Today Book III ends. Next week begins Book IV.Translated by George C. Macaulay -- our special project presenting the complete Herodotus with URLs
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Octavian Needs Money
Fulvia, wife of Antony, was a woman of fierce passions and ambitious spirit. She had not been invited to follow her husband to the East.Continuing
Destiny at Philippi
After the first battle of Philippi it would have still been politic in Brutus to abstain from battle. The triumviral armies were in great distress,
A Gallery of Turner Paintings
by Jack Le MoineFrom the latest happenings in things historical. JMW Turner – The Complete WorksArundel Castle, 1824CC BY-SA 3.0 image from
The Far Future
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their Big History Series, #10.Finally, after what seems like eons and eons, the end
The Price of Greatness
The Big 3 of World War II. Churchill is on the left.Public domain image from Wikipedia.The price of greatness is responsibility.- Winston
Death Follows Caesar’s Murderers
Brutus and Cassius left Italy in the autumn of B.C. 44 and repaired to the provinces which had been allotted to them, though by Antony's influence the
Babylon Attacks the Persians
The Plan: we shall conquer Babylon: for I shall go straightway as a deserter to the wall; and I shall say to them that I suffered this treatment at
Octavius Deserts Cicero and Joins Antony
By its provisions all Caesar's murderers were summoned to take their trial. Of course none of them appeared and they were condemned by