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.
Overwhelming crimes
In Greco-Roman antiquity there are several myths that tell us some overwhelming crimes.
Greek and Roman Religion drank from different sources
All religions defend their peculiarity and uniqueness, but in reality all of them feed on the beliefs, myths and rituals existing in their environment.
The first text of political thought is also provided to us by Herodotus
The ancient Greeks theorized about the various political systems: monarchy, democracy, tyranny
Europe versus Asia: an eternal rivalry
It is known that the Trojan War, which Homer sings in his poem “The Iliad”, was triggered because the Trojan prince Paris, visiting Greece, kidnapped the blonde Helen, wife of Menelaus, and took her to the court of his father, Priam, in Troy
The post or post service
The word “post”, with very few changes, refers to the post service in many countries in the world; its creation is very old.
Agony
Why do we call “agony” when the end of life of a person comes, often terrible and painful?
The most beautiful poem in ancient literature
For many connoisseurs and lovers of Latin literature, Virgil is the first poet due to his epic poem the “Aeneid”. The second poet would be the lyrical Horace.