In 526 BC, after the death of his father, the pharaoh Ahmose II , rise to the throne of Egypt Psammetichus III . He inherits a prosperous kingdom but with a latent threat... the Persian Empire . Cambises II , king of Persia of the Achaemenid dynasty, continued the expansion of the empire started
This famous phrase uttered by Julius Caesar when he was assassinated by a group of conspirators in the Senate. Traditionally it is believed that he was referring to Marcus Junius Brutus, son of Servilia, who in turn was Julius Caesars lover for a long time. It was even believed that he could be h
Feared, bloodthirsty, fierce, explorers and, lately, television. So were the Vikings. Those men (mostly) from the Nordic countries who, starting in the 8th century, looted and burned half of Europe with their raids. But no horns on their hooves. The horns were only used to drink Odins only food:mead
The Greek governments, before Papagos, did not dare to claim Cyprus. Only in 1941 the then King George had asked the British for the concession of Cyprus, but to no avail. The Plastira government also did not move the Cyprus issue, succumbing to the pressures brought to bear on it. In Greece, th