Attending a community college was no longer Larry’s priority, as he was forced to find a way to support himself and his daughter. He dropped out and started working for the city of Indiana as a garbage man — a job Bird later admitted he enjoyed. What was Larry Bird’s…
In Feb 1702, while riding his favourite horse Sorrell from Hampton Court, the animal stumbled and William fell badly, breaking his collar bone. Against advice, the King travelled to Kensington Palace. After a few days of deteriorating health, he died. Did the Pope support King Billy? AN often forgotten fact…
Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area around present-day Rome (then known as Latium), but through the power of the Roman Republic it became the dominant language in the Italian region and subsequently throughout the Roman Empire. Latin was originally spoken in the area around Rome,…
Caesar was not and is not lovable. His generosity to defeated opponents, magnanimous though it was, did not win their affection. He won his soldiers’ devotion by the victories that his intellectual ability, applied to warfare, brought them. Yet, though not lovable, Caesar was and is attractive, indeed fascinating. What…
The Bible describes David reigning in Hebron as king over the tribe of Judah for a period of seven years before the elders of Israel come to crown him king over the entire nation. He reigned over all Israel and Judah for 33 more years, conquering the nations around him…
The Romance languages spoken in the Middle Ages were often referred to as Latin, since the Romance languages were all descended from Vulgar Latin itself. The language is noted primarily as the language of scholarship and liturgy. Medieval Latin refers to the language that was spoken throughout Europe during the…
Caesar’s Role in the Collapse of the Roman Republic. Julius Caesar was the last real leader of the Republic and is counted the first of the Caesars in Suetonius’ biographies of the first 12 emperors, but his adoptive son Augustus (Augustus was actually a title given Octavian, but here I…
King Henry in Shakespeare’s Henry V exemplifies Machiavelli’s assertion. King Henry is necessarily immoral, and he displays this immorality in his decision to execute his old friend Bardolph, in his deception of his own soldiers, and in his command to kill all the prisoners of war. Was King Henry VIII…
June Wandrey Mann (1920–2005) was a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Nurse Corps from Wautoma, Wisconsin. She was the author of Bedpan Commando, an account of her military service in Africa, Sicily, Italy, France and Germany from 1942 to 1946, during which she was awarded eight battle stars .…
King James II succeeded William and Mary in a peaceful transfer of power. T or F King James II succeeded William and Mary in a peaceful transfer of power. T or F The colonists resisted the the Navigation Acts because they wanted to manufacture their own goods. Having no legitimate…