Pompeii: The Legacy is a unique city-building game set in the Roman Empire, focusing on the legendary city of Pompeii. The game begins 20 years after the catastrophic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, where players are tasked with rebuilding the city from the ashes. As the head of a...
East of Rome - The Danube Limes is a total conversion of Medieval II: Total War focused on the struggle between the Eastern Roman Empire and its many enemies. The campaign begins in 591 AD, the year when Maurikios finally signes a peace treaty with the Sasanian Persian Empire in the ...
Route of Coup against Venezuela Begins at ExxonMobil* Russia Helps Venezuela Fight Opposition’s ‘Economic War’* The Strategy behind Washington’s Destabilization of Venezuela* Venezuela Oil Union Workers Back Maduro’s Constituent Assembly* Tensions on the Rise As U.S. Announces Military Drills Ne...
Strasbourg was a free imperial city in the Holy Roman Empire; the first newspaper of modern Germany was the Avisa, published in 1609 in Augsburg. The Dutch Courante uyt Italien, Duytslandt, &c. of 1618 was the first to appear in folio- rather than quarto-size. Amsterdam, a center of ...
After His baptism by John, and testing in the wilderness, Jesus begins his ministry by preaching, “Repent, for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” (Matthew 4:17 ESV). Christ does such a good job of this that “the crowds were astonished at his teaching, for he was teaching them ...
When she realizes her imperfections are valuable, she has a whole new outlook on her life, which fills her with hope and motivates her to become a better version of herself. The tone in this song reflects a feeling of being content with one's self-image because she finally wonders "why ...
Colette is a story of an artist of the same name, who managed to escape from the shadow of her husband. During her marriage, Gabrielle Colette begins to develop her writing talent, creating immensely popular stories of a girl called Claudine, but as it is unacceptable for a woman to publis...
Augustus of Prima Porta Imperial Roman Early first century CE The rule of emperors also begins the usage of roleplaying in art This shows the rejection of verism during Pax Romana Augustus was considered to be descended from gods (specifically Venus) and thus was portrayed as god-like and in...
For Paul was once Saul and it’s with Saul that Luke begins his biography of Paul. Saul was a product of the amazingly cosmopolitan world of antiquity. Born into a family of the Jewish diaspora living in the Greek-speaking city of Tarsus in the Roman province of Cilicia, and thus a ...
The sites of Dura Europos, Ephesus and Delos have yielded large numbers of ancient graffiti.16 Elsewhere, chance finds suggest that ancient graffiti tend to turn up anywhere wall-plaster from the Roman Empire was somehow preserved.173Documenting ancient graffiti: Historical overview As we discuss ...