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Ancient

The Odd Ancient Roman Adultery Trial Of Gallita

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The Story Of Alexander The Great Punishing A Royal Page For Interfering In A Boar Hunt

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Around the year 327 BCE, while Alexander the Great was campaigning around Sogdiana, the conquering king decided to take a break from war to...

Pliny The Younger’s Speak-For-Itself Speech Advice

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A man named Vettenius Severus was elected as a consul of Rome around the time that Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117) completed his campaign against...

The War Between Rome And The Privernum-Fundi Alliance In 330-329 BCE

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Italy was an interesting place in the 330s BCE. The major regional powers of Rome (in central Italy) and the Samnite Federation (more toward...

Medieval

The Many Sons-In-Law Of Helgi The Lean

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Anna Komnene’s Curious 11th And 12th Century Stereotypes About Other Peoples And Groups That Came In Contact With The Imperial City Of Constantinople

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Anna Komnene (c. 1083-1153) was a princess from the dwindling realm of the Eastern Roman Empire (also known at this stage of history as...

Emperor Constans II’s Voyage To Sicily And The Story Of The Sicilian Colony Expedition To Damascus

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In the 660s, Emperor Constans II of Constantinople (r. 641-668) relocated himself, along with a large military force, to Italy in hopes of retaking...

Prince Sweyn’s Ten Times Witness Statute In Occupied Norway

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Using military posturing and diplomatic negotiations with Norwegian vassals, King Canute (or Knut) the Great—ruler of England since 1016 and Denmark since 1019—was able...

Colonial & Modern

Hernan Cortes’ Alleged Code Of Conduct Just Before Launching His Assault On Tenochtitlan

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The 1685 Incident Between Genoa And France That Caught The Attention Of The United States’ Founding Fathers

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During the powerful and expansionist reign of the French King Louis XIV (r. 1643-1715), the king became annoyed with the Republic of Genoa over...

Mark Twain’s Quicksilver Bread Boat Folk Belief Reference

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Mark Twain peppered The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (published 1876) and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) with references to intriguing superstitions and folk...

The Jubilant Mirage Sighting of Christopher Columbus

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On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set sail from the Spanish city of Palos de Moguer on his flagship, the Santa Maria, which was...

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The Odd Ancient Roman Adultery Trial Of Gallita

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While Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117) was wrapping up his military campaign in Dacia around the year 106, he received a petition requesting him to...
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The Story Of Alexander The Great Punishing A Royal Page For Interfering In A Boar Hunt

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Around the year 327 BCE, while Alexander the Great was campaigning around Sogdiana, the conquering king decided to take a break from war to...
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The Many Sons-In-Law Of Helgi The Lean

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Helgi the Lean was a man of Nordic and Irish descent who flourished in the 9th century, growing up in Ireland and the Hebrides....
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Anna Komnene’s Curious 11th And 12th Century Stereotypes About Other Peoples And Groups That Came In Contact With The Imperial City Of Constantinople

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Anna Komnene (c. 1083-1153) was a princess from the dwindling realm of the Eastern Roman Empire (also known at this stage of history as...
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Pliny The Younger’s Speak-For-Itself Speech Advice

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A man named Vettenius Severus was elected as a consul of Rome around the time that Emperor Trajan (r. 98-117) completed his campaign against...
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Emperor Constans II’s Voyage To Sicily And The Story Of The Sicilian Colony Expedition To Damascus

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In the 660s, Emperor Constans II of Constantinople (r. 641-668) relocated himself, along with a large military force, to Italy in hopes of retaking...
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The War Between Rome And The Privernum-Fundi Alliance In 330-329 BCE

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Italy was an interesting place in the 330s BCE. The major regional powers of Rome (in central Italy) and the Samnite Federation (more toward...
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The Myth Of The Resurrection Of Semele

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Semele, a princess of Thebes and a daughter of the famous King Cadmus, was famously said to have died while she was pregnant with...
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Prince Sweyn’s Ten Times Witness Statute In Occupied Norway

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Using military posturing and diplomatic negotiations with Norwegian vassals, King Canute (or Knut) the Great—ruler of England since 1016 and Denmark since 1019—was able...
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The Myth Of Lycurgus’ Brief Victory Over Dionysus

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Dionysus (also spelled Dionysos) was an ancient Greek earth deity with a specialty for vegetation, wine, festivities and madness. As portrayed in his myths,...
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