We know that the Romans had a great respect for their troops, and saw them as the protection from a world of barbarism. The monuments they raised to them were frequent and common. Of course, the Roman veterans knew nothing of air power, gunpowder weapons, cannon, radar or electricity. Here…
Opened is a past-tense verb. “The shop is opened” means someone opened it. It implies that either the shop does not usually open its door to the public on Saturday OR that it was a new shop and Saturday was its first day (its opening day). You want the adjective…
From the very beginning of the musical collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, many speculated that the chemistry between the two singers could be attributed to a love relationship. According to Country Thang Daily, however, Plant and Krauss were never a couple. “I first met [Plant] at a Lead…
MRS. ROY ROGERS & KIDS – Dale Evans with her daughters | Roy rogers, Dale evans, Linda carter. While touring Rogers met and fell in love with his second wife, Grace Arline Wilkins, while he was still married to Lucile. The moment Rogers’ divorce to Lucile was finalized in 1936,…
’Were to’ in the future ’If…were to + verb…’ ’Were to’ can be used in the future to emphasise that the conditional form is highly unlikely or unthinkable. Here too ’were to’ is used in the ’if-clause’. If Peter were to decide to go to America to study, Sarah would…
Plebeians were enrolled into the curiae and the tribes; they also served in the army and also in army officer roles as tribuni militum. Their sense of unity came from their diverse roots, and the people believed that they existed to support the military. The Romans always wanted to be…
Douglas MacArthur said, ” Rules Are Mostly Made To Be Broken and Are Too Often For The Lazy To Hide Behind.” Good Thing He Did Not Practice Before the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals. So rules are meant to be broken for the people who have guts to break them…
Many of the founding fathers—Washington, Jefferson, Franklin, Madison and Monroe—practiced a faith called DeismDeismOr more simply stated, Deism is the belief in the existence of God solely based on rational thought without any reliance on revealed religions or religious authority. Deism emphasizes the concept of natural theology (that is, God’s…
The poodle skirt was a trend for its time. While the 1950s were for many a return to the easier pre-war days, with the 1960s came an entirely new set of cultural concerns. In many ways, things would never be as carefree as we like to think much of the…
Many captured fugitive slaves were flogged, branded, jailed, sold back into slavery, or even killed. Not only did fugitive slaves have the fear of starvation and capture, but there were also threats presented by their surroundings. What was the punishment for helping runaway slaves? Any person aiding a runaway slave…