It is often thought that beer has its origins in the Germanic peoples, and that, due to the Roman Empire and the popularity of wine, beer did not begin to be produced and spread until shortly after the invasions of the so-called barbarians. Beer was already known many years before by civilizations a
Octavian, who succeeded Caesar, had no military talent. His commanding ability is almost the worst of all Roman figures, and he is largely defeated in the battles he commanded. So was Octavian incompetent? The answer is no. Caesar can be said to be a versatile genius. Under his command, he
At the beginning of the 11th c. A.D. Setina (todays Skopos village of Florini prefecture) had a special strategic importance. The Bulgarian Tsar Samuel had built an important fortress there. In 1014 Samuels army was crushed by Basil II Bulgarokdonos in the famous battle of Kleidi. Shortly after
In the field of inventions and patents there have always been disputes over the paternity of certain inventions. In this case, if Antonio Meucci had 10 dollars, your cell phone would be a telephone . Italian inventor Antonio Meucci (1808 – 1889) emigrated to New York in 1850 where, after ten years