A CLOSE shave with a comet nearly 1,500 years ago caused a catastrophic change in the global climate, leading to famine, plague, the end of the Roman Empire, the birth of the Dark Ages and even the legend of King Arthur, a leading British scientist said at the British Association ...
I know that the Roman Empire lasted roughly 500 years, but how about the Egyptians, the Chinese, the Ottomans, etc.? I thought exploring different empires and seeing how long they lasted would be interesting. In another article, I talk about the definition of "civilization." There, I ...
Plagued by decadence and incompetence, the reign of Commodus ended in 192 A.D. with his assassination, which sparked a civil war that brought an end to a golden age of Roman history. HISTORY Vault: Colosseum The Roman Empire is vividly brought to life through the lens of the Colosseum. ...
The way that you describe debt and the way that Western society thinks about debt with respect to the Bronze Age, the Fertile Crescent, Mesopotamia, in the aftermath of the agricultural revolution, and the way that Greco-Roman society and Christianity dealt with those ideas was, well, it was...
the translations of the classics of Greek and Roman literature, being this the first time that this type of euphemism appears in a translation of Plutarch from the 16h Century. This meant a significant change in the perception of homosexual behavior, which for the first time in centuries dared...
Russia’s multi-tentacled Wagner Group is not just sending mercenaries to Ukrainian. It’s also fighting the West with making slick propaganda films.
powers, public sentiment opposed the idea. With the establishment of the Roman Empire, an urban proletariat dependent on state-sponsored food distribution and entertained by spectacles like gladiator games became increasingly pacified under the strategy of “bread and circuses,” solidifying the new ...
many scholars believe the Colosseum was partly financed with the booty taken by Roman soldiers during the empire’s raid of the Jerusalem Temple during the First Roman-Jewish War that ended in 70 A.D. An inscription at the Colosseum reads:The Emperor Titus Caesar Vespasian Augustus ordered the...
A terrified young historian awakens in the ancient Roman Empire. Stranded, he must use his wits, strength and knowledge of what is to come to navigate the horrors of war, survive the intrigues of politics, remake an empire and save the one man who can lead it into the future. ...
ended the Roman civil wars. He established some kind of state welfare where he built hospitals, houses, provided good supply of food, etc. Made a way to establish work programs for the people. He respected the decisions of the senate and was more of a good speaker. Augustus of Primaporta...