Of all the songs written during and about the War, perhaps none is as strongly identified with the Union cause today as Julia Ward Howe’s stirring “The Battle Hymn of the Republic.” For over 138 years this song has been a fixture in patriotic programs and is still sung in…
The Romans had a varied diet. Vegetables eaten included carrots, radishes, leeks, lettuce, endive, celery, cabbage, pumpkin, asparagus and mushrooms, as well as nuts and legumes. Among the fruits commonly consumed were grapes, figs, apricots, pomegranates, dates, apples, quinces, plums and pears. They would have had: carrots, radishes, beans, dates,…
It was a Confederate victory, followed by a disorganized retreat of the Union forces. First Battle of Bull Run. Who Won the Battle of Bull Run? – History Who Won the Battle of Bull Run? History » Civil War » Who Won the Battle of Bull Run? Loading… The First…
The Romans never conquered Ireland. They did not even try. The closest they came was 20 years after the invasion of Anglesey, when Agricola, another governor, eyeballed the north coast of Ulster from the “trackless wastes”of Galloway. The Romans certainly knew Ireland existed. They called it Hibernia. They might have…
The Southern Colonies The region’s fertile land and many waterways allowed most Southern colonists to make their living by farming. The wheat was ground into flour and this was sold to other colonies. The Southern colonies also grew a wide variety of crops, but they mostly concentrated on growing tobacco,…
Not only the C, but also the letter K, in the Roman alphabet, was pronounced like a K (again, hard or voiceless velar plosive). Like the word-initial K in English, the Latin K was rarely used. A roman word that starts with a k is korus. Another is Kalends, the…
concluded that the economic benefits that result from NASA’s acceleration of technology are very large. The value of a speedup in technology in those four fields was estimated to be between $2.3 billion and $7.6 billion in 1974 dollars. economic impact. A lot of money was spent and gained during…
The letter Y was not originally in Romans. Y was added to the Latin alphabet around the 1st century BCE to render Greek words better. This letter, to distinguish it from the Latin “I”, was called “I Greek”. The letter Y technically does not exist in the original roman numerals.…
Early baths were heated using natural hot water springs or braziers, but from the 1st century BCE more sophisticated heating systems were used such as under-floor (hypocaust) heating fuelled by wood-burning furnaces (prafurniae). In some ways, these resembled modern-day spas. The Romans raised bathing to a high art as they…
Country’s Historic Ryman Auditorium Vandalized in Violent Protests. Yet another heartbreaking scene. Nashville’s famous strip of neon-lit honky tonks came under siege Saturday night (May 30), as peaceful protests devolved into violent looting and vandalism. Ryman Auditorium (formerly Grand Ole Opry House and Union Gospel Tabernacle) is a 2,362-seat live-performance…