The Voconian law, which abolished female succession, restrained the legacy or inheritance of a woman to the sum of one hundred thousand sesterces, and
Archives for January 2016
The Roaring Twenties
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their US History Series, #32. The Roaring 20's, published on October 4,
Women’s Suffrage
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their US History Series, #31. Women's Suffrage, published on September 26,
Republican Plans, Democrat Plans
From our Humor Department:Ah, Watergate! That's the time the Republicans tried to steal the Democrat's plans. That's also the last time the
Byzantines on Inheriting Property
The jurisprudence of the Romans appears to have deviated from the equality of nature much less than the Jewish, the Athenian, or the English
Parkman Vol. 1 Part II, Chapter 3
From the Spanish settlements northward to the pole, there was no domestic hearth, no lodgment of civilized men, save one weak band of Frenchmen,
Marines Dig In
After the defeat at The Battle of Savo, US Navy pulls back; Marines cut rations.Continuing Marines Land on Guadalcanal,our selection from First
Japan Attacks by Air and by Sea
On 8 August, the Marines consolidated their positions ashore, seizing the airfield on Guadalcanal and establishing a beachhead.Continuing Marines
America in World War I
Bringing the best history on the web. -- From Crash Course, their US History Series, #30. America in World War I, published on September 19,