Ancient History
A Painful Affair: 8 Stomach Churning Punishments Used by the Ancient Persians
In the 21st century, there is often a lamentation about the perceived leniency of sentences handed out to criminals. Even…
Booze Cruises and Bacchic Orgies: This Beach Resort was the Party Capital of Ancient Rome
It’s for good reason Rome is called “the eternal city”, for although millennia have passed, certain things remain remarkably unchanged.…
12 of the Greatest Military Bluffs in History
Brawn is useful, but is not always sufficient on its own: sometimes a healthy dose of bull, or bluffing, is…
Breaking the Chains: 9 Pivotal Slave Rebellions From Ancient Times to the 19th Century
The institution of slavery is as old as civilization itself. Wherever and whenever people have been kept in bondage some…
12 Momentous Cancelled Military Operations
History is determined not only by great deeds done but also by deeds not done and courses not taken. Nowhere…
The Bloody Ground: The Death and Destruction of 12 Civil Wars
Civil wars challenge cultural norms, government, and military tactics. Defined as war within the same nation, civil wars rarely occur…
A Bloody Legacy: 12 Steps in the Evolution of Historic Terrorist Organizations
Terrorist groups that relied on violence to intimidate societies and governments in order to achieve political, ideological, or religious aims,…
The Mysterious British Folk Hero Queen Boudica
On the north side of London’s Westminster Bridge stands a great nineteenth-century sculpture: “Boadicea and Her Daughters”. The embodiment of…
10 Byzantine Emperors Who Met a Violent End
Throughout the ages, men and women have plotted to take power by force, and the person on the throne suffers…
History on Film: The Historical Accuracy of 8 Classic Movies
It might have been Mark Twain who wrote: “Never let the truth get in the way of a good story”,…