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Voices: The Top 10 royalty who became elected leaders
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJeremy Benson asked if there had ever been a Top 10 for which I had failed to receive enough valid...
Archeologists find ruins of Nero’s Theater during excavations for new Four Seasons near Vatican
NY Daily News via Yahoo News· 10 months agoArcheologists in Rome said Wednesday that ruins of Nero’s Theater, an ancient theater erected by the Roman emperor, were unearthed under an area that will serve as the garden of a new Four Seasons ...
Christmas Day is a unique date in history
WOOD via Yahoo News· 6 months agoGRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — It’s the “most wonderful time of the year,” but not always. Just ask the Hessians in Trenton or the crew of the Santa Maria....
Heinrich XIII: the prince suspected of plotting to be German kaiser in coup
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBy Sarah Marsh BERLIN (Reuters) - Heinrich XIII Prince Reuss is one of the last descendents of a...
From Marengo to Rome: Giacomo Puccini's "Tosca" in a Historical Perspective
Iowa City Press-Citizen via Yahoo News· 5 months agoHave you been to Marengo, Iowa lately? A town of 2,500 situated just north of Highway 80, featuring...
'The noble capital of Vienna'
The Week via Yahoo News· 2 years agoVienna Pegasus Books Vienna as an international capital is a city that has been a pivot for diplomacy, culture, intellectual thought, music, art, design,...
Ash Wednesday is on Valentine's Day next week. Can you eat chocolate and other sweets?
Bucks County Courier Times via Yahoo News· 4 months agoSince the times of ancient Rome, some Christians have been wearing a smudge of ashes on their...
Femicide in Italy: A modern phenomenon deeply rooted in country’s cultural past
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 3 months ago“Femicide is not a crime of passion, it is a crime of power,” wrote Elena Cecchettin after her...
Why the coins in your pocket make you a Roman
The Telegraph via Yahoo Finance· 1 month ago“This is two thousand years old,” my father reminded me as he placed the small silver disc in the palm of my hand. It was still gleaming, cool to the...
Does the United States really tolerate all belief systems?
SC Cloud | St. Cloud Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoHow do citizens respond if the government mandates obedience to evil? That is not a new question. Let’s consider historical evidence. Charles V of the Holy Roman Empire sought to eradicate the ...
