Next day Cicero was in his place, but now Antony was absent. The orator arose and addressed the senate in what is called his First
Antony Seizes Control
From the blazing pyre the crowd rushed, eager for vengeance, to the houses of the conspirators. But all had fled betimes.Continuing Death of Antony
Lorenzo de Medici Leaves Magnificent Florence
The end came when he was literally in his prime. Only forty-two years of age, he might reasonably have looked forward to many years of active work and
Lorenzo’s Diplomacy Amidst Conflicts
No sooner had the presence of the Turks at Otranto, in the extreme southeast of Italy, been rendered a thing of the past by the surrender of the
Lorenzo Becomes “the Magnificent”
The final decade of Lorenzo's life constituted the midsummer bloom of the Tuscan renaissance, the meridian of the intellectual and artistic supremacy
The Renaissance Progresses in Florence
At an early date he perceived that the new art would be of little value if there were not careful press readers. He was therefore among the first to
Lorenzo de Medici’s Peace Offensive
It was the Renaissance card which won the trick. With startling boldness, yet with consummate art, Lorenzo played the game of flattering
The Renaissance in Florence
The earlier years of his power were associated with many stirring events which exercised no inconsiderable influence on the state of
Order Restored in the Gold Fields of Australia
But the ugliest feature of the whole affair was yet to be revealed. Out of the large number of prisoners taken at the capture of the stockade, only