"King Darius commands the Persians who are in Sardis to slay Oroites."Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the
Archives for February 2015
More Gold Discoveries
Almost immediately after the issue of the proclamation another goldfield was discovered on the Turon River, also a feeder of the Macquarie, only a few
Gold Discovered in Australia
This series has five easy 5-minute installments. This first installment: Just Where He Thought It Would Be.IntroductionEdward Jenks was a famous
Probe Lands on
From the latest happenings in things historical. The article Ten Years on Titan linked below was published 23 days ago in Slate. The article's author
Again: Mitch McConnell Fact-File
by Jack Le MoineWho is the new leader of the Senate that’s making so much news? A few years ago I put together a short fact file on his
What Rulers Need Most
Bust of SenecaCC BY-SA 3.0 image by Calidius from Wikipedia.It is impossible to imagine anything which better becomes a ruler than mercy.- Seneca
James II Executes the Duke of Monmouth
Monmouth was both sincere and good-natured, and understood war well. But he was too much given to pleasure and to favorites.Today's installment
Oroites Must Die
Having seen this vision, she used every kind of endeavor to dissuade Polycrates from leaving his land to go to Oroites, and besides that, as he was
Battle of Ledgemoor
The Duke of Monmouth's great error was that he did not in the first heat venture on some hardy action and then march either to Exeter or Bristol . . .