Back in the fourth century B.C. Rome was an incipient Republic, compressed in the center of the Italian peninsula, whose only alternative for growth was to absorb all those peoples that surrounded it in its expansion. After imposing itself on other peoples of Lazio in the so-called Latin Wars, Rome
Since the Fifth Republic, the President has been the central figure in French political life. But what about the First Lady of France ? This is the title usually worn by the wife of the happy resident of the Elysée Palace. However, these ladies have no official title or status. Before the Fifth Repu
Apollo he was one of the gods most revered by the ancient Greeks, and he was also present in Roman religion under the name of Phoebus. He was the son of Zeus and Leto and the twin brother of Artemis, being also known as the god of the Sun, music, arts, poetry, among others. He had in the bow and arr
The history of the Norman conquest of England is well known to blog regulars, with entries dedicated to the year it occurred (1066), to Harold Godwinsons supposed oath of allegiance to William of Normandy, to the eventful coronation of this and to Saxon attempts to oppose Norman domination, epitomiz