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The Slaves Revolt (73 B.C.)

As Rome’s armies marched victorious across the known world and her fleets patrolled the Mediterranean, hundreds and thousands of slaves

Slaves in the Ancient World (217 – 73 B.C.)

Slaves could be imported to Italy when and where they were needed. The demand for labour was immediate and there

Hannibal Challenges Rome (217 B.C.)

Hannibal alone, would have dared embark on such a venture. Two powers confronted each other to dispute mastery of the

Early Civilizations to Modern Age

The Coming of the Storm 1905 – 1913

ALREADY HEMMED in on two sides by France and Russia, the Germans were dismayed to see Great Britain join their

The Storm Breaks 1914

JUNE 28, 1914, was the Feast of Saint Vitus, an important holiday in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia. The city

Stalemate in the West, Decision in the East 1914 -1917

Germany’s generals had for some time expected that they would have to fight both France and Russia, and Count Alfred

Distant Past and New Challenges

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Milestones of History

Charlemagne’s Empire Destroyed by Eastern Hordes (800-886 A. D.)

Charlemagne’s empire destroyed and dissolved in the ninth century, but the idea of “Europe” survived. By the late tenth century,

Alfred “The Great” builds England for the English (886 A. D.)

Alfred “The Great”, alone amongst the English kings, has been awarded this title. Earlier invaders of the British Isles had

Baghdad Founded (886 – 950 A. D.)

Baghdad founded and became the centre of Islamic learning and culture. England in the tenth century As a soldier, Alfred,

Mythology

Who were the Hellenes?

Theseus and the Minotaur

The Palace of Minos

Helen of Troy

The Wooden Horse

Was there a Trojan War?

The Migration

City-States and Colonies

The Delphic Oracle

The Olympic Games

Sparta

A Spartan grows Up

Athens

Solon

A Tyrant Who Was Not Tyrannical

Athenian Democracy

The Ionian Greeks

Marathon

The Rivals

The Second Persian Invasion

Thermopylae

“Wooden Walls” and Salamis

Aeschylus

Theseus Comes Home

The Confederacy of Delos

The Athenian Empire

Herodotus, The Father of History

The Parthenon

Thucydides

Why Did Athens Fight Sparta

The Peloponnesian War Begins

Athenian Death

Hippocrates and Disease

Pericles Dies

Cleon the Tanner

Peace

Socrates

Alcibiades

Sicily

Hecuba, Queen of Troy

Decelea, a Thorn in the Flesh

Oligarchy and Athens in Defeat

Socrates’ Death

Xenophon

Damocles’ Sword – The Fourth Century

Plato

Alexander of Macedon

Hellenistic Age – Alexandria and Byzantium

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