The spanish fly (Spanish fly ) or cantarida It has nothing to do with our common fly, it is actually a kind of small bright green beetle that lives in ash trees. The chemical compound obtained by drying and pulverizing the body of this insect is called cantharidin . Hippocrates already described
If we recently discovered the origin of golf in the pagan game, today we will discover the origin of football... in the 3rd century BC in China . Modern football was created in England after the formation of the Football Association , whose 1863 rules are the basis of the sport today but the first
A few years ago I received a notification informing me that for two years I was going to be part of the list of candidates for the jury... What a joy! (pure irony). Two years passed and, in the end, I didnt have to go through that drink. Although according to article 125 of the 1978 Constitution and
Our archenemy today was an indomitable man, a passionate defender of the freedom of his wild lands against the greedy invader, a born leader who kept the Roman garrisons in check until the emperor Tiberius himself ordered that it be eliminated forever. In the long time that the Roman world lasted, I
On several occasions we have spoken of animals that shared sorrows and joys with the armies, either as pets or actively participating and, of course, never of their own free will. But this time we are going to deal not with the animals themselves but with the names of animals used in the glorious Ro
Our archenemy of today is another brave barbarian from the north intentionally forgotten by the imperial propaganda of his time, for his was the terrible honor of having been the first to defeat and kill a Roman emperor on the field of battle. Little more has come to us about the rest of his life an
In the Temple of Hera , in the city of Olympia , the Olympic flame is lit today that will start the journey until it reaches London on July 27 and kick off the London 2012 Olympic Games. The Olympic Games in classical times were held at Olympia every four years or Olympiad from 776 BC. until the em
Mark Antony , commander in chief of Julius Caesar, persecuted those responsible for his death and, in addition, knew how to win over the people of Rome, which allowed him, together with Octavio and Lepidus , be part of the Second Triumvirate in 43 BC Even so, there were still many supporters of the
The Peloponnesian War (431–404 BC) was a military conflict in Ancient Greece that confronted the Delos League (led by Athens) with the Peloponnesian League (with Sparta in the lead). During the first part of the conflict, until the Peace of Nicias In 421 BC, Sparta launched repeated invasions of Att
Our archenemy of today was not a great military leader, or an admired and praised hero, he was a young warrior, one more element within the fierce resistance that a single city opposed to the best oiled military machine of the ancient world:Numancia . Serve this article as a tribute not only to the
I suppose that almost all of you will remember the advertising campaign for the Wonderbra , «Hello Boys «, starring Eva Herzigova in the 90s. It revolutionized the market, skyrocketing sales and even urban legends were created, such as the one that went around the gossip that this ad placed on billb
Our archenemy of today was a character of little relevance to contemporary Roman historians, but his deeds and family gossip were collected in one of the most relevant Germanic epics of the early Middle Ages, The Song of the Nibelungs . Twenty-fourth installment of “Archienemies of Rome “. Collabor
The peoples of the sea They were a confederation of Mediterranean sailors who during the second millennium BC raided and attacked the populations of Egypt and the Near East. The incursions of this confederation, which was not permanent nor its components fixed, were frequent in the Nile delta and in
We are going to take a walk through ancient Rome and check, thanks to the Edict of Maximum Prices or Edict of Diocletian , what wages some professions received and what prices they had to face. Gaius Aurelius Valerius Diocletian Augustus , for friends Diocletian , was born into a humble family and c
Our archenemy of today is one of those heroes of other times, a symbol along with Numancia or Sagunto of the pride we felt for Hispanic stubbornness. The stubbornness of Indibil , together with that of another indigenous régulo called Mandonio , was part of the syllabus in schools to encourage the n
At the end of the VIII century a. C. Sparta and Messenia they clashed in the so-called first messenian war , of which there would be two more. Sparta was growing and needed new lands to settle its population... the fertile lands of Messenia were its objective. In this war there were no decisive batt
In September 46 BC, the Roman legions paraded through Rome to celebrate and celebrate the triumph of Julius Caesar about the Gallic rebel Vercingetorix . At the end of the celebrations, Octavio and Lucullus , two legionnaires who had fought in Gaul alongside Julius Caesar, were saying goodbye to ret
Around relics, such as body parts of saints or objects that have been in contact with them, it has always been considered whether behind them there is a historical reality and a scientific basis that can demonstrate, at least, their antiquity or, simply, it is fruit of excessive devotion and smoke s
A month ago we talked about Zaleuco de Locria as a politician who took responsibility, as legislator and father, to the fullest extent of it. Today we have Carondas from Catania which, being a disciple of Zaleuco, is quite a statement of intent. Carondas was a Greek lawgiver who made the laws of Ca
The morning after pill is a female emergency contraceptive used to prevent unwanted pregnancies. It must be taken within a maximum period of 72 hours after risky intercourse and is more than 90% effective in the first 24 hours after sexual intercourse. Over time, this effectiveness begins to decline
Carlos II (the Bewitched) he was king of the Crowns of Castile and Aragon. He was born on November 11, 1661 in Madrid . He was the son of Philip IV and his second wife, Mariana of Austria. He ascended the throne on the death of his father, under the tutelage and regency of his mother, who admitted t
Born in 1775 in Fuentesecas, Zamora, Pablo Morillo He soon adopted military life and enlisted in 1791 in the Marine Corps, within which he participated in the Coalition Wars (1792-1797) against the French revolutionaries. For the services rendered to the Royal Navy during these conflicts, he was pro
In 1974, Evangelos Averof was Minister of Foreign Affairs in the government of Konstantinos Karamanlis. In his address to the parliament, Averof had said about the Cyprus tragedy:They accused us then because we did not send the Phantoms to Cyprus. Phantom we had received 18 in total. By order of Kar
Dynasty of Frankish kings descended from Merovée, the Merovingians reigned over Gaul until 751. This matrix dynasty of French royalty was for a long time the victim of a black legend, maintained from the 6th century by Grégoire de Tours, then by their successors, the Carolingians, under the pen of E