The Roman emperor Caracalla (or Marcus Aurelius Antoninus) issued the Edict of Caracalla, also known as the Constitutio Antoniniana or Edict of Antoninus, in...
The Seven Sages or Seven Wise Men was the title given by ancient Greek tradition to seven early-6th-century BC philosophers, statesmen, and law-givers who were renowned in the following centuries for...
Hundred- gated Thebes
In the Iliad Homer famously described the city as “hundred- gated Thebes.” However, Thebes is better understood as an entire site that...
Who is this Vercingetorix ?
Vercingetorix was a tribal chieftain of the Gallic Celtic Arverni tribe who attempted to stop the encroachment of Romans into...
The Yellow Turban Rebellion both a symptom and cause
The Yellow Turban Rebellion was a messianic uprising (184–185 c.e.) that was both a symptom and...
One of the greatest Roman emperors Caesar Nerva Traianus
Trajan was one of the greatest Roman emperors. Born within a distinguished Roman family from Hispania, he...
War of the Diadochi
The Seleucid Empire (312–63 b.c.e.) was the largest of the Hellenistic states that emerged from the conquests of Alexander the Great....
England during and after William the Conqueror
Following William the Conqueror’s victory at the Battle of Hastings he marched directly to the capital, London, and...
