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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…
Archeology
Achaemenids, a dynasty of Persian kings (1)
By A. A. Nemirovsky Artaxerxes [Persian: Khshayârshâ, Greek: ̓Αρταξέρξης], the name of the Persian king Xerxes I (c. 486-465 BC) of the Achaemenid dynasty, used in the Synodal translation of…
Christianity
Athos History
Ancient Period In antiquity, the mountain, which, according to the ancients (Steph. Byz. Ethnica. P. 36), bore the name of the mythical Thracian giant Athos (αθως, αθων - of pre-Greek…