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97Year of the Tiger - Chinese New Year 2010 and Other New Year Observances
When we speak of the New Year, the date that comes to most people's minds is January 1st the date that many of the old Roman calendars as well as the modern Gregorian and Julian calendars use as the start of...
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60Roman Candles, TNT, Cherry Bombs and Christmas Eve
There will no doubt be hundreds if not thousands of hubs written from now until Christmas about the special family times and observances surrounding this blessed holiday which hold a special place in the...
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87Roman Catholic Church
This article is the 8th episode of a series on the History of Christianity. The first section was entitled Origin of Christianity 33 to 100 AD; and the episode before this one is History about Christianity...
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69The Role of Vernacular Bible Translations in the Reformation
Luther called the coming of printing “God’s highest and extremest act of grace, whereby the business of the Gospel is driven forward.” (Postman, Amusing Ourselves to Death, p. 32) The business of the...
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71Tattoos & Body Piercing-A Modern Art or a Return to Paganism? Pictorial Hub
We’ve come to know that MODERATE body piercing can be very attractive and most of the times sexy if it includes intimate parts. They say it gives pleasure to the eye as well as to the body itself. One of...
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92Roman Emperor - Claudius
Roman emperor from 41 AD to 54 AD. Claudius was a scholar, historian and able administrator. One of the greatest of the early Roman emperors. He was made emperor by the Praetorian Guard after the murder of his nephew, Gaius Caligula, in AD 41.
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86Roman Emperor - Nero
Born at Antium, his original name was Lucius Domitius Ahenobarbus; but in AD 50 his mother married her uncle, the emperor Claudius, who adopted and renamed him. In 53, at the age of 16, Nero married Octavia, daughter of Claudius and Messalina. On the death of Claudius in the following year Agrippina secured the succession of Nero to the exclusion of her stepson Britannicus, who was poisoned in 55.
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70The Crow in Literature: "Quarto with Crows"
“If men had wings and bore black feathers, few of them would be clever enough to be crows." --Reverend...
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87Roman Emperor - Titus
Roman emperor from AD 79. Eldest son of Vespasian, he captured Jerusalem in 70 AD to end the Jewish revolt in Roman Palestine. He completed the Colosseum, and helped mitigate the suffering from the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 which destroyed Pompeii and Herculaneum.
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80Romancing Your Significant Other On A Budget - Eight Free Activities For Couples.
My mother once told me "If you want to keep the romance in your marriage alive and well; 'date' your spouse." Out of all the advice my mother has ever given me, this has to be one of my top ten "nuggets of...
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