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.
After the assassination of Emperor Commodus, Publius Helvius Pertinax, who was escorted by the Roman Guards, was also assassinated by the Guards, and in an unprecedented outrage that the next emperor was auctioned. As a result, Didius Julianus was elected emperor, but the governors of each provi
Introduction The royal women of the Middle Ages are a fascinating object of study. Not only because of the unfair neglect to which they have sometimes been subjected, but also because their life events usually represent a much richer picture than that of men from the same period. A medieval king is
The first postage stamp in history was issued in the United Kingdom on May 1, 1840 and was used for the first time to frank a letter on May 6 of that same year. To date, the cost of sending the correspondence had to be paid by the recipient and depended on the distance that had to be traveled for it