Never since the invasion by the Gauls under Brennus had Rome beheld such disaster.Continuing Nero's Rome Burns,with a selection from Quo Vadis by
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Terror As Nero’s Rome Burns
The destruction seemed as irresistible, perfect, and pitiless as Predestination itself.Continuing Nero's Rome Burns,with a selection from Quo
Christians During Nero’s Rome Burns
From the heights on which Rome was founded the flames flowed like waves of the sea into the valleys densely occupied by houses.Continuing Nero's
Streets Blocked As Nero’s Rome Burns
The roads were blocked by piles of goods, borne from the fire previously, boxes, barrels of provisions, furniture the most costly, vessels, infants'
Slaves Escape While Nero’s Rome Burns
Men of this wild and unrestrained crowd -- Asiatics, Africans, Greeks, Thracians, Germans, Britons -- howling in every language of the earth, raged,
Parkman, Vol. 3, The End
This is the concluding passage of Volume 3 of Parkman’s series on the French in North America.Previously in The Discovery of the Great
Nero’s Rome Burns
This series has nine easy 5 minute installments. This first installment: The Fire Begins.IntroductionThe dynasty which began so gloriously under
Napoleon III Looses Battle of Sedan
Today's installment concludes Battle of Sedan,by finishing the selection from von Moltke’s history and then with Bismarck’s letter to his wife,
French Cavalry’s Desperate Counter-Attack
But this magnificent sacrifice of the splendid French cavalry could not change the fate of the day.Continuing Battle of Sedan,with a selection