Alaric advanced within three miles of Ravenna, to press the irresolution of the Imperial ministers.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our selection
Visigoths Enter Rome
And install their own pretender on the throne of the Caesars.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our selection from The History of the Decline and Fall
Roman Emperor’s Failure to Respond to Crisis
At the Emperor’s Court, safe in Ravenna, internal politics trumped civic affairs.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our selection from The History of
Rome’s Gates Opened
O king, are your demands, what do you intend to leave us?" "Your lives!" replied the haughty conqueror.Continuing Visigoths Sack Rome,our
Siege of Rome Begins
The first emotions of the nobles and of the people were those of surprise and indignation that a vile Barbarian should dare to insult the capital of
The Coronation Ceremony
Today's installment concludes The Coronation of Napoleon,our selection from Life of Napoleon Buonaparte by William Hazlitt published in 1830.If
Napoleon Meets the Pope
If Pope Pius VII represented the decay of ancient superstition, Bonaparte represented the high and palmy state of modern opinion; yet not insulting
Isaac Jogues Comes Back
Crowds gathered from the neighboring towns to gaze on the man whom they had known as a scorned and abused slave, and who now appeared among them as
No Further Need to Fear Coup
Today's installment concludes The Gunpowder Plot,our selection from What the Gunpowder Plot Was by Samuel R. Gardiner published in 1897.If you