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The Secret Lives of Female Gladiators
The Roman Empire spanned across several continents over a 1,500-year imperial history, and its influences expanded far beyond the city…
“Thou Shalt not suffer a Cat to Live”: Why Pope Gregory IX’s Vox in Rama Implicated Cats in Devil Worship.
On June 13, 1233, Pope Gregory IX instigated the first bull of his papacy: the Vox in Rama. The Bull…
10 Things You Should Really Know About Mahatma Gandhi
Gandhi is one of the titans of the international peace movement, with a name that ranks alongside all of the…
St. George and Beyond: 12 Dragon-Slayers from Around the World
Dragon legends are recorded all over the world, from the seas of Japanese folklore to the icy climes of Northern…
10 Women from the Life and Crimes of Adolf Hitler
More than seventy years after his death Adolf Hitler remains a subject of fascination, conjecture, speculation, and revulsion. Often called…
History’s 10 Most Consequential Battles
What makes a battle historically consequential? Not the brilliance of the victory, as history is replete with lopsided victories whose…
How JRR Tolkien’s Relationship with Edith Bratt Inspired and Echoed a Tale of Middle Earth
In the Catholic section of Oxfordshire’s Wolvercote graveyard is the last resting place of Oxford Professor of Anglo Saxon and…
10 Ghosts of the Most Famous Historical Figures and Where to Find Them
Ghosts are dying out. Recent surveys reveal that only a third of American and British people still believe in them.…
I Modi : The “Sixteen Pleasures” That the Vatican Tried to Ban
Despite extolling the virtues of chastity, sex, and the Renaissance Catholic Church were always profoundly intertwined. Popes regularly kept mistresses…
10 Fascinating Facts About Anglo-Saxon England that Will Impress Your Friends
The Anglo-Saxons established themselves in England in the 5th century, and gave their name to the country and to an…