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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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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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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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The Greatest Battles of the Roman-Persian Wars (Part 1)

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Perhaps the longest running rivalry in human history is between the Persians & Romans, and this article aims to give an insight into some...
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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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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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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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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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