Do you think courage doesnt pay off? Jerzy Wołkowicki Jerzy Wołkowicki, like many Poles, was educated in the Marine Corps in Peterburg (1901-1904), which he graduated with an officer rank. Baptism of fire was to go through in the campaign against Japan. After many months of travel, the ship on
Today we will talk about one of the most reviled villains of his time, perhaps because the little we really know about him comes from his most bitter adversary, Gaius Julius Caesar , whose Comments on the Gallic Wars they served as a basis for later classical historians such as Livy, Plutarch or D
Two scholars of Roman history in posterity are Theodor Mommsen of Germany and Edward Gibbon of England. This time is the story of Edward Gibbon who wrote History of the Decline of the Roman Empire. History of the decline of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon was born in 1737 and grew up in a re
The use of aromatic plants in cooking and medicine has been a constant throughout history. Mint, specifically, has been used to flavor many dishes and in medicine to facilitate digestion, as a mouth freshener and for its stimulating properties. Some of us, including myself, believed the urban legend