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...
In different eras and spanning separate cultures, numerous famed legendary and mythical male figures were featured in tales where they were described as dressing,...
Dante Alighieri (c. 1265-1321)
"The highest Good
Unlimited, ineffable, doth so speed
To love, as beam to lucid body darts,
Giving as much of ardour as it finds."
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Tacitus (c. 56/57-117+)
"Perhaps not only the seasons but everything else, social history included, moves in cycles."
The Annals of Imperial Rome (III.55), by Tacitus,...
