Under the reign of three major emperors, Augustus, Diocletian, and Constantine, many changes in Roman life were made.
Octavian got the title of Augustus in 27 B.C. from the senate and ascended to...
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A Christian legal group has sued a school district on behalf of a 10-year-old boy who claims his rights to religion and free speech were violated when he was not allowed to wear a Jesus costume dur...
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Revered as the holiest sanctuary in ancient Greece, Olympia in the western Peloponnese hosted the ancient Olympic Games for more than 1,000 years after they started in 776 B.C.Ruined temples of Zeu...
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Rupert Murdoch says his new Fox Business Network will celebrate American corporations and the free markets, but first the network toasted itself at a glamorous party Wednesday night at the Metropol...
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What Are They?Oysters are molluscs, which is the name given to such soft-bodied invertebrates such as snails and mussels. Found all over the world, oysters are actually immobile, and form large ...
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Question 1 of 10:
England
was struck by famine in 1316 after farms were devastated by...?Crop diseaseA drought
Torrential rain
Civil warQuestion 2 of 10:The infamously incompetent King Edward II ...
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Angry islanders closed off Capri's harbor on Tuesday, isolating the island tourist destination from the Italian mainland in a protest over plans to reduce the ferry runs that power the economy...
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MUMBAI, Jan 18 (Reuters) - A court convicted 12 Hindu men
on Friday in connection with the gang-rape of a pregnant Muslim
woman and the murder of her family in a trial seen as key to
winning justi...
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Today is Friday, March 16, the 75th day of 2007. There are 290 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On March 16, 1945, during World War II, Iwo Jima was declared secured by the Allies...
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After all these centuries, Zeus may have a few thunderbolts left. A tiny group of worshippers plans a rare ceremony Sunday to honor the ancient Greek gods, at Athens' 1,800-year-old Temple of Olymp...
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A clutch of modern pagans honored Zeus at a 1,800-year-old temple in the heart of Athens on Sunday _ the first known ceremony of its kind held there since the ancient Greek religion was outlawed by...
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Roman Emperors, Augustus, Diocletian, and Constantine
Lawsuit: School banned Jesus costume
