The acts in this volume cover the twenty years prior to the establishment of the Roman ghetto by Paul IV in 1555. A lengthy introduction reveals these acts as a mirror of Jewish social and cultural life, including such matters as litigations, broken engagements, adoption, synagogal disputes, ...
the different branches of whichhave reigned in all the civilized countries of the universe…. History showsthat all civilization derives from the white race, that
the reaction would come only in one of two forms – socialism or conservatism.19世纪的绝对进步/乐观主义,1920s因为一战而转向the European revolution of 1848 – a revolution that failed, a set-back all over Europe for the rising hopes of liberalism, a demonstration of the hollowness of ideas in...
1943- Greek Jews of Salonika are transported to Nazi extermination camps 1945- 334 US B-29 Superfortresses attack Tokyo with 120,000 fire bomb 1945- Japanese proclaim "independence" of Indo-China 1946- Dutch troops land at Batavia/Semarang ...
It also marked the expulsion (or forced conversion) of Muslims and Jews and the beginning of a downward spiral of religious and social intolerance exemplified by the Inquisition. Top: Church on the Plaza of Monsaraz (Pillory Post in the Rear) Bottom: Plaza Vieja in Zafra, Spain. Folk ...
All the while he stayed in Rome, however, the emperor's sights were set across the Danube. The great historianTacitus, a contemporary of Trajan, had publishedhis work 'Germania'in this time period (one of the few ancient sources dedicated to the little-known Germanics), initiating public pr...
Yahveh giving the TenCommandments and 613 precepts to Moses for the Jews, and the divine nymphEgeria giving Numa Pompilius laws for Rome. Pagan cults and Christian creedsproclaimed that earthly rulers were appointed and p...
Pax: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age by British historian Tom Holland is now out in both in the US and the UK. It's the third book in a trilogy that started with Rubicon, about Julius Caesar and the last years of the Roman Republic, and then went on to Dynasty, covering the ...
In the same year that Claudius died (54 AD), Vologeses installed his own brother, Tiridates, as King of Armenia, in favor of the Roman client who already ruled. This violation of law and peace (Rome had held the right of determining Armenia's governmental authority since the time of Au...
Death in Babylon: The Killing Commences The Mauryans and the Qin Seleukos in India: The Rise of Chandragupta Ashoka – Wheel-Turning King Heart of Tiger and Wolf: Enter the Qin The Barcas and the Scipios: The Houses of Carthage and Rome ...