ALARIC! Rome had razed Carthage, burned Corinth, buried Numancia, taken Jerusalem, sacked Ctesiphon, and conquered Alexandria, and ruled over countless other cities and nations and it was now time for

Este pájaro de cerámica definió una de las culturas de la edad del cobre más avanzadas tecnológicamente en el sudeste de Europa. Es conocida como la cultura Vučedol, llamada así por el asentamiento excavado

ALARIC! The first time Alaric invaded Italy, he had against him a serious player: Stilico. Since the half-vandal Magister Militum had been dispatched by the petty court of the Western Emperor, no one could

Rome has established relations with the Greater Greeks (Magna Graecia) on the principles of friendship and respect, also because they felt that they met with a superior civilization. But after the defeat

ALARIC! Played by the Western and by the Eastern courts, having sacrificed 10.000 soldiers to crush an usurper without proper reward, Alaric is tired of being the toy of the Romans and decides to take

The Vučedol dove. Source This ceramic bird defined one of the most technologically advanced copper age cultures in south-east Europe. It is known as the Vučedol culture, named after the settlement excavated

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How can I live among this gentle obsolescent breed of heroes and not weep? Unicorns, almost, for they are fading into two legends in which their stupidity and chivalry are celebrated. Each, fool and hero,

Do you know that there was a time when life was extremely cheap. Cheaper than a loaf of bread. In my Country you could say that was in 1968; A year into the Nigerian-Biafran civil war. It was a war that

Sultan Iskandar Muda was the most influential King of the Kingdom of Aceh. He was born in Aceh in 1593. His first name is Mighty Nature. On the mother's side, Sultan Iskandar Muda is a descendant of King

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