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Two Muses, By An Artist From The Workshop Of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504)

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This painting, attributed to an anonymous artist from the workshop of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504), depicts two Muses—patron goddesses of arts, sciences and creativity—from...

Lucian of Samosata

Queen Arsinoe’s Brief Wartime Reign At The Twilight Of Ptolemaic Egypt

Land Of The Lotus Eaters, By Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821–1872)

Odysseus And The Sirens, By An Unknown Roman Painter In Pompeii (c. 79 CE or Earlier)

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The Bulgarian Entrapment Of Imperial Conspirators Against Emperor Leo III of Constantinople

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Emperor Leo III of Constantinople (r. 717-741) gained power due, in large part, to the actions and reign of a former ruler named Emperor...
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The Pungent Origin Story Of Emperor Constantine V Kopronymos

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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...

Murasaki Shikibu

The Tale Of Saint-King Olaf’s Miraculous, Flameproof Hair

Who Destroyed the Library of Alexandria?

Balthild: The Anglo-Saxon Queen of the Franks

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Engelbert Dollfuss And The Appeasement Dictatorship That Weakened Austria Before Its Annexation By Hitler

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In 1892, a short man named Engelbert Dollfuss (later belittlingly nicknamed Millimetternich) was born in the town of Texing, Austria. His young adulthood was...

Winston Churchill

James Fenimore Cooper

Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey—A Historian’s Comparative Review

Alexander Hamilton

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Two Muses, By An Artist From The Workshop Of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504)

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This painting, attributed to an anonymous artist from the workshop of Filippino Lippi (c. 1457-1504), depicts two Muses—patron goddesses of arts, sciences and creativity—from...

Land Of The Lotus Eaters, By Robert Seldon Duncanson (1821–1872)

Odysseus And The Sirens, By An Unknown Roman Painter In Pompeii (c. 79 CE or Earlier)

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Gallus Caesar Almost Purged All Of The Leadership In His Senate On A Whim

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Gallus was the cousin of Emperor Constantius II (r. 337-361) and was given the title of caesar by his royal kinsman, which came with...

The Chaotic Reign of Wang Mang In Ancient China

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Wang Mang (c. 45 BCE-23 CE) was a prominent Confucian Scholar with an ascetic lifestyle who thrived during the transition between the Former Han...

The “Apache Pistol”

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  In the mid- to late 19th century the bizarre “Apache pistol” was born. This odd invention was a civilian personal protection firearm that allegedly...

The Cross-Sea Journeys And Ill-Fated Wedding Of Jarl Hákon Eiriksson

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Hákon Eiriksson was a Norwegian nobleman with ties to the Danish royal family. His father, Jarl Eirik Hakonarson, had aligned himself with King Sweyn...

Tore Hund By St. Olav’s Body, Painted By Olaf Isaachsen (c. 1835-1893)

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This painting, by the Norwegian artist Olaf Isaachsen (c. 1835-1893), was inspired by tales about the death of King Olaf II of Norway, also...

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