It’s clear that Hamlet is not in favor of King Claudius to begin with - he finds him to be a poor choice on his mother’s behalf even stating “My father’s brother, / But no more to my father than I to Hercules.” (1 2 11) If the ghost says to him that “the serpent tha...
How old was Democritus when he died? Where did Democritus make his atomic discovery? How did Walter Gropius die? How did Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz die? How did Diogenes die? How did Mozart die? Where did Democritus work? What year was Democritus born? How did Edmund Campion die? How did ...
How much was the treasure of Sparta in The Count of Monte Cristo? How many warriors go with Beowulf to the dragon's lair? How many years ago was the Iliad written? How many deaths are there in A Midsummer Night's Dream? How old was Sophocles when he died? How many characters die in...
Alexander the Great was born in Macedonia, in 356B.C.E. His father was King Philip, when his father was assassinated he took over the throne at 20 years old. There has been a debate on whether Alexander was still great or not. Alexander was not great for these reasons, his ruthlessnes...
(31 or 32 AD.) Tacitus reports that Tiberius was 78 years old when he was smothered to death by Naevius Sutorius Macro, Prefect of the Praetorian Guard, on the 15thof March, 37 AD[vii]… (This was an example of Roman policy towards Jews during the time of Christ’s earthly ministry....
And of course, the hidden passageway was the ideal location for some good old cloak-and-dagger intrigue: it’s thought that this dimly lit corridor (or an adjacent one) was where the mad emperor Caligula met his sticky end, his doomed attempt to flee his assassins terminating in a hail ...
old princess off to a pagan Slav seemed impossible. Vladimir, however, was baptized at Cherson, taking the Christian name of Basil out of compliment to his imperial brother-in-law; the sacrament was followed by his wedding with Anna. Returning to Kiev in triumph, he destroyed pagan monuments...
, how old were they when they came here? Did they ever get to see their parents again? I kept a notebook of answers to these questions, now long since lost, but it remains indelibly inscribed on my heart. This was right around the time that the internet was really experiencing ...
Marcus Garvey started with virtually nothing as the son of a former slave in Jamaica, became the leader of an Improvement Association and Shipping Line in The United States was jailed and deported to Jamaica, and died penniless in London, England. Garvey predicted his experience when writing ...
Marcus Garvey started with virtually nothing as the son of a former slave in Jamaica, became the leader of an Improvement Association and Shipping Line in The United States was jailed and deported to Jamaica, and died penniless in London, England. Garvey predicted his experience when writing ...