The Vandals attempted to maintain a close relationship with late Roman Italy anyway, but they would end up sacking Rome itself in 455, when this arrangement was threatened by a change of emperors. Italy relied heavily on grain from Africa to feed its citizens, and the late Roman government ...
Christianity in Rome: From its conception, Christianity would spread in the Roman Empire; however, many of the emperors and Senates looked upon the religion with disdain, and some would outlaw it and kill or persecute believers. There were a few emperors and Senates that would tolerate the re...
In the psalms, God's universal kingship is repeatedly mentioned, such as in psalm 47:2 whereGodis referred to as the "great King over all the earth". Worshippers were supposed to live for God since God was the king of All and King of the Universe. Who gave the name of India? The ...
Where kings have "subjects" who are subjected to the king's will, democracies and republics have "citizens" who rule themselves. The Greek city-state of Athens had about 6,000 citizens, who were called out of their homes to ga...
He drowned in 1979 after suffering a stroke while swimming off the Brazilian coast, and was buried under the false name Wolfgang Gerhard. Mengele's remains were disinterred and positively identified by forensic examination in 1985. Birthplace: Günzburg, Germany Dig Deeper Seven Of The Cruelest ...
We were the first website to have an online family tree, the first to give away a genealogy program to use off line, the first to allow our patrons to download their family tree in gedcom format, the first to present the data in a family pedigree format, and the first to provide an...
A whole 24 years after Sir Ridley Scott’s Roman blockbuster starring Russell Crowe, Mescal plays Lucius who, much like the original, finds himself trying to win back his freedom after powerful emperors of Rome conquer his home. Please use Chrome browser for a more accessibl...
I walked in and saw a lot of low, low faces. Some of them were gathered around a laptop. “She’s speaking right now,” one of them said. “Right,” I said. “I’ll put it up on the projector screen.” We watched her concede. I had a lesson planned for the day. I thought...
We know little concerning nations, or whether there were nations on earth, prior to the great Flood. But soon after the Flood, Nimrod founded the city-states of Babylon, Nineveh and others. In due time such nations as Egypt, Assyria, Babylonia, the Aramean states, Israel, Phoenicia and ...
Orosius, a contemporary of St. Augustine, wrote a history calledSeven Books of History Against the Pagans. Augustine had asked him to write it as a companion toCity of Godto show that Rome wasn't worse off since the advent of Christianity. Orosius' history goes back to the beginning of m...