The Roman Republic and its Roman Empire successor are mostly remembered for both their glories and follies – both done on a grand scale. A great civilization that collapsed...
As a general proposition, you would expect a fighter ace – a pilot who downed at least five airplanes – to get officially credited only with shooting down enemy aircraft....
Few were more powerful than Empress Matilda (1102 – 1167), heir to the English throne. When her father the king died, however, the magnates who had sworn to support her decided...
Charles Dickens was not just a great writer, but a generally good guy. He was a social critic who advocated for the poor and disadvantaged and lent his time and money to many...
