The alliance’s name derives from the island of Delos, where the League originally housed its treasury. By...
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The League gave Sparta protection from uprisings within its own borders and eventually secured its dominance in...
Ratified by the United States Senate unanimously without debate on June 7, 1797, taking effect June 10,...
Charles V blamed the revolt on their radical ideology rather than the harsh realities of living a...
The Albigensian Crusade was the first crusade to specifically target heretic Christians – the Cathars of southern...
As the political boundaries of the Roman Empire diminished and collapsed in the West, Christianity spread beyond...
The first Hindu temples were built from rock-cut caves. By Mark CartwrightHistorian Introduction Hindu architecture evolved over...
Ellora (also known as Elura and, in ancient times, as Elapura) is a sacred site in Maharastra,...
Reconstruction’s influence of and effects upon religion, education, industry, and taxation. Organized Religion Freedmen were very active...
The of the aftermath of the Civil War and the brief attempt to “reconstruct” the U.S. South...
With the establishment of the medieval towns, Italian city-states and maritime republics, the patriciate was a formally...
According to Livy, the first 100 men appointed as senators by Romulus were referred to as “fathers”...
The nature of the krypteia very much reflects the roots of its name. By Brandon D. Ross...
Thucydides placed Brasidas’s Homeric ending in a singularly admirable light. By Nathan A. JenningsNATO Planner, Afghanistan In...
In modern society, we are used to political art. One hundred years ago today, fighting raged in...
One of the great riddles of modern times is why a 500-year portrait of a Florentine housewife...
While the weathly and powerful are coddled with public largesse, the rest of us are thrown into...
As Leonardo da Vinci found centuries ago, scholars of art, design, engineering and science can work together...
Dead five centuries, Leonardo retains a rock star’s fame, well known around the world by just one...
It was a frequently stated virtue of Roman emperors, and was personified as a deity—Virtus. Virtus was...
In philosophy, the notion of virtue played a central role in ethical theory up until the Enlightenment....
In the 17th century, early modern European medical theory had an impact upon Islamic medicine through the...
The Mongol invasion of Iran began in 1219, after two diplomatic missions to Khwarezm sent by Genghis...
Private contractors are particularly well-suited to slip between jurisdictions, because they don’t typically have a fixed employee...
The armies could have involved over 100,000 men on either side who came from all over Europe....
To reach this elevated status became more and more challenging as the Middle Ages wore on. By...
After freeing the Zealots from the Temple, the Edomites and Zealots massacred the common people. Introduction The...
A literary alternative to the murderous, supersessionist versions of the story that animates the site. Given the...
On the dead end of prohibition. We live in a time of change, when people are questioning...
Before marijuana was legalized, people argued over how it would affect taxes, crime and teens. But only...