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...
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...
The Sassanid Empire was the last pre-Islamic Iranian dynasty that ruled over a large part of western Asia. Following the Achaemenid dynasty, the Sassanids...
Who was Marcus Aurelius ?
Marcus Aurelius was the only Roman philosopher king, author of Meditations and last of the “good” emperors. The Pax Romana began...
XV. Romolo e Remo is a 1961 film based on the legend of Romulus and Remus.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoydKmph6JY
XIV. The Avenger is a 1962 film Aeneas leads escaped survivors of the Trojan war...
World’s first sophisticated medical practice
Sometime before 2000 BCE, Egyptian priests began to develop the world’s first sophisticated medical practice. Although it is believed that...
Ships were an important part of Viking society, not only as a means of transportation but also for the prestige that it conferred on her owner and skipper.
Pompeii along with other nearby villages and villas were in the surrounding area that was mostly destroyed and buried under 5-7 meters of volcanic ash, which was caused by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in the year 79 CE.
William Rufus or William the Red
William II (Rufus), a passionate, greedy ruffian, second son of the Conqueror, designated by his father on his deathbed (Robert, the...
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...
