The image of Spartacus has long been absorbed by contemporary pop culture and has been milled into wholesale amounts of books, comics, movies and games. But after all, his rebellion was only the last of a series similar to which tormented Rome in the fall of the Republic. Neither the biggest, nor th
The short life of Saga Krestos was one great adventure and a hoax. This black young man turned out to be an amazingly good actor who, thanks to his cleverness and erudition, made an astonishing journey from Cairo to Paris. Along the way, he became involved in the struggle for zones of religious infl
When the pope called for the organization of the first crusade, in a fiery speech he assured the pilgrims that ... they would dare with the treasures of their enemies. He sensed the demand well. Many knights went to the Holy Land only to make a private fortune. But did they actually succeed? The
Maria Kwaśniewska was not an ordinary woman. She was multi-talented, practiced seven sports - and was successful in all of them. But it was not the bronze medal at the Olympics in Berlin that brought her the greatest fame, but the brazen comment she threw in the Führers face. One day, one of the