Between the years 19-15 a. C. Emperor Augustus concluded the Roman conquest of Hispania, just as three decades earlier Julius Caesar did the same with Gaul, both constituting two of the most important regions of the newborn Roman Empire. But now it was time to protect them, especially the second one
December 31, 192 one of the worst emperors that Rome has given met death. After seeing the famous film by Ridley Scott, Gladiator, we can well think that the good Commodus would have liked to meet his death that way, that is, fought in the arena of the Roman Colosseum. But no, the young emperor, onl
Plaza de Capuchinas in Córdoba is not one of the most frequented, neither by the Cordovans themselves, nor by the large number of tourists who come to this city attracted by its important Cultural Heritage. Precisely on the north side of the rectangle that draws said square, the figure of Osio de Có
Happy New Year to all of you who accompany me on my path through history. As you may have seen, it took a few days without posting new articles on my blog. The main cause is the need for a little respite in search of new ideas, to continue telling stories and showing new places. Note that these are
From today you can enjoy the DHistórica digital magazine nº0 , a starting special in which you will find some of the best History articles on the net, to enjoy them completely free of charge from a comfortable chair in front of the computer. In this issue you will find articles on very different to
“May you be more fortunate than Augustus, and better than Trajan” With this phrase were received, years after the death of Trajan, those invested with the Purple in Rome. Well, at least in the second part of the sentence we fear that it never came true. Go ahead and write something new about Marcu
After the death of Alexander Severus, the last emperor of the Severan Dynasty in the year 235, we are witnessing the most terrible years in the history of Rome. Known as the Crisis of the Third Century, they were about to end the greatest power that the Mediterranean had ever known. Endless usurpati
Hammurabi was the sixth king of the First Dynasty of Babylon, originally from the Amorite tribes settled around the fertile crescent between the III-II millennium BC. C. According to the so-called Median Chronology, he reigned in the city of Babylon between the years 1792-1750 a. C., placing this ci
The second half of the 2nd century BC. C. The city of Rome became the scene of a dirty battle between the two main political options of the Roman aristocracy. Before continuing, to this article we can coin the famous phrase “any resemblance to “current” is pure chance”, or not. Just one paragraph be
The story of Viriatus is the story of the hero that each town needs to maintain the memory of its origins. Although sometimes it is easy to think that it is also the history that Rome needed, to magnify the conquest of the most valuable territory that it achieved in its thousand years of history. Pe
On the death of the eccentric Nero, the Roman Empire he is orphaned of a true heir. Without regulations, or order, or legality when designating an imperial heir, the Roman powers take the initiative:the senate, the praetorian guard and the imperial armies choose their favorites, the first great civi
Attila, king of the Huns, is one of the most controversial historical figures. On the one hand, he is assigned a pivotal role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire, by leading his hosts through the very midst of chaos and confusion. Although, on the other hand, several important defeats are assign
For those of us who are passionate about knowing the ins and outs of the history of the Roman Empire, Lusius Quietus he is one of those characters tinged with a halo of mystery. Despite being largely unknown to the historical sources, which, as we will see later, overlook the vicissitudes of this Af
The famous Spartans are one of the most admired peoples of Ancient History. Sparta is undoubtedly one of the best examples of states where the individual submits to it for the good of the community, based on sacrifice, discipline and order. Despite the scarce archaeological record that this left us,
Today in Walking through History we are going to approach to the life of the elderly in Ancient Rome, a history in deep decline. As today, there were different ways of coping with this stage of life, which was undoubtedly given by a main aspect, their social status. Despite this, as we will see, the
We return in Walking through History to the convulsive fifth century d. C., one of the most exciting in history and that produced a remarkable change at all levels in much of Europe. Today we will focus on the days, in which the Barbarian Peoples decided to divide Hispania. This was undoubtedly one
If the Greeks were the standard-bearers of Western culture , the Minoan Civilization was the one that laid the foundations of it. It is really curious that a small island of just over 8,000 km2 was home to the most advanced culture in the entire West for nearly a millennium. There will always be det
Abbe Breuil Who was the first woman Eve or Lucy? Eva, in an oil painting by Albrecht Dürer and Lucy, a reconstruction at the Museum of Natural History in Washington D C To begin with it may seem like a strange question and even out of place. In addition, it is necessary to verify that the Abbé Bre
According to the experts, today we are immersed in the that we could call the third great revolution in the history of mankind. The technological revolution that we do not know for sure where it can take us, had two precedents; the Industrial Revolution of the 18th century and the one that concerns
The word itself that comes from the Greek defines what that we are going to talk; mega (large) and lithos (stone). In other words, all the architectural constructions that use large stone blocks can be pigeonholed here, from the Egyptian or Mayan pyramids, to the cyclopean enclosures of the Mycenaea
Almost 100 years have passed from the discovery of his tomb by the British Egyptologist Howard Carter . Tutankhamun continues today to keep the attention of the researchers high not only because of the intact funerary collection that surrounded him, found in his tomb despite his early death
Not long ago, in Walking Through History I We were talking about Urban IIs speech that gave rise to the Crusader movement. No matter how many times we want to give it, the crusades were one of the biggest changes in the history of humanity. Two territories united by the Mediterranean, and until rela
February 3, 1772 (Besançon) - March 20, 1844 (Paris) Pajol, Pierre-Claude, count Pajot, said Law student, second lieutenant at the beginning of the war, Pajol distinguished himself very quickly:two bayonet thrusts in the lower abdomen when he entered Speyer at the head of his grenadiers, on Sep
The KGB was governed by a rigid bureaucratic machine, which could sometimes hinder certain missions. View of the archives of the Stasi, the political police of the GDR, with which the KGB actively collaborated • BONESS / SPIA Interview with Rémi Kauffer, historian of the secret services History