The ancient Athenian writer Isocrates (436–338 BC) once commented: "Many cities judge those who excel in the athletic ...
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Today-History-Oct13

Today in History for Oct. 13: In A.D. 54, Roman Emperor Claudius I died after being poisoned, apparently at the behest of his wife, Agrippina. In 1399, King Henry IV of England was crowned. He had ...
The confident and aggressive Romans brought savagery, great taste and efficiency to the Cotswolds, crowning Cirencester Britain’s second city ...
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Blind Maternal Devotion That Destroys

A few years ago in Gyeonggi Province, a man in his 30s killed his visually impaired father. After learning of the crime from ...
It’s rare to find the world’s oldest roads: places where you can literally step into the footprints of people who lived years ago.
At this point, it's fairly common knowledge that the content of your average kitchen cupboard would inspire near-fatal fits ...
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Every democracy ‘murders itself’

In ‘Jokes and Targets’ by Christie Davies, a Soviet journalist interviews a Chukchi man: “Could you tell us briefly how you ...
THEY dress from head to toe in black. They carry knives. They have no morality. They don’t fear the cops. They don’t care ...
More is almost always better. That is certainly the case when investigating Jesus's life, death, and resurrection. In the ...
In 1957, the first fragments of statues were discovered at Sperlonga, Emperor Tiberius's pleasure palace from the first ...