King Midas embracing his daughter King Midas was a mythical king of Greek Mythology renowned for his great wealth and
Hercules wrestling with Antaeus (1634) (Source: Wikipedia) In his Life of Sertorius, Plutarch makes one of his more curious and
Neco II (Source: https://www.livius.org) So, I was reading through Herodotus‘ Histories the other day, doing some research on another topic when
The Rock of Gibraltar, the northern pillar. In the background can be seen the purported southern pillar, Jebel Musa, Morocco.
They say Rome wasn’t built in a day. True. It took a long time, many centuries in fact. But when
(Source: Penguin Random House) It’s a strange and comforting thing to consider that a Roman Emperor, who lived and ruled
Back in May of 2014, I visited Istanbul, Turkey, for the first and only time. Being the history enthusiast I