One of the more intensely poetic passages of the Aeneid is one in which Virgil (70-19 BC) tells us the death and the end of Priam , the aged king of Troy, in the Book II.
Spartacus: “Freedom or death”
Throughout History, the slavery of human beings by others has been an omnipresent reality. The slaves came mainly from wars, which were so usual.
The Roman Regulus heroically keeps his word and pays with death
In the civic education of the ancient Romans, an important role was played by the memory and knowledge of the virtuous deeds of ancestors, roles to imitate by young people
The days of the week are pagan
Christ was born in the time of Emperor Augustus, although a probable error of four years in relation to the official chronology. In early, Christianity was unnoticed in Rome, confused with Judaism and its various sects, but it had then a remarkable success for expansion to become the official religion and finish the traditional pagan religion off.
Celtiberian Wars of Hispania forced the Roman people to change their calendar
The history of the Roman calendar and its permanence until today is a very difficult issue to be explained.
The naptime (the siesta)
The “siesta” is a widespread custom in Spain and increasingly copied abroad
Tyranny is the opposite of freedom
Tyranny denies freedom, even when it is set in the name of freedom itself.
The proskynesis or bow to the king:
Why do some people bow to others to recognize them a higher social status?
Was the dominating Julius Caesar dominated by their women?
In the Julius Caesar’s life, many women played a very important role. But historians do not judge in the same way their influence.
The satraps are people who have much power
In some contexts the word “satrap” has a pejorative meaning, negative, derived from the great power than such position had in ancient Persia.