Cesare Borgia, commonly known as the Duke of Valentinois, gained his state through his father’s fortune, and lost it with…
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Battle of Mons Badonicus, the first documentary reference to King Arthur
No matter how many novels and films have dealt with his figure, some in a fantastic tone, others more realistic,…
Lapis Niger, the shrine where the first known Latin inscription was found, was already a mystery to the Romans themselves
In 1898 the Venetian archaeologist Giacomo Boni was appointed director of the excavations of the Roman Forum at the Italian…
How many times has the Vatican’s Swiss Guard come into combat?
If anyone thinks that the Vatican’s Swiss Guard has a mere representative function and that its members are only there…
The 5 Great Last Battles of the Western Roman Empire
Historically, the year 476 A.D. is considered to be the end of the Western Roman Empire, its last emperor being…
When Cicero found Archimedes’ tomb in Syracuse.
Archimedes was probably the greatest mathematician of antiquity. He was born in the Sicilian city of Syracuse in 287 B.C.,…
