The Dramatic Death of Cleopatra – Was it Really Suicide?
According to accepted historical accounts, Cleopatra, the last active pharaoh of ancient Egypt who ruled after Alexander the Great’s death during the Hellenistic period, committed...
Historical Figures
Historical Figures – the real people behind the legends
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When Alexander Tamed Bucephalus
#Βουκεφάλας (#Bucephalas c. 355 – June 326 B.C.) was #AlexanderTheGreat ‘s beloved #horse. He died after the Battle of the #Hydaspes in 326 B.C., in...
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Power Couple of the Millennium: Pythagoras and Theano
#Theano (born c. 546 B.C.) is credited for having written several treatises on #physics, child #psychology, #mathematics, and #medicine. She was not only the wife...
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5 Things You Never Knew About Elizabeth Taylor’s Cleopatra
Elizabeth Taylor Cleopatra 1963 Some interesting facts Taylor’s 24-carat gold cloth cape, designed to look like the wings of a phoenix, was intricately assembled from...
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Monica Bellucci as Cleopatra
From the movie Asterix.
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Alexander the Great Vs Spartans
Philip II of Macedon. After invading southern Greece and receiving the submission of other key city-states, he turned his attention to Sparta. he sent the...
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What did really happen with Leonidas and his 300 Spartans?
Thermopylae In 480 BC a vast Persian army under king Xerxes crossed into Greece. The invasion was triggered by Athens’ defeat of a Persian army...
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Alexander
Girl in front of fire meme. Girl: Alexander the Great. House burning down: The Persian empire.
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Herodotus' to be or not to be.
Herodotus: Am I to be a storyteller or a historian? Both. Both. Both. Both is good.
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The Funeral Speech of Pericles
Pericles Funeral Speech The speech, recorded by Thucydides, highlights how Athenian democracy encourages personal freedom and sets the city apart from the rest as an...