Considered lacking in charisma and discernment, Claudius – son of Drusus – nonetheless remains a scholar whose reign was fundamental to the Roman Empire. Indeed, he initiated various reforms favoring the strengthening of imperial powers and built the port of Ostia and new aqueducts in order to solve
Galileo was born in Tuscany into a very cultured old family, where he was assigned to medicine. Passionate about science, he is as interested in mathematics (he is a professor in Pisa then Padua) as in physics. Thus, he worked on the speed of fall of bodies, the principle of inertia of movement... T
Bolesław the Bold according to Jan Matejko. Bolesław the Bold King of Poland of the Piast dynasty, the third crowned ruler of the state; also known as Bolesław Szczodry. He was born around 1042 as the eldest son of Kazimierz I the Restorer and the Russian princess Maria Dobroniega. Prince sinc
Martin Luther (1483-1546) is a German theologian, at the origin of the Reformation of Christianity which gave birth to the Protestant religion. Having become a priest in 1507, Martin Luther devoted himself to the study of biblical texts and quickly fell into disagreement with the main teachings of t