This painting, by the French artist Charles Meynier (1768-1832), depicts the Muse of history from ancient Greek mythology. Named Clio (or variants such as...
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 the Muse of history from ancient Greek mythology. Named Clio (or variants such as...
Emperor Tiberius (r. 14-37)
"Rulers die; the country lives for ever."
A quote attributed to Tiberius in The Annals of Imperial Rome (Book III, Chapter...
Geoffrey Chaucer (1342-1400)
"Speech failed in him, the cold of death began
Its upward creeping from his feet to numb
The breast, ad he was slowly overcome,
And...
