Tacitus (c. 56/57-117+), considered the greatest historian of Rome, decided one day to attend a horse race for a bit of ancient Roman entertainment....
Emperor Constantine V was the son of Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741), a ruler who brought much-needed stability to the Byzantine Empire...
This painting, by the French artist Charles Meynier (1768-1832), depicts Polyhymnia (also known as Polymnia), a Muse from ancient Greek mythology. Although the title...
Anna Komnene (c. 1083-1153)
"And this, I fancy, is the true definition of propriety: the due proportion of warm humanity and strict moral principle."
From...
Sun Tzu (sayings recorded between the 6th and 3rd centuries BCE)
"Managing many
Is the same as
Managing few;
It is a question of
Division."
Sun Tzu's The Art of...
