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Sentenced To Marry Her Cook? Emperor Justinian II’s Bizarre Punishment Of A Rebel’s Wife

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Yes, according to medieval chronicles, Emperor Justinian II of Constantinople (r. 685-695, 705-711) sentenced the wife of a rebel to marry her household cook....
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Aristotle On Being Kind To Foreigners

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Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE), the famous philosopher and mentor of Alexander the Great (r. 336-323 BCE), acknowledged that open and accessible societies could face...
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Aristotle’s Views On Carthaginian Social Programs

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Aristotle (c. 384-322 BCE), in his influential text, The Politics, wrote about different types of governments and state constitutions, as well as what he...
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A Summary Of 15th-Century Witchcraft Beliefs By Pope Innocent VIII

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Pope Innocent VIII (r. 1484-1492) was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church when Jacob (or James) Sprenger and Heinrich (or Henry) Kramer began formulating...
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Pythagoras’ Revolutionary Olympic Boxing Revenge

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In the 6th century BCE, a curious fighter named Pythagoras emerged from the island of Samos and challenged the preconceived notions and norms of...
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The Curious Origin Controversy Over The Word, Easter

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Easter, Ostern, and the Passover Connection Easter, and its German equivalent Ostern, are peculiar words. They are the English and German language designations for the...
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The Tale Of Charlemagne’s Humbling Prank Against A Bishop

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Charlemagne (r. 768-814), the king and emperor of the Franks, was put in a tough position when a bishop who was a friend and...
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The Tale Of An Ancient Roman Man’s Divinely-Prescribed Dinner

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In the 2nd century, there lived a prominent Roman man who suffered from severe stomach pains. The man was affluent and his brother was...
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The Posthumous Olympic Victory Of Arichion of Phigaleia

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Arichion of Phigaleia competed as a fighter in the sport of pankration—also spelled pancratium—during the Olympic Games of 564 BCE, reckoned the 54th Olympiad...
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The Ancient Olympic Games And How Fighter Tournament Brackets Were Selected

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Ancient Greeks held their Olympic Games in the hilly environs of Olympia, along the Alpheus River in the region of Elis, Greece. The Games...