10 Facts About Mithradates VI, the “Poison King” of Ancient Pontus
The 1st century BCE king of Pontus, a kingdom on the Black Sea coast, earned his nickname by creating poisons and ...
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History of the resolution
The day we celebrate as New Year’s Day began in 45 BC when Julius Caesar revised the old Roman calendar. As soon as the date ...
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How Julius Caesar Started a Big War by Crossing a Small Stream
According to the law of the Roman Republic ... disband his army, and so lose the immunity his official position had given him. Pompey and his new optimate allies hatched a plan to seize the ...
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Spartacus (died 71 BC)
Thousands of others were killed by the army of the Roman general Pompey, who then claimed the credit for suppressing the rebellion. Spartacus's struggle has been inspirational to revolutionaries ...
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Bust of Julius Caesar
100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history ... office in the republic. Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus.
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Bust of Julius Caesar
100 BC – 44 BC / Reigned 46 – 44 BC) changed the course of Roman history ... office in the republic. Now holding real power, Caesar allied himself with two key people, Pompey and Crassus.