Who ruled the Western Roman Empire? Who overthrew the pharaohs? Who conquered the Sassanid Empire? Who dominated the early Roman Republic? Who was the most famous ruler of the Assyrian Empire? Who imperialized Egypt? Who ruled Egypt when the Library of Alexandria was destroyed?
Who ruled Rome before the Roman Republic? Who ruled Rome after the Roman Republic? Who dominated the early Roman Republic? Who initially controlled the Roman Republic? Who ruled the Roman Republic for a one year term? Who divided the Roman Empire into east and west?
Ruthless, Freakish, Showboating Tyrants Who Ruled RomeDrabelle, Dennis
In 1837, archaeologist Howard Vyse and his team discovered the burial chamber containing an empty sarcophagus made of basalt, a mummy-shaped coffin lid made of wood, and some bones. These bones were later dated from the early Christian era and hadno connection to Pharaonic times. On the other...
, when Roman elected its governors; and Imperial Rome (27 B.C.–476 A.D.), when a supreme ruler oversaw the empire, and in early years did so alongside the elected senate. Over that time, Rome was ruled by scores of kings, dictators and emperors who expanded it from a small city ...
James II, who ruled Scotland from 1437 to 1460, was an early enthusiast of artillery, using it against both rebellious Scots and English occupiers. When laying siege to a castle held by the British, a cannon exploded, sending metal everywhere. Bysome accounts, his thigh was gravely injured...
Otrera was one of the O.G. Amazons, an early queen, but she was super-important because she allegedly founded the famousTemple of Artemis at Ephesusin Turkey. That sanctuary was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and included animage of the goddesssimilar to the one here. ...
Etruscans and Early Rome Successors of the early Iron Age Villanovans (900–700 BCE), Etruscans built such cities as Tarquinii, Vulci, Caere, and Veii. Each autonomous city, originally ruled by a powerful, wealthy king, had a sacred boundary orpomerium. Etruscan homes were mud-brick, with...
Who Framed Roger Rabbit was a go-to film in the late '80s and early '90s, wearing out VCRs all over the world. For every dueling piano between cartoon ducks, ...
Who ruled India before the British? The Mughalsruled over a population in India that was two-thirds Hindu, and the earlier spiritual teachings of the Vedic tradition remained influential in Indian values and philosophy. The early Mughal empire was a tolerant place. Unlike the preceding civilisation...