Dr. Hudson: Well, by the 3rd and 4th century, you had throughout the whole ancient world a revulsion against luxury. You had a whole movement for austerity in the religions of Persia. And in Rome itself, on the one hand, you had basically the wives of the oligarchs joining in this re...
Elam, under the rule of Kutik-Inshushinak, declared itself independent of the Akkadian Empire around 2240 BC. Around 2083, the dynasty ended with invasions by the Guti people. The Eparti Dynasty was founded in 1970 BC by Eparti I. Susa once again was the capital. The dynasty came to ...
he will come and destroy the husbandmen, and will give the vineyard unto others. 10And have ye not read this scripture; The stone which the builders rejected Is become the head of the corner: 11This was the Lord's doing, And it is marvellous in our eyes? 12And they sought to lay ...
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini inspects his troops in Rome, Italy, in December 1934. Wikimedia/Used Under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 License The Fascist State is itself conscious and has itself a will and a personality... - Mussolini, "Fascism," the Italian Encyclopedia, 1932 Fasc...
the eastern empire had the unexpected advantage of a short series of long-ruling and competent emperors to stabilize matters. When these advantages did not apply, as they did not during the seventh century uprising of Muhammed, the east proved itself as easily knocked over as the west had been...
These cells also destroy old, damaged and dead cells in the body. Macrophages are found in the liver, spleen, lungs, lymph nodes, skin and intestine. The system of macrophages scattered throughout the body is called the reticuloendothelial system. Monocytes stay in the blood for an average ...
Delegates at the University and College Union’s annual conference said they did not want to become a branch of the UK Border Agency. This is absolutely excellent. We have said many times that the state cannot run the police state by itself; they do not have the resources. They need busin...
Gospel of the Nazirenes -- Gospel Of Light:What did the Gospels look like before being edited and re-written by the Church of Rome? What were the original beliefs of the first followers of Yeshua? You will be astonished when you read a surviving text of The Gospel of the Nazirenes whic...
The weekend seemed to fly by and we really did cram in so many sites, walked many miles and more than ate my body weight in pasta and red wine! I would urge everyone to put Rome on their bucket list. As the saying goes – Rome was not built in a day – and once you’ve walked...
It wouldn’t be in the top 5 of Plato’s works all by itself, but it would be close even though it's incomplete. Same thing with all the others. If we only had book 2, it would be regarded as one of the clearest expositions from antiquity of the amoralist challenge. In other ...