The Peloponnesian War was a war pitting Athens and Sparta. Although Athens was the cultural heart of ancient Greece, it had provoked the war. By 415, both sides had suffered defeats and celebrated victories. A tenuous peace was in place, but everyone knew the war would be revived soon. Read more…
In 295 B.C.E., Rome was faced with the chilling prospect of four peoples combining against it. The situation was so dire that Rome had five men who were given imperium. In other words, the Romans had five armies in the field led by five generals. Quintus Fabius and Publius Read more…
Publius Clodius Pulcher was one of the most notorious Roman politicians. He was born in 93 B.C. to an important patrician family. In 73 B.C., he accused Cataline of sex with a Vestal Virgin. Cataline was found innocent and Clodius was forced to leave Italy. He went to join Read more…
She was born probably in 1822 in Maryland. Her name was Arminta Ross. Her mother called her “Minty”. Both her parents were slaves. Three of her sisters were sold away. When the master came to sell away one of her sons, she threatened to split his skull and he backed Read more…
The Seven Years’ War began in 1756. In North America, it was called the French and Indian War because most Native Americans sided with the French. Much of the action took place in New York where French Canada bordered on the British colonies. Lake George was an important dagger Read more…
Annette Kellerman was born in Australia on July 6, 1987. Her father was a violinist and here mother was a music teacher. Annette suffered from rickets as a girl. She wore steel braces to strengthen her legs. Her parents enrolled her in swim classes to help with her legs. Read more…
Whenever I ponder how far America has come in its view of warfare, I usually think of this battle. No battle better exemplifies the cold fact that Revolutionary War tactics were ineffective due to the advances in small arms fire and artillery fire. The rifle and the cannon were Read more…
The War of the Bucket was the result of a long-term feud between the Italian cities of Bologna and Modena. The feud had been going on since 1075. It was between supporters of the Pope and supporters of the Holy Roman Emperor. Bologna was a Pope city and Modena Read more…
In 1851, chiefs of the Southern Cheyenne and Arapaho signed the Fort Laramie Treaty which gave up much of their land for a guarantee to the land north of the Arkansas River to the Nebraska border. In exchange for ceding much land, the tribes got an annuity and a Read more…