After the establishment of the Arab caliphate, the Byzantine Empire found itself facing a fanatical and stubborn opponent on its eastern borders. The Arabs carried out destructive raids at regular intervals in Asia Minor throughout the 8th and 9th centuries in an attempt to spread, through jihad, ho
I would like to briefly summarize the life of Germanicus, which few Japanese people know. The official name of Germanicus is Germanicus-Julius-Caesar, a terrific name that draws the blood of the Julia gens as well as the blood of Augustus rival Antonius. Lets take a closer look at Germanicus, wh
The silver mines of Lavrio have been known since ancient times. From the revenues of these mines was created the powerful Athenian fleet that crushed the Persians in Salamis. However, there were surface ores of silvery lead in the area. In 1864 the Italian businessman Ioannis Baptistis Serpieri (
As the Latin saying goes De gustibus non est disputandum ” (“there is no dispute about tastes” or its equivalent “there is nothing written about tastes”), it is difficult and risky to qualify a product as the best, and even more so when the product we are talking about is wine… Antiquity. So, in the