Top Items About Ancient Romans
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| Trivia | Origin of hopscotch | Hopscotch began in Roman Britain, whose hopscotch courts were over 100 feet long and used for military training.... | root | 252 | |
| Anecdotes | Spartacus`s Death | In 73 BC, the famed Thracian gladiator Spartacus led a slave revolt in Italy. After defeating Roman armies in the south,... | Anonymous | 50 | |
| Anecdotes | Classical Education | In 1801, while fighting the French in Egypt, Sir George Murray and his men found themselves in desperate need of water.... | Anonymous | 34 | |
| Anecdotes | Naval Gazers? | "When Julius Caesar landed on the shores of Britain with his Roman legions, he took a bold and decisive step to ensure... | Anonymous | 29 | |
| Anecdotes | Simply Brilliant | In 214 BC, a powerful Roman force attacked the city of Syracuse, the home of the famed mathematician and inventor Archimedes. | Anonymous | 26 | |
| Anecdotes | Constantine`s Vision | In the first decade of the fourth century AD, six men vied for the leadership of Rome, among them Maxentius... | Anonymous | 24 | |
| Anecdotes | Cyprus Mine | "Cyprus was one of the world`s important mining centers in ancient times, but for reasons still unknown the Romans... | Anonymous | 23 | |
| Anecdotes | Divine Excuse | One evening, Agrippina, bent on securing the imperial throne for her son Nero (at the expense of the emperor`s... | Anonymous | 22 | |
| Anecdotes | Caesar | Julius Caesar was dining with friends one evening when the conversation turned to death: "What is the best kind of... | Anonymous | 20 | |
| Anecdotes | Julius Caesar: Veni, Vidi, Vici | In 47 BC, having decisively defeated the king of Pontus, Pharnaces II, at Zela (in Asia Minor), the victorious... | Anonymous | 18 |
