Why did Augustus formally end the Roman Republic? Why did Justinian try to reconquer the Western Roman Empire? Why did the Goths move into the Roman Empire? Why did Rome destroy Carthage? Why did many Italians support Mussolini during the Great Depression?
Rome’s armies during the Republic consisted of citizen-soldiers who were small landowners, first in Rome and later in other parts of Italy. Traditionally they fought in the army when necessary and then returned to their plots. As Rome expanded and the campaigns got longer, this model ceased ...
The problem isn’t just a lack of toilets—it’s a lack of toilets that people want to use. The result: millions of deaths and disease-stunted lives.
I finally did what I should have done a long time ago. I’ve moved the blog into my own host and added domain. Now the site can be reached under the adress: www.pcgamingfan.com It turns out I picked a really good time to do it, because not only was my original host pretty much...
Afterward, Russia ends up constituting itself as the only Orthodox nation that did not fall under Ottoman domination. Moscow regards itself – as Byzantium – as a unique symphony between spiritual and temporal powers. Third Rome becomes a political concept only in the 19th century – after Peter...
“Be always ready to give a defense to everyone who ask you a reason for the hope that is in you with meekness” (I Peter 3:15). Paul said to Timothy: “Preach the word.” He did not say preach the word if you find it. He said, “preach the word." This means tha...
We all have had it for years, whether purchased at a deli or made from scratch. As I was making it for one of the summer dinners, it occurred to me: Why is it called that? So I did some quick poking around and it turns out that the name comes from the Dutch word “koolsla”...
Mount Vesuvius was in the early stage of eruption but most in the city did not take head and leave during those early days. This eventually turned into pumice, ash and other rocks being shot into the sky, which in turn caused hot volcanic gases to spread rapidly. While some were able ...
the Senate had been afraid that Caesar was about to overthrow them, crown himself king and turn the republic into an empire run solely by himself. That’s why the date of Caesar’s assassination, to those of us who are relatively supersitious, is still regarded as an unlucky day when it...
He fails. This is still a poignant story, since human beings still face loss and grief and death, just as did Gilgamesh. Indeed, Enkidu's vision of death is still chilling: There is the house whose people sit in darkness; dust is their food and clay their meat. They are clothed ...