While the treaty left Northern Ireland (now part of the United Kingdom) under British rule, it did not involve the British retaining ownership of any part of the Republic of Ireland. The Republic of Ireland became a fully independent state in 1949 when it declared itself a republic and left the Commonwealth.
The five Roman emperors of Nerva, Trayanus, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, Marcus Antoninus Aurelius are called the Five Good Emperors, and the Roman Empire reached its peak during this period. In a sense, world history choosers have to remember that, but I wonder if few people know what they did. So, f
A minor mistake, a seemingly trivial wrong decision, is enough to lose the chance of success. These footballers learned about it extremely painfully. Some fell from the very top, others did not even have time to spread their wings. They have one thing in common - they lost their careers. Why did the
Hypatia was born in Alexandria (Egypt) in 370. She was the daughter of Theon, a renowned philosopher and mathematician of the time who worked in the museum founded by Ptolemy. It was not the most common, but Theon he wanted his daughter to follow in his footsteps. His training developed, mainly, f
In other posts we have talked about the castrati, the eunuchs in China (which we call the patron saint of the eunuchs), today we have the eunuchs in Al-Andalus. The fate of the «infidels » captured in battles or raids by the armies of Al-Andalus was enslaved or joined the army as mercenaries. Among