There are numerous places in Germany where you can breathe in a touch of Roman history. The many finds can be admired in various museums. But what did the Romans want in Germania? The first campaigns to Germania In the years 58 to 51 BC Gaius Julius Caesar (100 to 44 BC) conquered Gaul. This area
It is possible that one of the oldest professions of humanity is that of a banker. Curiously, we have no news that it was practiced in hunting societies, possibly due to the ease with which a mortgage could be repaid by means of 15 cm of sharpened flint. But when they appeared, in cultures with agri
On June 17, 1527, he left Sanlúcar de Barrameda (Cádiz), heading for the colonization of Florida, an expedition led by Pánfilo de Narváez . After various setbacks (desertions, storms and hurricanes, wrong decisions...) they arrived in Tampa Bay (Gulf of Mexico) in April 1528. After the first conta
We have already discussed in this blog the topic of the disappearance of the Spanish overseas empire (See:https://miradahistorica.net/2016/12/01/los-ultimos-de-filipinas/ ), so now our interest is focused on the consequences of those events in Spanish society. The colonial loss shocked the country,