was cut into four pieces and shown around the country to demonstrate what would happen to rebels.
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The Peculiar History of Ogham – 4 Origin Theories

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Historians claim that the origin of the Ogham alphabet is estimated to have originated from the 4th century of the common era. There are theories...
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How Syphilitic “Zombies” Wandered During The Renaissance In Europe

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Syphilis is a very serious disease. The origins of this disease it’s still unknown, but currently there are two theories, which can potentially tell...
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The Last Romanov, Nicholas II Aleksandrovich

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Nicholas Aleksandrovich Romanov was born on May 6 (May 18 by the Gregorian Calendar) 1868 in Tsarkoye Selo, todays Pushkin, near St. Petersburg. He...
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Julius Caesar – A Saviour or a Tyrant?

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Guy Julius Caesar (13 July 100 BC – 15 March 44 BC) was a great statesman who changed history and left a great legacy....
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Emperor Nero and the Burning of Rome

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Nero, full name Nero Claudius Caesar August Germanic, 37-68BC, was a Roman Emperor, the successor of Claudius. His mother Agrippina the Younger married Emperor...
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History of the Spear

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Introduction: The spear, alongside the axe, knife, club and bow has been used by humans all around the globe, since before history. Our ancestors used...
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The Administrative Rule of Emperor Hadrian

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Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus Augustus) was Roman Emperor  117-138. Hadrian was the son of the Roman Senator Publius Aelius Hadrianus Afer, who moved to...
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Justinian the Great and the Almost Restored Roman Empire

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Justinian the Great 482 -565 was a Byzantine Emperor from 527 until his death in 565. He was the last Emperor that united the...
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Shichi-fuku-jin – Japanese Seven Lucky Gods

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Shichi-fuku-jin, or the Seven Lucky Gods of Japan, are a group of deities whose origins stem from India, Chinese and indigenous Japanese gods of...
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The Ancient Religion of the Celts – Celtic Polytheism

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The early Celts lived in an enormous region, stretching from modern day Turkey through eastern and central Europe and westward and northward into much...
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The Bogomils and Bogomilism, Christian Dualist Sect

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Introduction “In the reign of the good Christian Tsar Peter (927-969) there was a priest called Bogomil (meaning ‘worthy of God’s compassion’, ‘beloved of God’,...
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The First Battle of the Marne – Major Turning Point of World War I

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The Battle of the Marne was a major battle between the German and Anglo-French armies, which took place on September 5-12, 1914, on the...
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Roman Emperor Constans (337–350)

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Flavius Julius Constans was a Roman Emperor, Caesar from 333 to 337, and August from 337 to 350. Constans was the youngest son of...
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Roman Emperor Constantius II (350 – 361 A.D.)

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Constantius II was Roman Emperor from 337 to 361. After the death of his father in 337, he gained rule of most of the...
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