Surviving letters such as clay tablets and papyrus scrolls contain a mine of information and they have...
History
Helen knows both how to spot an ambush in the making and how to tell a great...
Impeachment carried with it grave risks for the Republicans. Andrew Johnson, the 17th president of the United...
Johnson was the seventeenth President of the United States, succeeding to the presidency upon the assassination of...
Ukraine’s Orthodox Church recently broke off from Russia. This dispute has a history that goes back to...
The Eastern Empire flourished while the Western Empire struggled and finally dissolved. Introduction The Western Roman Empire is...
Alaric and his army marched through the Salarian Gates and pillaged the city. Introduction In August of...
Sephardic, German, and Eastern European immigrants each contributed to the formation of American Jewry. By Dr. Joellyn...
“Rosh HaShanah” means ‘head [of] the year’, referring to the Jewish day of new year. Introduction Rosh...
An expert explains the Sikh faith and its history in the United States. Introduction New Jersey’s first...
Peace but also conflicts that occurred between the Sikh Gurus and the Mughal rulers who were contemporaneous...
Christianity did not immediately win the hearts and minds of the people of Europe. Introduction Religion in...
Saint Gregory the Illuminator or Enlightener established Christianity as the official religion of ancient Armenia. By Mark...
A fundamental decision that led to the successful lunar landings came largely as a result of one...
A disheveled poet crafted verse of exquisite order. Thanks to the popular 1994 movie Four Weddings and a Funeral, thousands...
Ellen N. La Motte’s ‘The Backwash of War’ was praised for its clear-eyed portrayal of war, but...
The plot reflected the growing discontent among the ruling class of the Roman state with Nero’s increasingly...
Roman law provisions on desertion had features that were totally different from the common Roman criminal law....
The first known woman to join a firefighting brigade may not have done so by choice. Introduction...
Fighting fires in early America was about community, property, and rivalry. By Jackson Landers In a scene...
When the existence of unicorns, and the curative powers of the horns ascribed to them, began to...
This curious machine was meant to answer the problem of the moment: how to provide sufficient training...
His brother, Marcus (the famed orator), was running for consul, the loftiest office in the Roman Republic....
A new book argues that violent rhetoric and disregard for political norms was the beginning of Rome’s...
Thoreau’s attitude toward the railroad was foremost one of ambivalence. What’s The Railroad To Me? What’s the...
After Alaric I, the Visigoths migrated to Spain where they established themselves and assimilated with the Romans....
The designation, Ostrogoth, taken to mean ‘Eastern Goth’, actually means ‘Goths glorified by the rising sun’. Introduction...
Greece, the ‘cradle of western civilization’, is home to a large number of spectacular sites from the...
The temple known as the Parthenon was built on the Acropolis of Athens between 447 and 438...
As worthy as Jimmy Carter’s post-presidency has been, it shouldn’t overshadow his time in office, which has...