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Education

Aurelian: The Emperor Who Saved Rome

Lucius Domitius Aurelian, better known simply as Aurelian, was a Roman emperor who ruled from 270 to 275. His story is like a Hollywood movie and is worth watching. Born…

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Archeology

Nabonidus

By V. V. Minaeva Nabonidus [Akkadian - "[the god] Nabu is exalted"], the last king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, reigned from 556 to 539 BCE and was overthrown by the…

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Christianity

Athos after the fall of Byzantium

During the Ottoman era, Athos remained under the patronage (though not always unselfish) of the Turkish sultans, which allowed the Holy Mountain to retain at least some of its former…

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