Gladiatorial fights were not planned out in advance. The outcome was determined by the skill and luck of the gladiators.
Gladiatorial fights were not planned out in advance. The outcome was determined by the skill and luck of the gladiators.
There are two speculations about the origin of the name of Big Bens bell, both referring to two personalities from England. By Me. Cláudio FernandesThe origin from name bell Big Ben , which is located in the Clock Tower, at the seat of the English Parliament, dates back to the second half of the 1
Hyacinthe Rigaud (1659-1743) was the French portrait painter of the Court and of Kings in the Grand Siècle, described thus by Madame La Palatine “There is a painter here, Rigo, who stutters so horribly that it takes him a quarter of an hour for each word. He sings perfectly and while singing he does
Marie Antoinette (from the film “Marie Antoinette”). Even the smallpox vaccine gave the idea for a new hairstyle During the reign of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette everything was tending to Versailles, even the most serious things, and any excuse was good to invent new fashions to follow ,
Several years had to pass before the uniqueness of this Olympic final was noticed. In 1936 in Berlin, in front of Adolf Hitler, the following were in the competition:a Finnish army soldier, a Polish concentration camp prisoner, an American bombardier who drifted in the Pacific waters for 47 days, a