The sports modalities of the Ancient Greek Olympics were quite varied and many still survive, but in a different way, in the current world. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe Olympic Games , or, as they are commonly called, the Olympics, had their origin around the second half of the 8th century BC, in th
The Middle Ages are considered the dark epoch. War, disease and oppression were not the norm in the roughly 1000 years between antiquity and modern times. Middle Ages - whats that supposed to be? Terrible events such as the Hundred Years War, the Crusades and the plague occurred in the roughly 1000
England is on an island. This isnt big news. The sea is omnipresent there and unsurprisingly - one would think - the people of England began to use the sea for themselves at an early age. A direct line from British geography via merchant shipping, the East India Company to the British Empire? No, it
Flavios Fokas was a special case of man in the negative sense. He was a low-ranking army officer who rebelled against Emperor Maurice, whom he destroyed along with his entire family to become emperor. From there on, he began his destructive work for the state, which fortunately did not last long.