October 14, 1066 at the Battle of Hastings, William of Normandy wins a decisive victory over the troops of Harold II, Saxon king of England. Having become William I the Conqueror, the winner installed a Norman dynasty on the throne of England which would last a little less than a century. Founder o
Julius Caesar won 48 out of 50 battles fought, one of the highest scores attributed to historical commanders. How did he do it? About Gaius Julius Caesar, it can certainly be said that he was ambitious. Perhaps even a bit too much. At thirty-one years old, as described by Plutarch, he was to say
In 1861 in Germany, John Ross Browne, an American traveler and writer, witnessed an unusual event. In the city of Hanau, he watched the execution of a local murderer, sentenced to beheaded for manslaughter. It would be no different from other similar shows if it were not for a few people waiting for
You watch an old Western with Gary Cooper on TV, take a vitamin supplement after breakfast, and get an EEG in the hospital. All this is done by Polish Jews! Not all of them felt Polish. Some were not practicing Jews at all or did not even admit to their cultural heritage. However, all of them we