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Maximinus Thrax
Definition by Donald L. Wasson

Maximinus Thrax

_et('6'); Maximinius Thrax ruled briefly as the Roman emperor from 235 CE to his death in 238 CE. The young Roman Emperor Alexander Severus secured the imperial throne after the assassination of his cousin Elagabalus by the Praetorian Guard in 222...
John Tyler
Definition by Harrison W. Mark

John Tyler - The Pariah President of the US

_et('6'); John Tyler (1790-1862) was an American lawyer and politician who served as the tenth president of the United States. His presidency was a tumultuous one – initially elected as vice president, he came to office after the death of his predecessor...
Clava Cairns
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Clava Cairns - Monuments to Memory and More

_et('6'); Clava Cairns is an early Bronze Age site in Scotland, located east of the city of Inverness, consisting of three well-preserved cairns (two of which are passage graves) and a number of free-standing stones strategically placed for astronomical...
Sand Creek Massacre
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Sand Creek Massacre

_et('6'); The Sand Creek Massacre (29 November 1864) was a slaughter of citizens of the Arapaho and Cheyenne nations at the hands of the Third Colorado Cavalry of US Volunteers under the command of Colonel John Chivington, resulting in casualties estimated...
The Battle of Dun Nectain
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

The Battle of Dun Nectain

_et('6'); The Battle of Dun Nechtain (also known as The Battle of Dunnichen, The Battle of Nechtanemere, Lin Garan, and The Battle of Nechtan) was a pivotal engagement between the Northumbrians under their king Ecgfrith and the Picts under the leadership...
The Propaganda of Octavian and Mark Antony's Civil War
Article by Jesse Sifuentes

The Propaganda of Octavian and Mark Antony's Civil War

_et('6'); Propaganda played an important role in Octavian (l. 63 BCE - 14 CE) and Mark Antony's (l. 83 – 30 BCE) civil war, and once victorious at the Battle of Actium (31 BCE), Octavian returned home to become the first Roman emperor. The decade preceding...
Roman Girls and Marriage in Ancient Rome
Article by Laura K.C. McCormack

Roman Girls and Marriage in Ancient Rome

_et('6'); In ancient Rome, the legally acceptable age for marriage for girls was twelve. Although in middle-class Roman society, the most common age of first marriage for a girl was mid-to-late teens, evidence also shows that in a section of elite...
Education for Girls in Ancient Rome
Article by Laura K.C. McCormack

Education for Girls in Ancient Rome

_et('6'); The upbringing and education of girls in ancient Rome are rarely addressed in ancient sources. A young Roman girl from an affluent family married very young, often in her mid-teens, and girls, according to tradition, were brought up solely...
Roman Walls
Article by Victor Labate

Roman Walls

_et('6'); The many Roman walls still visible today throughout Europe and the Mediterranean, be they defensive walls such as the Servian Wall or house and monument walls, tell us a great deal about the evolution of Roman construction techniques. Roman...
Theatre of Marcellus
Article by Mark Cartwright

Theatre of Marcellus

_et('6'); The theatre of Marcellus was the largest and most important theatre in Rome and completed in the late 1st century BCE during the reign of Augustus. The architecture of the theatre would become a standard feature of theatres across the empire...
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