Orange free state: Did you mean...?

The Boer War (aka Second Anglo-Boer War, South Africa War, and Second War of Freedom, 1899-1902) was won by the British but only after it employed controversial policies such as scorched-earth tactics...

William III of England (also William II of Scotland, r. 1689-1702) became king of England, Scotland, and Ireland after the Glorious Revolution of 1688. Protestant William, Prince of Orange, was invited to rule jointly with...

The causes of the Boer War (aka Second Anglo-Boer War, South Africa War, and Second War of Freedom, 1899-1902) stretched back to the early 19th century and competition for land and resources between British and Boer settlers...

The Dreyfus Affair, or L'Affaire as it has become known, demonstrated the competing forces at work to either reestablish the monarchy and the Church in power or to solidify and advance the...

Belgian Congo was a colony of Belgium from 1908 until 1960. Prior to that, the region had been the Congo Free State (created in 1885), which was effectively a private enterprise of King Leopold II...

In the ancient world, "religion" and society were not separate entities. Various gods dictated covenants, "law-codes," and social conventions. Such law-codes were most often the responsibility of...

A detail of the facade of the stage wall of the the 1st century CE Roman theatre at Arausio (Orange, France).

The colossal statue of Augustus (restored) set in the facade of the stage wall of the theatre of Arausio (Orange, France). 1st century CE. The statue is 3.5 metres tall.

The monumental arched entrances to the 1st century CE Roman theatre of Arausio (Orange, France).

The monumental arched entrance of the 1st century CE Roman theatre at Arausio (Orange, France).