The First Triumvirate was an informal yet powerful political alliance during the last decades of the Roman Republic, formed by Julius Caesar, Pompey the Great and Crassus. Its primary aim was to help ...

In 1967, a medical first stunned the world and brought international attention to Christiaan Barnard, a young doctor from ...

Pauline Boty, a British Pop artist, was blond, beautiful, and talented, just like Marilyn Monroe, whom she often portrayed in ...

Under British orders, South Africa launched a daring attack on the German colony of South West Africa. The fighting had a ...

For years, the Soviet Union led the way in exploring our solar system, achieving many successes before the Americans. Here ...

At the same time, Marx also recognized that religion was a symptom of underlying distress, and maintained that altering the underlying economic conditions rather than religious feelings was the only ...

Bust of Julius Caesar, by Andrea di Pietro di Marco Ferrucci, 1512-4. Source: The MET Museum Despite his numerous military and political achievements, Julius Caesar faced resistance from the Senate.

Less famous than the legions, the Roman navy had an essential role in establishing and expanding ancient Rome’s power and influence. Comparable to the Georgian navy that secured British dominance over ...

Unaware of the disastrous ecological impact of certain actions, human beings have made some grim decisions that have led to ...

The warrior monk Benkei went from a rebellious youth to the ideal of a loyal retainer through sword-theft, battlefield ...

Exiled Surrealists found freedom in Mexico, creating visionary art, social circles, and rivalries that changed modern art ...

Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck with a detail view of the convex mirror, 1434, via The National Gallery, London The name Arnolfini became attached to this painting from the records of its previous ...