While most free adult male citizens could vote in both ancient Greek and Roman governments, it was not the case that all men could vote. In ancient Greece, only male citizens who were members of the citizen assembly, which varied from city-state to city-state, could vote. In ancient Rome, only male citizens who were members of the Roman Senate or the Roman Assemblies, which were made up of different groups of citizens based on their social and economic status, could vote.
Entry taken from the book The Plantagenets In the last entry of the series that we are dedicating to the conquest of Wales by England (Origin of the title Prince of Wales to designate the heir to the English throne) we pointed out that years after the integration of Wales into the English crown prod
We all know the feat of Thermopylae where Leonidas and his 300 Spartans of his – in addition to the 700 Thespians and 400 Thebans forgotten – they faced the innumerable army of Xerxes - innumerable because the numbers range from 100,000 to a million - but there was another similar feat that took p
After the death of Suleiman the Magnificent, the new Sultan Selim II, immediately after ascending to the throne, decided to campaign against the Venetian-occupied Cyprus. On July 1, 1570, the Turkish armada rushed to the bay of Paphos and the next day the Turkish troops landed in Limassol, without e
This archenemy, so little known in our days, was a true villain in the eyes of Rome and whose affront lasted in the collective memory for many centuries. Perhaps his deed would be more popular now if he had not lived with characters of the stature and importance of Hannón and Hamilcar Barca , and