04 May 2020 Diseases and Pandemics in Ancient Rome By victor labate History & Tradition, Health & Well-being 0 During antiquity, Rome was an international metropolis, a melting pot bustling with people from all four corners of the empire. The city had impressive marble structures towering over overcrowded buildings called insulae, and different dialects... Read More
01 May 2020 Aristophanes and Euripides: The Comedy and Tragedy of Fifth Century BC Greek Women By MartiniF History & Tradition 0 Euripides (circa 480 – 406 BC) was the last of the three great tragedians of Classical Greece - the other two being Aeschylus, the ‘Father of Tragedy’ who, among many others wrote Agamemnon (458 BC) and Seven Against Thebes (467 BC), and... Read More
29 Apr 2020 Things: Old Viking Parliaments, Courts And Community Assemblies By ashley cowie History & Tradition 0 Ancient governmental terminology such as monarchy, oligarchy and democracy have been used for more than 2,000 years and have Greek and Roman origin, but in Early Germanic societies, right up to the Vikings of modern Scandinavia and Britain, the... Read More
27 Apr 2020 History Repeats Itself On The Television Screen By ashley cowie History & Tradition 0 Even if school’s history class was a bit of a drudge, historical movies and television series delivered the same old stories with much more passion and intrigue than tweed wearing professors. Television series and films are not only massively... Read More
24 Apr 2020 Rasputin: The Rise And Fall Of The Charismatic Thaumaturge By Alessandra Filiaci History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure 0 Gregory Efimovich Rasputin was a country man with course manners and an immoderate passion for women and wine, a charismatic personality, a mystic with healing abilities and the scapegoat for the Russian empire. He is a legend. He was born in... Read More