Emperor Nero died, and the regime called Julio-Claudian dynasty collapsed. The political turmoil during Neros life was considerable, but the turmoil in Rome after Neros death far outweighed it. In just one year, the three Roman emperors changed into an unprecedented crisis, and Rome entered the
Carcaixent is a town in the Ribera Alta region (Valencia). Its contemporary history appears to be dominated by the boom in orange cultivation –since the end of the 19th century– and its export to European markets, fundamentally –since the beginning of the 20th century. The originality of this growth
Intro Blessed by the pope and led by the monarchs of the Christian kingdoms of old Europe, this adventure was to represent all that the medieval spirit had in it. Despite the obvious military failure of the Crusades (with the exception of the first), Christianity emerged from it economically and cu
Jaime I of Aragon, The Conqueror , king of Aragon and count of Barcelona, whose government occupies more than sixty years of the history of the 13th century, during which he incorporated Valencia and the Balearic Islands into his dominions, set with Castile the limits of the reconquest expansion a