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Oda Nobunaga
Oda Nobunaga was the foremost military leader of Japan from 1568 to 1582. Nobunaga, along with his two immediate successors, Toyotomi Hideyoshi (1537-1598) and Tokugawa Ieyasu (1543-1616), is credited with unifying medieval Japan in the second...
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Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan, or Fernão de Magalhães (c. 1480-1521), was a Portuguese mariner whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe in 1519-22 in the service of Spain. Magellan was killed on the voyage in what is today the Philippines...
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Antony's Invasion of Parthia (42 to 33 B.C.E.)
Sources: Suetonius, "The Life of Augustus" | https://amzn.to/3g0AKby Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 3" | https://amzn.to/2PKEBPr Appian, "The Civil Wars: Book 4" | https://amzn.to/2PKEBPr Plutarch, "The Life of Antony" | https://amzn.to/3s9lE6b...
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Isabella I of Castile
Isabella I of Castile (1451-1504), was Queen of Castile (r. 1474-1504) and of Aragon (r. 1479-1504) alongside her husband Ferdinand II of Aragon (1452-1516). Her reign included the unification of Spain, the reconquest of Granada, sponsoring...
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Roman Widow by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Roman Widow, oil on canvas by Dante Gabriel Rossetti, 1874.
Museo de Arte de Ponce, Puerto Rico, The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc
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The Judgement of Paris
The painting shows the Judgment of Paris, an event in Greek mythology. Figures, from left to right: The goddesses Athena, Hera and Aphrodite, then Aphrodite's son, Eros, and Paris.
Oil on canvas, 1904. Museum of Málaga.
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Chester Cathedral Exterior
Exterior view of Chester Cathedral. Founded as a Benedictine abbey in 1092 CE.
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The Ideas of Socrates
Recommended Books on Socrates: Socrates A Life Examined - Luis Navia - http://amzn.to/1TKy3HZ (affiliate link) In this lecture we examine the ideas of Socrates. We look at his exhortation to 'care for your soul', his conviction that knowledge...
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Socrates: The Man and His Life
In this lecture we investigate the life of Socrates. In particular, we look at two monumental events in his life: his encounter with the oracle at Delphi which pronounced him to be the wisest of all men, and his trial and subsequent execution...
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Socrates: The Socratic Problem
In this lecture we investigate what is known as the Socratic problem, which is the problem as to whether we can arrive at knowledge of the historical Socrates, or whether he will always remain nothing but a work of fiction. We also look at...