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99Pompeii, Italy - The Lost City
In the fateful year of 79 AD, during the heyday of the Roman Empire, Pompeii (Italy) was a thriving city of about 20,000 inhabitants. By the end of August that same year, they were all gone, and the city was left for dead along with its inhabitants.
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91Roman 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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75Greek History: Lesson 2--The Formation of the Polis
In my previous hub Oikos and Basileus, we encountered the small communities of early Greece, which from a sociological perspective are categorized as "prestate" societies. The term "prestate" is used for...
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87Roman Emperor - Augustus
The Roman Republic ended with Julius Caesar and the Roman Empire began with Augustus Caesar. Augustus, the title originally conferred by the Roman senate in 27 B.C. upon Gaius Octavianus, the successor of Julius Caesar. It was afterwards borne by emperors both of the ancient empire and of the Holy Roman Empire.
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75Trireme
The trireme is an ancient vessel with three rows of oars, of great effectuality, in early naval warfare. Mentioned by Thucydides. It was a long narrow vessel propelled by 170 rowers. The Romans copied it from the Greeks, and used it with considerable advantage. They were used at the battle of Salamis and by the Romans until the 4th century AD.
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97Greek letter pronunciation and the Greek alphabet song
Greek letters and pronunciation of the modern Greek alphabet; how many letters in the Greek alphabet, what they are, Greek alphabet song, English translation of Greek alphabet song; pronunciation video included.
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79Greek mythology, The Gods of Olympus
The Oracles in Ancient Greece , Delphi and Dodoni The ancient Greeks held firmly to the belief that the of Olympus revealed to some people, the " manteis" (diviners), events about to occur in the future....
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86Roman 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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62Roman Numerals and Alphabet
This is a table of Roman Numerals numerals this is a listing of Roman alphabet alphabet
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78Roman Emperors Pt. 1
Rome was said founded in 753 BCE but for over 250 years earlier it was a village near Palatine Hill (one of the seven hills of Rome) beside the Tibur river. ...
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