The last years of Nero’s reign were characterized by a climate of fear and terror. The city and Senate were overwhelmed by the emperor’s power and suffered dearly from his paranoia. In April 68, the senator Caius Julius Vindex, governor of Gallia Lugdunensis and an Aquitanian romanised prince, decided onContinue Reading
It is well established that almost 500 years before Columbus set sail, a Viking named Leif (“the lucky”) Erikson visited, and temporarily colo-nized, a small village in Newfoundland, Canada. But the Norsemen may have been there even earlier. According to the Norse Graenlendinga Saga, Vikings first arrived in the NewContinue Reading
Romans destroy the Third Temple of Jerusalem, leaving erect only the famous Wailing Wall. Rome troops abolishes the Jewish high priesthood After a siege lasting 139 days, Jerusalem is taken but largely destroyed. The temple has already caught fire, in spite of Titus’ efforts to save it. The Jewish dispersalContinue Reading
DRAMATIC EVENTS ON WALL STREET MARKED AWATERSHED IN THE HISTORY OF THE 20TH CENTURY Almost in a matter of days, the booming 1920s collapsed into the greatest economic slump of modern times. Hopes of sustained recovery, peace and stability after the Great War were dashed. The stump destroyed governments and providedContinue Reading
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