Caracalla, of mixed Punic and Syrian descent, was born Lucius Septimius Bassianus in Lugdunum, Gaul (now Lyon, France), the son of the later Emperor Septimius Severus and Julia Domna. At the age of se ...
According to Zimmer (2006), Caledonia is derived from the tribal name Caledones (or rather Calīdones), which he etymologizes as "possessing hard feet" ("alluding to standfastness or endurance", from ...
According to Zimmer (2006), Caledonia is derived from the tribal name Caledones (or rather Calīdones), which he etymologizes as "possessing hard feet" ("alluding to standfastness or endurance", from ...
Hatra was probably built in the 3rd or 2nd century BC by the Seleucid Empire. After its capture by the Parthian Empire, it flourished during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD as a religious and trading cen ...
US forces under the command of General James T. Conway of the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force were criticized for building the military base "Camp Alpha", comprising among other facilities a helipad, o ...
The Greek form Babylon (Βαβυλ?ν) is an adaptation of Akkadian Babili. The Babylonian name as it stood in the 1st millennium BC had been changed from an earlier Babilli in early 2nd millennium B ...
Despite the classical precedents, which Machiavelli was not the only one to promote in his time, Machiavelli's realism and willingness to argue that good ends justify bad things, is seen as a critical ...
Machiavelli was born in Florence, Italy the third child and first son of attorney Bernardo di Niccolò Machiavelli and his wife, Bartolomea di Stefano Nelli. The Machiavelli family are believed to be ...
The etymology of the Greek name Byzantium is unknown. In Greek legend it is said to be named after Byzas, the leader of the Megarean colonists and founder of the city. The name has been suggested as b ...
The situation of the Roman Empire became dire in AD 235, when the emperor Alexander Severus was murdered by his own troops. Many Roman legions had been defeated during a campaign against Germanic peop ...
Circulating coins commonly suffered from "shaving" or "clipping": the public would cut off small amounts of precious metal from their edges to form new coins. Unmilled British sterling silver coins we ...
Most coins presently are made of a base metal, and their value comes from their status as fiat money. This means that the value of the coin is decreed by government fiat (law), and thus is determined ...
The first coins were developed independently in Iron Age Anatolia and Archaic Greece, India and China around 600-700 BC. Coins spread rapidly in the 6th and 5th centuries BC, throughout Greece and Per ...
His relations with the Senate were never good. He was unpopular with them from the outset, having seized power with the help of the military, and he returned the sentiment. Severus ordered the executi ...
Septimius Severus was born on 11 April 145 at Leptis Magna (in present-day Libya), son of Publius Septimius Geta and Fulvia Pia. Severus came from a wealthy, distinguished family of equestrian rank. H ...
