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Emperor Nero and the Burning of Rome

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...

History of the Spear

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...

The Administrative Rule of Emperor Hadrian

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...

Shichi-fuku-jin – Japanese Seven Lucky Gods

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...

The Ancient Religion of the Celts – Celtic Polytheism

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

Roman Emperor Constans (337–350)

Flavius Julius Constans was a Roman Emperor, Caesar from 333 to 337, and August from 337 to 350. Constans was the youngest son of...

Roman Emperor Constantius II (350 – 361 A.D.)

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

Battle of the Teutoburg Forest – The Destruction of Three Legions

The battle of the Teutoburg Forest was between Germans and the Roman army in 9BC. German tribes marched through the Teutoburg Forest, destroying three...

Drug Usage Throughout History

Definition and introduction The definition of drugs is: any substance, apart from food, that, when injected, inhaled, smoked, consumed, absorbed via a patch on the...

Emperor Diocletian and the Period of Dominate

Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletianus Augustus, 245 BC – 313. Roman Emperor from 284 to 305. After he came to power Diocletian ended the so-called...

The Life of the Chinese General and Poet, Cao Cao – His Rise to Great Power

Early life Cao Cao was a military dictator and poet in ancient China during the end of the Han dynasty. The early life of Cao...

5 Forgotten Peoples of the Early Middle Ages

1. Vascones An Indo-European tribe settled in the Pyrenees mountains bordering both Spain and France, the Vascones were first encountered by the Roman Republic. Their...

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