The Roman Republic was a period in the history of Roman civilization that spanned 500 years, from 509 BC. to 27 BC when it was ruled by senators and magistrates. During this time, Rome organized its institutions and made important military conquests that guaranteed its dominion over the Mediterrane
The operation was to begin on November 29, according to a very attractive plan on the map, but which was pathetically unrealistic in the facts. Djedeida was the target of a battalion from the Northampton regiment, reinforced with a battery of 25-pounder shells and Grant medium tanks from battle grou
The expression iron curtain was created by British politician Winston Churchill. He first used it during a speech he gave in Fullton, Missouri, in 1946. With this term, the former British minister warned that Stalins government would continue to influence the territories he had liberated during Wo
Portrait of Saigo Takamori by Edoardo Chiossone • WIKIMEDIA COMMONS In February 1854, Commodore Matthew Perry landed in Japan to demand that this country put an end to the total isolation it had maintained for two centuries vis-à-vis foreign countries. On that day, the steam and steel of the Nor