Mass grave of Roman soldiers tells gruesome tale of military disaster
The renovation of a football pitch in Austria’s capital has led to the discovery of a Roman mass grave housing the remains of ...
Skeletons of the Roman Empire Are Found Under a Vienna Soccer Field
Archaeologists found the remains of at least 129 people, many of them bearing the injuries of battle, dating to when Rome ...
Ancient Rome used high tariffs to raise money too – and created other economic problems along the way
Unfortunately for the Romans, however, these tariffs often led to higher prices, black markets and other economic problems.
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Catholic Church Greeted Non-Christians With Open Arms in ‘Nostra Aetate’
COMMENTARY: What began as the Second Vatican Council’s statement on Judaism became a wider message of fraternity toward all ...
A mass grave for fighters in a Roman Empire-era battle is revealed in Vienna
VIENNA -- As construction crews churned up dirt to renovate a Vienna soccer field last October, they happened upon an ...
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Olga, the Vengeful Widow Who Became the First Woman to Rule Kievan Rus and Convert to Christianity
It was the mid-10th century AD when Kievan Rus was ruled for the first time by a woman, appointed as regent on behalf of her ...
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Nagpur Violence Highlights: RSS says Mughal emperor Aurangzeb is 'irrelevant'; 54 detained by police
The immediate cause of Nagpur riot was unfounded rumours that the Quran had been burned during a protest by a right-wing group demanding the removal of Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's tomb in Sambhaji ...
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I expressed my reservations to GFA about decision to retain Otto Addo – Kofi Adams
The Minister Sports and Recreation, Kofi Adams, has revealed that he raised concerns about the Ghana Football Association’s (GFA) decision to maintain Otto Addo as head coach of the Black Stars ...
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HABSBURG EMPIRE: Clown Prince
His shrewd, ambitious mother kept telling Otto that he would one day be Emperor. Fanatically religious, she went to church five times a day, and entrusted Otto’s education to three Benedictine ...
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MP demands removal of Aurangzeb's tomb: What's special about the most powerful Mughal emperor's open, mud-covered grave?
Aurangzeb's tomb is located in Khuldabad, a town near Aurangabad in Maharashtra. Unlike the grand mausoleums of other Mughal emperors, Aurangzeb's tomb is a simple structure, reflecting his wishes to ...
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When Did Rome Fall? Inside The Murky History Of The Roman Empire’s Collapse
The Roman Empire was one of the greatest empires in history. Starting in 27 B.C.E. after the fall of the Roman Republic, the impact of the Roman Empire — and its expansion across Europe and beyond — ...