Oppidum is a Latin term which designates the fortified places of the Gauls. Originally used only in case of danger, an oppidum corresponds to a simple fortified refuge:it can be protected by favorable hydrography (Lutèce, on the current site of Paris), by swamps (Alesia) or by a relief in overhang (
The ever-increasing presence in Morocco forces an unbearable economic effort and throws the country into open war. More than 65,000 soldiers are sent there from 1912, when the protectorate is established. This is a conflict that nobody favors, except for the young officers of the Africanist army, wh
Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm Bischoff (October 28, 1807 – December 5, 1882) was a German biologist and anatomist. Born in Hanover (Germany), he focused his studies in the area of embryology. He was a professor of anatomy at the University of Heidelberg, of physiology at the University of Giessen, and of
Demeter was a deity present in Greek religiosity, considered the goddess of agriculture and responsible for the growth of planted grains. Demeter was a deity that was present in the religiosity of the ancient Greeks, worshiped as the goddess of agriculture, being responsible for the growth of plant