During the Second Punic War, also known as the Hannibal War, there was a consul called the Italian sword. The name is Marcus Claudius Markels (BC268-BC208) Lets take a look at the famous general who was born in the prestigious Claudius family, one of the most prestigious republicans, and suffere
The Sumerians were very fond of performing animal sacrifices. You have to understand that the Sumerian gods were like a huge ministry with all its bureaucracy added. They had over 3,600 gods and none of them paid much attention to the poor humans. The sacrifices could be used to grease the bureaucra
If there was a ritual associated with the consumption of wine in Greece, it was the symposium. It was the time for drinking and chatting among the guests - only men - after finishing the main meal (deipnon ). At the end of the meal, the servants cleared the tables, decorated the guests with ivy crow
Constantinos Greitzas Palaiologos was one of the most heroic, but relatively unknown figures of the early late Byzantine period. He came from the imperial family of the Paleologues and had repeatedly shown his courage and bravery. In 1458 he was stationed as a guard on the Acropolis of Athens and fo